Arrell Youth Centre
(no longer a DOE facility)
General description:
Co-ed, secure custody detention and
custody facility, serving Hamilton-Wentworth, Brantford and Niagara with
22 beds and provides back-up/relief beds for other agencies and
jurisdictions.
Location: 320 Anchor Road, Hamilton
Programs:
Youth at Arrell are involved in
programs based on a plan of care designed in consultation with family,
community services and Arrell staff. Each youth has a prime worker
assigned to provide support, guidance and build positive relationships
with the child in care.
- Victim Awareness
- Substance Abuse Group
- Skill Streaming
- Anger Management
- Reach - building life-skills through
group problem-solving
- Life Skills
- Public Health and personal health
management
- Community Services coordination and
case management with clinicians, social workers and health
professionals in the community
- Recreation program designed to enhance
and support individual plans of care
Staffing:
- 60 staff including 55 bargaining unit
members whose experience and service ranges from one month to 23
years
- Educational and training backgrounds
include a minimum child care worker diploma from a community college
and many with university degrees with a social services focus
- Arrell front-line staff are a resource
to transfer payment agencies, training others in small group
techniques for the programs offered at the Centre
- Arrell staff are trained in crisis
intervention and first-aid/CPR, PMAB, and receive ongoing training
and professional development on the job
- Arrell staff take the lead in the
province, providing a train-the-trainer program to other agencies on
Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour (PMAB), a program
developed by Arrell staff
Services:
- On-site school with individualized
educational programming provided by the Hamilton Board of Education
- Chaplaincy Services including weekly
non-denominational worship services
- Medical/health services on-site
- Serious occurrence reporting function
for catchment area
Maurice H. Genest
Detention Centre for Youth
General description:
Co-ed, secure custody and detention
facility with 18 beds, serving Middlesex, Huron, Perth, Elgin, Oxford
and the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk and detentionservices
for Lambton County. Back-up/relief services for other agencies and
jurisdictions are also provided.
Location: 1670 Oxford Street East, London
Programs:
Youth admitted to Genest are assigned
a prime worker who coordinates all aspects of services while the child
is in care and for transition back to the community.
- COG program, a cognitive/behavioural
learning program provides the context for specialized programs at
the facility
- Victim Awareness
- Anger Management
- Drug and Alcohol Counselling
- Community services coordination and
case management with clinicians, social workers and health
professionals in the community
- Recreation program designed to build
life-skills and enhance self-esteem and group problem-solving
Staffing:
- 52 staff including 43 bargaining unit
members whose experience and service ranges from six months to 18
years
- Educational and training backgrounds
include child care worker diplomas, social science, law and masters
levels degrees from various universities
- Genest staff are trained in crisis
intervention and first-aid/CPR and receive ongoing training and
professional development on the job
Services:
- On-site school with individualized
educational programming provided by W.D. Sutton School
- Medical/health services are provided
on-site with referrals as needed
- Spiritual programs are offered by
community volunteers
- Serious occurrence reporting function
for catchment area
Project DARE
General description:
DARE is an open-custody, continuous
intake 20 bed facility, operating a Wilderness Adventure Based Program
for male young offenders. The program serves youth from across Ontario
and is based 22 kilometers from the Town of South River.
Programs:
Project DARE is a unique program in
Ontario and a leading edge program for the development and habilitation
of adolescents in conflict with the law. (See attached description for
detail).
The program is a viable, progressive and
important alternative to the current trend toward strict discipline
facilities for young offenders.
Staffing:
- 25 staff including 12 bargaining unit
members who are long-time employees. All of the staff at DARE
require a special blend of skills including counselling, wilderness
survival and an extraordinary dedication to the philosophy of the
program and the youth who attend it
Services:
- On-site school with specialized
programming suited to the unique learning environment. Teaching
staff and programs are provided by the Near North District School
Board.
- Medical/health services are on-site
Sault Ste. Marie
Observation and Detention Home
General description:
Co-ed, open detention and custody
facility with 8 beds, serving the District of Algoma. It is the only
point of intake for young offenders in this vast District. This facility
provides the critical function as a resource for agency back-up and
support for difficult-to-serve youth throughout the District.
Location: 139 Pim Street, Sault Ste.
Marie
Programs:
Youth at the Sault O&D Home are
assigned a prime worker who coordinates all services within the facility
and in interaction with community service providers and family.
- Substance abuse groups
- Anger Management
- AIDS awareness
- Life skills
Staffing:
- 27 staff including 23 bargaining unit
members whose experience and service ranges from one to 20 years
- Educational and training backgrounds
include a mix of Child Care Workers, University degrees and
Developmental Services Workers
- The staff at the Sault Ste. Marie
O&D are trained in First-aid and CPR and have ongoing training
in managing aggressive behaviour and other professional development
opportunities
Services:
- On-site school with individualized
educational programming is provided by the Sault Ste. Marie Board of
Education
- Health, mental health and social
services professionals are engaged as needed in each youth's plan of
care
- Serious occurrence reporting function
for catchment area
Syl Apps Youth Centre
General description:
Syl Apps is a co-ed, 72 bed, secure
custody and treatment facility, which includes 20 secure treatment beds
for high-risk youth from across the province, and occasionally out of
province. The number of residents is as high as 82 at overflow capacity.
Its secure custody program mainly serves the Oakville, Toronto and
Mississauga areas, although it is often home to hard-to-serve youth from
other parts of the province.
Location: 472 Iroquois Shore Road,
Oakville
Programs:
Programs are directed by a plan of
care, which is generated by a number of on-site assessments, which may
include psychiatric, psychological, recreational, spiritual, medical and
addiction assessments. Because of its highly trained staff group and
multi-disciplinary team approach, Syl Apps is able to provide a full
continuum of care and treatment to its residents. The dynamic between
the treatment and custody programs is considered a positive and
beneficial characteristic of this unique centre.
- Addictions programs - A.A. and N.A.
- 7 steps
- Cooperative-adventure-trust-challenge
program
- Anger Management
- Healthy Sexuality
- Interpersonal/Social skills
- Sexual Perpetrators Group
- Racial Minorities Group
- Life Skills
- A variety of recreational programs
Staffing:
228 staff including about 210 bargaining
unit members whose experience and service ranges from a year to more
than 20.
- Educational qualifications include
community college diplomas to post-graduate degrees at university
programs focusing on health and social sciences
- All staff have First-aid, CPR, WIMIS
and Understanding and Managing Aggressive Behaviour (UMAB)
- Group facilitators are trained as Life
Skills coaches and have trained in the delivery of Anger Management
and other group programs
- Many staff have been trained in
ethics, team-building and hostage survival
- Staff also provide training to other
Ministry employees and outside agencies
Services:
- On-site school
- Medical/health services on site
- Serious occurrence reporting function
for catchment area
York Detention Centre
General description:
York is a co-ed 28 bed secure custody
and detention facility, often taking several more youth on demand.
Working in cooperation with Syl Apps and St. John's, York often provides
intake services for Metro Toronto, Hamilton, London, Oshawa, Oakville,
Mississauga and Barrie. In 1997, York had 2,000 admissions.
Location: 354 George Street, Toronto
Programs:
York Detention Centre is an intake centre,
dealing largely with youth in crisis. Youth are encouraged and supported
to maintain family/caregiver contact while in care. York also plays an
important role in supporting other agencies by taking "15-day, open
custody holds", which provide a cooling-off period of hard-to-serve
youth.
- Anger Management
- Life Skills
- Multi-cultural programs
Staffing:
88 staff including approximately 80
bargaining unit members. Experience and service range from less that one
year to more than 20. Front-line correctional officers have educational
backgrounds ranging from College diplomas to Masters degrees.
- Training includes crisis intervention,
First Aid, CPR, Blood Borne Infections, Life Skills programs and
Gangs
- York staff provide an on-site training
program for workers from transfer-payment agencies
Services:
- On-site school program provided by the
Toronto School Board
- On-site advocacy program and
Child/Youth Advocate
- On-site medical/health services
- Liaison and coordination with
community service providers
- York is the after hours contact for
the Provincial Director and takes all Serious Occurrence reports for
the Toronto area
William E. Hay Centre
(no longer a DOE facility)
General description:
Co-ed, secure custody and detention
facility with 24 beds, serving the Regional Municipality of
Ottawa-Carleton and the counties of Renfrew, Prescott-Russell and
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The facility also takes in youth from
outside of its catchment area in overflow situations, including London
and Windsor. It is also a resource for transfer-payment agencies in the
area, providing back-up relief. Resident counts can be as high as 30.
Location: 3000 Hawthorne Road, Ottawa
Programs:
Wm. E. Hay Centre is a bilingual
agency also providing special programs for Native youth. Programs are
directed by a plan of care and implemented and monitored by a
prime-worker, assigned upon admission and assessment. Programs reflect
this agency's commitment to the cultural diversity of its residents.
- P.E.I. Drug and Alcohol Assessment
- N.A. services on site
- Anger Management
- Problem-solving (individual and group
work)
- Life skills
- Work program for youth at the facility
- Cultural and spiritual development and
support for Franco Ontarian and Native youth
- Recreation programs including
woodworking
Staffing:
67 staff, including about 60 bargaining
unit members whose experience ranges from one month to 18 years. Staff
at Wm. Hay has a minimum two years' work experience before being hired
at the Centre.
- Educational qualifications include
Child Care Worker and Law Enforcementdiplomas to university degrees
in the social sciences field
- All staff have first-aid, CPR, Crisis
Intervention, Anger Management, Problem-solving and training in the
Cognitive intervention model
- About half of the staff are bilingual
or Francophone
- Native staff deliver cultural and
spiritual programs and work with Native youth
- Programs are delivered in the context
of the Cognitive Intervention model
- Wm. E. Hay staff are currently
developing a Adolescent Sexuality course
Services:
- Wm. E. Hay Centre is a fully bilingual
agency
- On-site school with individualized
educational programming provided by the Ottawa Board of Education
(French and English)
- Medical/health services on-site
- Visiting Chaplain and Native Spiritual
advisors
- Serious occurrence reporting function
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