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

Canadian Mental Health Association. Simcoe County Branch

Record #: BAR2078

Last Modified: 13 Aug 2024

Last Full Update: 13 Dec 2023

Description (Service)

After contacting the 24/7 Crisis Line, mobile support and intervention may be wanted or deemed appropriate by the Crisis Team

Crisis staff meet 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 admissions to the short term Crisis Beds 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

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

Located In Community	Barrie
Address & Map	Barrie, ON Canada

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/profile.php?id=100063764104863 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmhasimcoecounty/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cmha-simcoe-county/ X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/StartTalking1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZpjVomfIRu5svgxPaumTQ
Primary Contact	Kerry Dault, Manager, Crisis Intervention and Community Response Programs; 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	CMHA Simcoe County 15 Bradford St Barrie, ON Canada L4N 1W2