‘NAMGIS

COMMUNITY

SERVICES

I lift my hands up as a

HUGE

THANKS to our Staff

Wendy White - Director

Diane Alfred - Early Childhood/Interventions Program manager

Jamie Hill – Social Assistance/NCB Program Manager

Ashley Wadhams - Office Assistant

Salla Sukow– K’wak’walat’si Child and Family Services Delegated Social Worker

Jamie Hunt – K’wak’walat’si Child and Family Services Youth/Family Support

Sharon Leas – North Island Victim Services/Legal Support Services

Peter Mountain – Big Brother/Big Sister Program

TBH – Big Brother/Big Sister Program

Zabrina Svanvik – Social Assistance Support

Agate Miljour - Social Assistance Support

Mosette Souch – Assisted Living

Gloria Cook – Assisted Living

Linda Isaac – Amlilas Supervisor

Sophia Cook – Amlilas Head Start

Renee Windsor – Amlilas Day Care

Jamie Uhl – Amlilas Day Care

Angela Brown - Amlilas Day Care

Susan Buchanan – Amlilas Day Care

Raven Johnson - Supported Child Development

Dorothy Svanvik – LAM Recreational Support /After School Program

Alisha Souch – After School program

Charlene Harse – North Island/Amlilas Infant Development Supervisor

Yvonne Wilson – North Island Infant Development Consultant

Laureen Alfred – Amlilas Infant Development Consultant

Judy Sylvester – Port Hardy Office Manager

Marianne Wadhams – Speech and Language Facilitator

Contract - Pediatric Physical Therapist

Contract – Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Tammy Cook – Facilities

Arthur (Potsi) Smith – Facilities

Services

We

Provide

K'WAK'WALAT'SI CHILD AND FAMILY

SERVICES

Delegated C3 (Voluntary) Child Welfare Support

and Services

Youth and Family Support

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Victim Services Support

Family Wellness Support

Community Justice Services

Youth Justice Services

Social Assistance Program

National Child Benefit Program

Legal Services Society Community Partner for

North Vancouver Island and Alert Bay

Community Support through many other initiatives

K'WAK'WALAT'SI CHILD AND FAMILY

SERVICES

Goals and Achievements of 2014-2015

Granted the Legal Services Society contract

for North Island

Recruited a social worker, Salla Sukow

Connected with North Island Food Bank

Reviewed processes and procedures to ensure

consistent services to communities

Delivered Family Wellness programs

Again, no children went into any care

Still want to obtain Guardianship

K'WAK'WALAT'SI CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

Key Issues Faced

Ability to delivery family wellness programs

Lack of capacity to deliver innovative programs

More youth wanted one-on-one service

Inability to recruit Big Sister after first one left for mat

leave

Restructuring the delivery of programs that will entice

people to attend

K'WAK'WALAT'SI CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

Key Activities to Address Issues and Further Goals

Changed to contract services for facilitators to deliver

workshops

Have developed a relationship with the North Island

directors of agencies and bands to collaborate on

initiatives regarding Child and Youth Mental Health,

Substance Use, Family Violence

We developed the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program

We looked into different styles of invitations to the

community events

K'WAK'WALAT'SI CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

Goals for 2015-2016

To continue our work in prevention services to help

families work through problems, maintain healthy

lifestyles and stay together

To recruit community homes for children who may need

a home while their parents are working through some

problems

To continue our collaborative working relationships

both with internal and external services, departments

and programs

To provide programs and services that meet the

community needs

To provide support to help individuals accomplish their

personal goals

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Income Assistance

Special Needs

Children Out of Parental Home

National Child Benefit

Assisted Living

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Goals and Achievements of 2014-2015

Reviewed procedures and processes to ensure fair and

consistent approach to service delivery for clients

Provided timely, equitable and accurate services to

clients while complying with the changing AANDC

policies

Continued to explore options for Home-to-Work

programming

A Centre of Excellence visited twice for an evaluation of

our procedures ands shared best practices which

improved out process

Transfer of Assisted Living to Social Assistance

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Key Issues Faced

Hydro disconnections

Changes in policies for Social Assistance ie: Incentive

Cheques experienced trouble clearing through bank

system

Onerous reporting changes regarding demographics of

clients, work searches and rental agreements

Onerous requirements of documentation from Housing

and confirmations from Accounting

Application and evaluation

Bringing Assisted Living into compliance

AANDC policy change on National Child Benefit

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Key Activities to Address Issues and Further Goals

Strengthen procedures for a more accurate approach to

paying Hydro bills

Closely reviewing revised policies to ensure compliance

Will upgrade software to improve processing and

reporting

Will implement monthly meetings with Accounting to

address questions and issues

Develop new consent forms to obtain required rent

information

Collaborate on Family Wellness programs

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Goals for 2015-2016

Have housing tenancy agreements updated to

comply with AANDC policies

Purchase the software for updating our system

Work with AANDC for rent to be eligible on

Band owned homes

Develop programs for minor home repair,

socialization programs

Provide supports for parents to re-enter work

force

Continue nutrition programs

Restructure intake

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Amlilas Head Start

Amlilas Day Care

North Island Aboriginal Development

North Island Pediatric Occupational Therapy

North Island Pediatric Physical Therapy

North Island Speech and Language Therapy

Supported Child Development

LAMRC After School Program

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Goals and Achievements of 2014-2015

Staff attending training for “Tools of the Mind”

Want to deliver “Mind’s Up” training to staff and

teachers

To work more closely with the education

system

To continue our collaboration with KCFS, Health

Center

Well Babies

Delivery of Awil’gola Family Night

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Key Issues Faced

Inability to recruit attract therapists due to

funding constraints

High caseloads in both pediatric Occupational

and Physical Therapies

Increased number of infants being born with

challenges

Trying to find other models that will meet our

needs

Staff absenteeism

Funding for travel

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Key Activities to Address Issues and Further Goals

Build capacity in teachers and ECD workers in working

with children with requiring some one-on-one help

Restructure programming to be of a more therapeutic

environment

Develop a partnership with Vancouver Island Early

Intervention Network and Child and Youth Mental Health

Train staff in working with brain, emotion, speech and

language, physical

Quarterly meetings with all ECD service providers

Attend interagency meetings to coordinate services

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Goals for 2015-2016

Restructure intake

Continue partnerships with AIDP, Supported

Child Development

Recruit/Contract a Physical and Occupation

Therapist

Provide a full complement of therapeutic

services and/or supports to families that have

challenges for early childhood as well as school

aged children

Build in a training component for staff that is

ongoing mentorship

LAWRENCE AMBER RECREATION CENTRE

After School Program

Family Programs

Youth Sports

Adult Sports

Basketball /Volleyball Tournaments

Arts and Crafts

Workshops/Fairs

Rentals for Special Events

Community Events include Halloween, Community Christmas dinner and Santa party, New Years Eve, Information Nights

LAWRENCE AMBER RECREATION CENTRE

Goals and Achievements of 2014-2015

Delivered more programs to all age ranges and

genders

Re-established the Family Night program

Hosted 5 five sports camps-volleyball, soccer,

run, jump, throw and archery

Referee clinic for adults

Whale watching with summer program

2 youth soccer tournaments- Dec and Sept

Staff acquired kayaking certification

LAWRENCE AMBER RECREATION CENTRE

Key Issues Faced

Lack of funding/revenue for the rec centre

In great need of maintenance/storage

Lack of funding for more rec staff

Lack of volunteering for evening and/or

weekend programming

Need more supplies and equipment

Lack of teen centre

Rentals of rec centre impacts the programming

on a regular basis

Rec Centre is often used as an in-kind

LAWRENCE AMBER RECREATION CENTRE

Key Activities to Address Issues and Further

Goals

Fundraising for swimming

Staff attended High 5 training

Reactivate LAMRC committee

Develop a plan to address repairs and

maintenance

Recruit volunteers

Write proposals and seek grant funding

LAWRENCE AMBER RECREATION CENTRE

Goals for 2015-2016

Provide a variety of sports camps for youth and

adults

Be successful in grants and funding proposals

Continue utilizing other spaces for programs

such as bowling alley, community hall,

swimming, skating, skate park, road hockey

Have field trips

Have more diverse programming

Have more tournaments

Get more equipment

All are welcome to come and enjoy

This is OPEN house for all

We welcome recommendations from all for programs and services you want in and for the community

We Are A

Circle

Of Support