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Record #: HAM3104

Last Modified: 03 May 2013

Last Full Update: 05 Feb 2013

Contact Information

Social Media

Address & Map

Melrose United Church
86 Homewood Ave
Hamilton, ON L8P 2M4

Site Location

Melrose United Church

Major Intersection

Queen St S and Aberdeen Ave

Mailing Address

c/o Shalem Mental Health Network-WrapAround
1 Young St, Ste 512
Hamilton, ON L8N 1T8

Office Phone

Shalem Mental Health Network: 905-528-0353

Toll Free Phone

1-866-347-0041

Fax

905-528-3562

E-Mail

elske@shalemnetwork.org

Website

www.shalemnetwork.org/support-programs/wraparound/

Primary Contact

Libby Cook, Volunteer Coordinator, WrapAround Hamilton; Phone: 905-528-0353; Email: westhamwrap1@gmail.com

Alternate Contact

Elske de Visch Eybergen, WrapAround Hamilton, Shalem Mental Health Network; Phone: 905-320-8373; Email: elske@shalemnetwork.org

Service Details

Alternate Name (Internal use only)

Wrap Around

Accessibility

Fully Accessible

Located In Community

Hamilton West

Ward

Ward 1

Description

Wraparound Hamilton provides help to families with complex needs. Family and friends develop a support team to develop strategies to meet identified needs.

WrapAround Hamilton has a Community Mobilization Team that organizes the community to provide the Wraparound process to people/families with complex problems so that they can find solutions leading to a better life.The Community Mobilization Team meets once every two months at Melrose United Church, organizes fundraising for our flex funds for families and does presentations in the community to interested organizations.

For people/families who have been involved with the Wraparound process, they talk about Wraparound as providing them with real hope that life could be different and better on a daily basis.

Fundamental to the Wraparound process are a number of paradigm shifts which are identified as follows:

* In Wraparound, the person/family directs the planning versus the professionals directing the planning
* Wraparound plans meet the needs of the person/family versus the needs of the professionals
* Wraparound plans are built on the strengths and resources of the person/family and their team versus being based upon a disease or pathology model
* Wraparound plans are flexible and unique to each person/family versus being set and categorical
* Wraparound teams always include the person/family, their community support people and the professionals that they find helpful versus the team being made up of just the professionals involved
* Wraparound teams meet as often as needed by the person/family and usually at least once a month versus traditional case conferencing that usually has the team meet only every three months

Meetings

Community Mobilization Team meets bi-monthly on Wed. evenings from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

Areas Served

Hamilton Central - with focus on James St W to the Hamilton West boundary ; Hamilton East - assist families in east end up to Parkdale Ave ; Hamilton Mountain West ; Hamilton West

Eligibility

Ages: 16 year(s) and up

Individuals/family residing in Hamilton who have: A history or risk of repeating hospitalization, incarceration, homelessness, personal harm or placement outside the family home:

* A history of limited success with traditional service interventions
* Are at risk of requiring further services in the future

Application

Contact volunteer coordinator via email or phone

Bus Routes

(6) ABERDEEN ; (7) LOCKE ; (34) UPPER PARADISE

Fees

None

Languages

English ; French ; Dutch ; Portuguese ; Swahili

Funding

Grants ; Fundraising ; United Way ; Shalem Mental Health Network funds the Coordinator position

Established

2005