Canadian Mental Health Association. Simcoe County Branch, Mobile Crisis Services

Canadian Mental Health Association. Simcoe County Branch

Site: Mobile Service

Service: Mobile Crisis Services

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Record #: BAR2078

Last Modified: 27 Nov 2023

Last Full Update: 31 Oct 2022

Description

Description (Service)

Mobile Crisis Team meets with individuals in the community to provide comprehensive crisis intervention, support, risk and suicide assessment, service navigation, coping strategies and tools, safety planning and referrals to other CMHA programs or other community resources

Mobile Services are held in the community within the city of Barrie at agreed upon locations and times
Mobile support may be deemed appropriate as assessed by the Crisis Worker or at the request of the caller
a telephone assessment is completed with the individual prior to arranging of the Mobile Support
any bed admissions to CARAH require assessment by a Crisis Worker in the community, to determine eligibility
Crisis Workers regularly work collaboratively with local and surrounding Police Services, to support crisis situations in the community
police are able to access CARAH beds and crisis support directly, for more immediate cases, 24 hours a day
in some circumstances mobile assessment may require a Crisis staff to recommend and advocate for hospital admission, based on assessed level of risk of harm to self or others, or physical health concerns that may or may not be related to substance use

For immediate mental health assistance call:

Mental Health Crisis Line (Mon-Sun 24 hours): 705-728-5044 or 1-888-893-8333; if your call to the crisis line is answered by an automated service leave a message and a crisis counsellor will return your call promptly
Telecare: 705-726-7922
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 to chat

Service Details

Hours	Hours vary
Areas Served	Barrie
Eligibility	Age Requirements: 16 year(s) and up Youth and adults with a serious mental illness or psychosocial crisis and in need of non-medical crisis intervention
Application	Referral - self, medical, agencies
Languages	English
Fees	None

Address and Location

Located In Community	Barrie
Address & Map	Barrie, ON Canada

Contact Information

Crisis Phone	705-728-5044, 1-888-893-8333 (TTY services available) Mon-Sun 24 hrs
Website	cmhastarttalking.ca
Social Media	Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartTalking1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/StartTalking1
Primary Contact	Kerry Dault, Program Manager, Crisis Services; Phone: 705-728-5835; Email: kdault@cmhastarttalking.ca
Alternate Contact	Lynne Cheliak, Director of Community and Mental Health and Addictions; Phone: 705-726-5033 ext 436; Email: lcheliak@cmhastarttalking.ca
Mailing Address	15 Bradford St Barrie, ON Canada L4N 1W2

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