603 Topsail Road
St. John’s, NL A1E 2E1
Contact: Heidi Edgar, Justice Program Coordinator Tel: (709) 753-8550 Ext. 106
Toll-Free: 1-877-753-8550 Ext. 106 HMP: (709) 729-1268
Website: http://cmhanl.ca/services/justice-program/
Mandate:
To provide individualized support services to persons diagnosed with a mental illness, concurrent disorder or dual diagnosis within the correction system and following release into the community in order to promote recovery and a reduction in recidivism.
Target population:
Individuals with mental health issues who are involved in the corrections system.
Highlight of Programs / Services Offered:
- Provide in-reach to inmates at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary (HMP) for purposes of assessment and provision of support.
- To develop a community support plan with the inmate prior to release from HMP.
- To provide intensive case management service to 25 clients released from HMP and residing in the St. John’s region.
- During the individual’s incarceration, the coordinator and case managers will provide in-reach mental health counseling and advocacy, as well as a needs assessment to ensure the appropriate services are in place for release.
- Upon release from HMP, the Justice Program will meet the individuals “at the gate” and provide intensive case management in the community.
- Case Management will assist with ensuring all the individuals basic needs are met such as housing, food, and services appropriate to the individual’s needs.
- Intensive case management promotes independence and quality of life through the coordination of appropriate services and the provision of constant and on-going support as needed by the individual.
- The direct involvement of the individual and the development of a caring, supportive relationship between the case manager and the individual are integral components of the intensive case management process.
- Intensive case management is responsive to the individual’s multiple and changing needs, and plays a pivotal role in coordinating required services from across the mental health system as well as other service systems (i.e. criminal justice, developmental services and addictions).