{"id":34860,"date":"2024-07-25T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34860"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:13:13","slug":"mental-health-association-seeks-public-input-on-new-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/mental-health-association-seeks-public-input-on-new-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Association seeks public input on new Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Canadian Mental Health Association of York Region and South Simcoe is looking for the community\u2019s input in developing its new Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the organization\u2019s (CMHA-YRSS) current Strategic Plan nears the end of its life, the service provider has launched a community-wide survey which, they say, will be important in \u201cshaping the future of mental health and addiction care\u201d in the communities they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey will be open until 5 p.m. on July 30 and all feedback is confidential and anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really doing our best to hear from the community about what they need for community mental health and addiction services and CMHA in particular,\u201d says Rebecca Shields, CEO of the CMHA-YRSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shields says they are proud of their outgoing Strategic Plan, which had a major focus on \u201coperational excellence\u201d, thought leadership in the community, and, most importantly, boosting access to mental health services. All of this culminated with the announcement earlier this month that the York Region Mental Health Community Care Hub was moving closer to reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to say, what\u2019s next?\u201d says Shields. \u201cWe will be building up the hub and we need to understand where we were going \u2013 what our engagement was six years ago led us here and now what\u2019s next? I am excited to hear from people about what they think the community needs for community mental health and addiction services are for the future. What do they want us to focus on? We\u2019re here to serve our community, so we really need to hear from our people to make sure we\u2019re doing the right things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe questions are really about vision; they\u2019re really about what\u2019s important. We can\u2019t be everything to everybody, but we want to do the right things, the most important things, the things that make an impact in people\u2019s lives, and make sure we are responding to the needs of the community. That is what this is about and that will be the foundation of our next 2026-2028 three-year plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mandate of the CMHA-YRSS is to be there to support an individual not only from a treatment and recovery from mental illness perspective, but also wellbeing and resiliency in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the outgoing Strategic Plan, the CMHA-YRSS expanded its BounceBack in Ontario Structured Psychotherapy program, with a special focus on youth through the lens of cognitive behavioural therapy. They launched a wellbeing program for newcomers and refugee populations in multiple languages, gender-affirming healthcare and specialized services for the 2SLGBTQ community, and continued to advance its mobile mental health unit, MOBYSS, to serve youth where they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really looked at providing meaningful access to people,\u201d says Shields. \u201cI am so proud of the incredible team that once again people say, \u2018This is what we want you to do, CMHA.\u2019 And you can trust that we\u2019re going to put all of our effort, enthusiasm and bright minds and hard work into achieving that. We really understand the needs are still growing and we want to make sure that we\u2019re meeting the need and we\u2019re also making it with the York Region Mental Health Community Care Hub. The vision and focus of that is, what needs to be changed so somebody\u2019s first crisis is their last crisis? It\u2019s not just to provide care, but how do we actually solve [the issue] so people are able to recover, they\u2019re not in the cycle of crisis, that we\u2019re actually providing solutions, that we\u2019re innovating \u2013 those are the things that are really important, so that when people receive care from us, it is actually to help them achieve their desired outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are wonderful ideas out there and we really want to hear from the community and understand what is important for people, and what should we focus in on? How can we make community care even better for our community? We\u2019re a leading branch [of the CMHA, so] how do we continue to lead and demonstrate that we\u2019re here and supporting and working with our community?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To take part in the short survey, visit ww.surveymonkey.com\/r\/VR7SQN7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All feedback is confidential, anonymous, and managed by the CMHA-YRSS\u2019 partner, Santis Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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