Naicatchewenin First Nation
Health Services
- Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
- Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
- Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
- Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at clinic
- Works with maintenance workers to ensure community water quality
- Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
Addresses individual health care needs by providing:
- Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
- Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
- Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
- Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
- Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
- Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments
Community Care Program
- Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
- Administers services for Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Fort Frances
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
Alternative Care Program
- Provides assistance and support to children in care
- Provides training for child care providers
- Offers support and guidance in reuniting siblings who are/have been part of the foster care system
Prevention Services
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
Repatriation Services
- Processes requests to have children in external foster care brought back to homes within the community
- Provides advocacy on behalf of the child and family
Outreach Services
- Provides the option to children adopted by outside families to discover their birth family and heritage
- Provides records and information to Tribal Agency and external resources
Family Support Services
- Offers community based family counselling for children, teens, men, women and families as a group
- Provides assessments and case management services
- Provides services of traditional healers
- Offers community workshops to raise awareness of issues affecting families including substance abuse and family violence
- Supports community initiatives that promote family healing such as traditional gatherings
Also offers the following family support services including but not limited to:
- Advocacy and referral to external agencies
- Assistance in the planning of child's and family's needs
- Emergency financial assistance for basic needs only in cases where the welfare of child/children is at-risk
- Home visitation arrangements and supervision to enable parents to visit with their children living in alternative care
Healthy Babies / Healthy Children
- Delivers a parenting support program and promotes healthy child development
- Provides group information and educational sessions on topics about healthy pregnancy, birth and taking care of baby at home
- Provides information on the stages of pregnancy
- Offers parents handbook of pregnancy and baby care (Baby's Best Chance)
Program participants are provided with:
- Follow up via telephone within 48 hours of discharge from hospital
- Home visits pre birth to prepare family for new arrival
- Home visits post birth to offer support to new mothers
- Home visits during child's early years to offer development guidance
- Referrals to other programs and services
Immunization Clinic
Provides inoculations or other measures to prevent people from contracting specific controllable diseases
Medical Transportation Program
- Delivers medical transportation services and assistance in making medical appointment arrangements
- Provides transportation from/to Naicatchewenin Reserve to any medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist, specialist) in the town of Fort Frances
- Provides assistance with making arrangements for any medical appointments out of town such as booking appointments, hotels, and completing applications for mileage compensation
National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
- Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
Prevention
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
Intervention
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence:
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
Staff
Janice Smith, C.C.P Secretary
To contact Janice, please call 807-486-3407 or you can e-mail at janice.smith@bellnet.ca
Gary Smith, CCP Supervisor
To contact Gary Smith, please call 807-486-3407 ext. 228, Or email him at gary.smith@bellnet.ca
Norma Smith, Family Worker
Her function is primarily for helping and assisting families in need of services such as reuniting siblings, and also provides prevention work to band members. She is also the Alternative Care Coordinator where she provides training for child care providers.
To contact Norma, please call 807-486-3407, or email her at n.smith@bellnet.ca
Shae-Lynn Smith, Family Preservation Worker
The function of the family counselor is primarily helping children in care, also helping community members in dealing with their issues and help resolve them.
To contact Shae-Lynn, please call 807-486-3407, or email shaelynn.smith@bellnet.ca
Tara Smith. Child in Care Worker
To contact Tara, please call her at 807-486-3407, or email tara.smith@bellnet.ca
Jennifer Smith, Family Counselor
To contact Jennifer, please call her at 807-486-3407, or email jennifer.smith@bellnet.ca
Health Employees
Tara Montague-Allan, Health/Social Services Director
To contact Tara, please call 807-486-3407 ext. 212, or email armand.jourdain@bellnet.ca
Doreen Smith, Community Health Representative
Doreen assists community members with any health related issues. Prior to position she was the Healthy baby/Healthy children Worker for 4 years. She works along with the health department staff. She provides A.A. meetings, support meetings, and refers clients to outside agencies such as treatment centres.
To contact Doreen, please call 807-486-3560 or by e-mailing her at doreen.smith@bellnet.ca
Joanne Ogden, Community Health Nurse
To contact Joanne, please call 807-486-3560 on days she is in the community, or email her at j.ogden@bellnet.ca
Deanna Cyr, Healthy Babies/Healthy Children
This position’s function is primarily providing workshops for the newly mothers of the community. The HBHC worker works closely with the Community Health Representative.
To contact Deanna please call (807)486-3407 or email deanna.cyr@bellnet.ca
Adrian Snowball, Youth Worker
His function is primarily providing workshops and generate social interaction for the youth from J.K. to high school.
To contact Adrian, please call 807-486-3407 or email him at adrian.snowball@bellnet.ca
Shelley Cyr, Interim Medical Driver
Her function is primarily providing transportation for the community members living on-reserve and to drive them to their doctor, dental, eye doctor, and specialist appointments.
To contact Shelley, please call 807-486-3560 to set an appointment. Alternatively you can email her at shelley.cyr@bellnet.ca
Carla Smith, Wellness & Justice Coordinator
Her function is primarily providing wellness and setting up the justice system for the community.
To contact Carla, please call 807-486-3407 ext. 210 or you can e-mail her at carla.smith@bellnet.ca
Erin Smith, NNADAP Worker
To contact Erin, please call 807-486-3407, or email her at e.smith@bellnet.ca
Dean Councillor, Ontario Works Manager
To contact Dean, please call 807-486-3407, or email him at ow.nwb@bellnet.ca
Val Smith, Ontario Works Employment Councillor
To contact Val, please call 807-486-3407, or email her at val.smith@bellnet.ca
Source: https://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=142017
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