Component: Services For Children And Youth With Complex Needs

Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Service objectives

To provide a range of counseling and supports for children and youth, who are experiencing social, emotional, behavioral or psychiatric problems in community, home and school settings, and their families.

To provide appropriate coping strategy and skill development training that will enable the child/youth to function effectively at home, in school and in the community.

Service description

Program/service features

The program/services contracted by the ministry will reflect the following features.

People served

  • Children and youth with an identified social, emotional, behavioral or psychiatric need, and their families
  • Children and youth - under 18 years of age

Program goals

A variety of service approaches such as individual, group and/or family counseling and supports for children and youth who are experiencing social, emotional or behavioral difficulties at home, in school or in the community.

Individual and parenting skill development training based on assessed needs.

Individual planning and goal setting

The transfer payment recipient will prepare a plan of care for each child and youth that reflects an assessment of their needs and preferences. The plan of care will identify the specific services/supports received by the child/youth, the expected outcomes and be based on the principles of person-centred planning, self-determination and choice.

Services will be

  • reflective and responsive to child/youth, family and community strengths and needs
  • accountable to the child/youth, family and community
  • sensitive to the social, linguistic and cultural diversity of families and Indigenous communities
  • staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to respond effectively to the needs of children, youth and families
  • the support is based on the child's and youth's assessed needs, preferences and available individual, agency, community and contracted ministry resources

Reporting requirements

The following service data will be reported at an interim and final stage. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates and targets.

Services data name Definition

Community programs - Child and Family Intervention - operating non-residential: Ministry-funded agency expenditures

Total ministry-funded expenses for the Transfer Payment Recipient to administer and/or deliver this service in the reporting year (cumulative).

# of individuals trained: staff training: Community programs

Number of people trained, staff training. Individuals who participated in more than one day of training count as one individual trained.

# of individuals trained: trainer's training: Community programs

Number of people trained, trainer's training. Individuals who participated in more than one day of training count as one individual trained.

# of participant training days delivered: Trainer's training: Community programs

Number of participant training days delivered, trainer's training.

# of training days delivered by sessional trainers

Number of training days delivered by sessional trainers (staff and trainer's training)

# of trainers responsible for delivering sessional training days: Community programs

Number of trainers responsible for delivering specific number of days in training, i.e., some training days may have been delivered by more than one trainer.

# of participants in sessions/workshops/training: community programs

The total number of individuals participating in skill building or educational sessions/workshops/training to assist with building parenting skills, child/youth management skills, self- management, anger management, risk reduction, resiliency building, etc. Participants are counted each time they attend a program within the fiscal year. If a program (a workshop or seminar) lasts more than one day, a person is counted once, whether or not the person attended more than one day or whether they attended only part of the workshop or seminar.

# of participant training days delivered: Staff training: community programs

Number of participant training days delivered, staff training, all types of training including new worker, authorized worker, and manager/supervisor