Fort McMurray Youth Treatment & Wellness Centre

Structure
  • A step-down, transitional Treatment & Wellness center for 11-18 year olds.
  • Structured and informal interventions within a less restrictive environment that provides person-centred care and facilitates recovery within a holistic model.
  • Support and treatment modalities: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, pharmacological interventions (patients will continue taking their medications as per their prescriptions, and their physician will remain involved in their care).
  •  Art and animal therapy.
  • On-site greenhouse for outdoor gardening and agricultural activities.
  • Treatment and support provided under two strands: Wellness and Life-skills.
  • Our staffing consists of Wellness Coaches, Life-skills Coordinators, Registered Nurses, and Academic coordinators.
  • In-reach staff consist of: Psychologist, Psychiatrist and Volunteers for various therapies (art therapy, music, etc).
The centre will provide the following:
  •  CPA (Care Program Approach)- Have 3 multidisciplinary meetings; the first within 7 days of being admitted at the Wellness Centre, the second a month after admission, and the last one prior to discharge.
  •  Teach and model life skills, support youths with cooking, meal planning, time management, problem-solving, building healthy relationships, and academic work.
  • Yearly weekend summer camp/retreat under life-skills development.
  • Plan and prepare meals in accordance with resident’s preferences in alignment with the Canada Food Guide.
  • Maintain food inventory and kitchen supplies in adherence to the food budget.
  • Create life-skills learning opportunities with residents and Wellness team related to special wellness programming.
  • Participate in doing laundry and house chores.
  • Conducting weekly residence meetings with the AHS present to review progress of residents, changes in behaviour, and challenges that residents may be experiencing.
  • Collaboratively work with the AHS to ensure that identified goals and care plans still align between AHS and the ACTS Wellness Centre.
  • Support youths to achieve their identified wellness goals.
  • Develop positive relationships with the community.
Transitional Care planning
  • 28-day outreach plan where an ACTS outreach worker will continue to support the client for 28 days after they are discharged.
  • Academic coordinator to liaise with the school where the student will be going prior to discharge and make sure that the transition from online learning is smooth and well-coordinated.
  • Apprentice program with local businesses for young people that would like to start work in various fields.