Prevention & Support Services
Kahnawake Shakotiia’takehnhas
Community Services
Presented by:
Terry Young -Manager of Prevention Services
Kathy Jacobs – Manager Support Services
Pauline Solari – Clinical Supervisor Youth Protection
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Forum Jan 28-30th 2014
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Before we begin….
• KSCS is about providing support and care to
Kahnawa'kehró:non. It is about working hand in
hand with the community.
• Information on what services are available in
regards to Prevention and Support and how to
access these services.
• KSCS is about promoting positive lifestyles and
the maintaining of healthy relationships with
individuals and their families.
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Who exactly is “K.S.C.S.”
• KSCS = Youth Protection? Not so, this is only one facet of a group
of services offered to the community of Kahnawake.
• Shakotiia’takehnhas translates into “they are helping the people help
themselves”, which really is our primary purpose for the community;
• Our actual mission statement is “Our goal, with the assistance of a
team of caring people, is to encourage a healthier lifestyle through
promotion, prevention and wellness activities that strengthen pride,
respect and responsibilities of self, family and community as
Mohawks of Kahnawake”
• Our role is not intended to replace or remove the responsibilities of
the family unit; however, sometimes it’s necessary for families to
take a break and to be supported effectively in order to learn how to
move forward.
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Who exactly is “K.S.C.S.”
• Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services has gone
through many stages of growing pains, triumphs and
tribulations.
• We have had many changes in how we operate and
what types of services we offer. Today, one could say
that we offer tailor made services to the needs of the
community.
• We pride ourselves as being a client driven organization
whose main priority is to provide quality care in all
aspects of health and social services within the Circle of
Care model: Promotion, Prevention, Treatment and
Aftercare.
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Overview
• Operate with a prevention mindset:
– Primary prevention: to provide education and awareness to
community members before a problem exists
– Secondary prevention: to provide support to clients when a
problem exists but has not reached a crisis stage
– Tertiary prevention: to intervene in crisis situations in order to
support a family to resolve their challenges
• Operate with Tsi Niionkwarihotens (Our Way) in mind:
– To integrate our own Mohawk culture, values and beliefs within
each component of service delivery
– To operate in a holistic spectrum to ensure associated problems
are also addressed besides the presenting problem
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Overview
• As one of Kahnawake’s largest service organizations, KSCS now
has ten programs under its administration with approximately 170
staff members within K.S.C.S.
• 4 Main Areas of Family Services (today’s presentation focuses on
the first 2 areas):
– Prevention Services
– Support Services
– Home and Community Care Services
– Assisted Living Services
• We operate within a multi-disciplinary team model, whereby cases
are shared between appropriate professionals and transparency of
information exists to ensure best possible service is maintained
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Current Structure
• Networking and collaborative work is necessary.
• P&SS has established working protocols with the
Kahnawake Education System (including Step by Step),
the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, the M.C.K. Social
Development Unit, the KMHC (and established a Mental
Health Team).
• External networks include the Batshaw C.J. (for group
homes), Montregie C.J. (for legal support and referrals),
the FNQLHSSC, the “Clinical Committee”, the First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society, the
surrounding hospitals, and continued networking with
various treatment centers, the Douglas, specialist
schools, etc.
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Prevention And Support Services
• Prevention and Support Services
– It is modeled to be a single team, but the
variety of service delivery areas, amount of
staff members, complexity of issues and high
workload demanded that the services be
divided into 2 management areas,
“Prevention” and “Support” (P&SS)
– To work in a multi-disciplinary format and to
work together to provide best possible service
to individuals and their families.
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Current Structure
Prevention Services
• Promotion and Education Services (Communications)
• Primary Prevention Services (including M.A.D. Group,
Our Gang Group, FASD education, Healthy Sex and
Sexuality awareness, Suicide Prevention, Addictions
Prevention and Violence Prevention)
• Secondary Prevention Services (supportive 1 on 1
counseling, therapeutic, support as well individual skills
building sessions)
• Family Wellness Center – Parenting and Family
programs and our Traditional Services component
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Support Services Team
• Social Services:
– Social Services includes intake, full range of Youth
Protection Services, supportive counseling, referral
and assessment, Placement & review process
– Support a wide variety of social issues
• Psychological Services:
– Psychology Services (including psychological
assessment, referral, contract facilitation, service
planning, quality control and report drafting)
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Support Services Team
• Addictions Response Services:
– Addictions Response Services includes “pre” and “post”
treatment services, outpatient services, collaboration with mental
health services, referral and collaboration with detox and inpatient services, education and individual counseling
– Current trends indicate that cases are becoming more complex
as we receive new intakes
– Multi-disciplinary, poly-drug, more difficult drugs to treat, comorbidity or dual diagnosis (mental health issues and addictions
issues) and more interventions with family members
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An Illustration of Multi-Disciplinary
Care
• Now to see how it all comes together, I will
provide an example of a “typical” case at
KSCS. Bear in mind, this case is one of
the more complex ones, however it is an
example that provides many areas for
collaboration.
– See diagram on Illustration of a MultiDisciplinary Case
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An Illustration of a Multi-Disciplinary Care
Family Center
Couples Counselling
Jane Doe (Mother)
John Doe (Father)
Addiction Anger Management
Addictions Mental Health (Depression)
Family Therapy
Johnny (Child – 15)
Youth Protection
Survival School
Jimmy (Child – 9)
Youth Protection
Kateri School
Janey (Child – 5)
Youth Protection
Step By Step
YCJA
Psych – Art Therapy
Group Home
Case Aide
Addictions
Healing Lodge
KMHC
Our Gang
Youth Center
Foster
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Implementation of the Process
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Nia:wen
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