Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Community Service & Youth Agencies (Surrey)

Youth & Community Service Agencies - Surrey

Options Community Services Society
Surrey Survival Guide - Web

Surrey Survival Guide - Printable Version
 
City of Surrey Youth resources
Surrey library: Resources for Surrey's children and youth

  • Youth Arts Council of Surrey (YACOS) 
  • Surrey's Air Cadet Squadron 
  • Young People's Opera Society of BC 
  • MY Circle 
  • BC Youth Parliament

South Fraser Community Services Society

Surrey Street Youth Services 

Youth-specific resources are made available and SFCSS makes every effort to keep the youth safe until they can be directly connected with appropriate resources or youth shelters. 

In an after-hours, emergency situation, Surrey Street Youth Services can arrange safe, overnight accommodations.

Surrey Street Youth Services also works with schools and youth organizations in an effort to educate youth about the dangers and seriousness of addiction, homelessness, and predators. 

Gateway Shelter: Year-Round Homeless Shelter 

Housing program

Outreach Program 

The Front Room: 24-Hour Resource Centre

For more information, or to volunteer, contact our Bread4Life program.
Surrey Services

BC211

www.bc211.ca/
All Ages, Referrals, Outreach
Call 211 to speak with someone 24/7. They will provide information and referrals to community, social, and government agencies offering health and social services across Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Squamish-Lillooet Regional Districts. You can also browse their online directory. Formerly known as Information Services Vancouver - The Red Book.
Lower Mainland area, British Columbia
211 TTY: 604-875-0885
Contact: help@bc211.ca

Daughters & Sisters (PLEA)

www.plea.ca/our-services/addiction#daughters and sisters
Females Only, Inpatient, Residential Treatment, Individual and Group Counselling, Anger Management, Detoxification and Withdrawal Management Services
Ages 12 to 18 years old. This is a 6 month program and includes parent-teen mediation, teacher supervised education, and social and recreational activities. Referrals are accepted from probation officers in BC. Youth are placed in one of PLEA’s family homes with caregivers trained in detox, stabilization, and support recovery while receiving day, evening and weekend treatment at a separate facility. See brochure on website for more details.
100 - 8431 160th St
Surrey, British Columbia, V4N 0V6
604-541.1133
Contact: Meaghan Dougherty mdougherty@plea.bc.ca

Pacific Community Resources - ASTRA Program

www.pcrs.ca/Content/Program Pages/Addictions Services/ASTRA/Astra home.asp
Outpatient, Individual and Group Counselling, Relapse Prevention and Education Services
Ages 13-18 years old.
10318 E Whalley Ring Rd
Surrey, British Columbia, V3T 4H4
604-592-6200     Fax: 604-951-4808
Contact: Tom Hetherington, Manager of Addictions Services 604-951-4821 thetherington@pcrs.ca

Fraser Regional Office
604-951-4821
10328 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey
(Baristas, FYI, IRAYL, Job Options, QRP

 

Reconnect - Guildford Youth Resource Centre

www.pcrs.ca/
Outpatient, Assessments, Referrals, Individual Counselling, Relapse Prevention and Education Services, Outreach
Ages 13 to 19 years old.
205 - 14727 108th Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 1V9
604-587-8100     Fax: 604-951-4882
Contact: Martin Hurst mhurst@pcrs.ca

Surrey Alcohol and Drug Clinic

Outpatient, Assessments, Referrals, Dual Diagnosis, Individual, Group and Family Counselling, Pre-natal Support, Relapse Prevention and Education Services
Ages 16 to 24 years old.
204 13630 72nd Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 2P3
604-501-8244     Fax: 604-501-8340

Surrey Youth Resource Centre - Guilford

www.pcrs.ca/Content/Program Pages/Youth Services/Newton Youth Resource Center/Newton Youth Resource Centre.asp
Ages 13 to 24 years old. Provides a drop-in resource room and access to wide variety of programs and services for youth, including housing, employment, education, and mental health and addiction counselling services.
204 - 14727 - 108th Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 1V9
604-587-8100     Fax: 604-951-4882
Contact: Michel Pouliot, Manager Guildford mpouliot@pcrs.ca

Surrey Youth Resource Centre - Newton

www.pcrs.ca/Content/Program Pages/Youth Services/Newton Youth Resource Center/Newton Youth Resource Centre.asp
Ages 13 to 24 years old. Provides a drop-in resource room and access to wide variety of programs and services for youth, including housing, employment, education, and mental health and addiction counselling services.
114 - 13479 76th Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 2W3
604-592-6200     Fax: 604-598-8443
Contact: Michelle VanKeith, Manager Newton mvankeith@pcrs.ca

Waypoint (PLEA)

www.plea.ca/our-services/addiction#way point

Males Only, Inpatient, Residential Treatment, Individual and Group Counselling, Anger Management, Detoxification and Withdrawal Management Services

Ages 12 to 18 years old. This is a 4 month program and includes counselling, parent-teen mediation, teacher supervised education, and social and recreational activities. Referrals are accepted from probation officers in BC. Youth are placed in one of PLEA’s family homes with caregivers trained in detox, stabilization, and support recovery while receiving day, evening and weekend treatment at a separate facility. See brochure on website for more details. 
 
16590 96th Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V4N 2C3
604.585.9195 x103     Fax: 604.585.7976
Contact: Michelle Hawco, Program Director mhawco@plea.bc.ca

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Pacific Community Resource Society

PROGRAM FEATURES

Inter-Agency Education Programs - the Inter-Agency Education Programs include the LINKS, AGE, and TREES Programs. These programs combine academic programming with recreational activities and individual, group and family counselling services. These programs are delivered in partnership with the Surrey School District.

ASTRA Drug and Alcohol - The ASTRA program assists youth who have demonstrated problems with alcohol and/or drug use. The goal of the program is to move targeted youth towards reducing or abstaining from all problematic substance use.

Community Counselling Clinic - Provides Surrey residents easy access to free counselling services.

FYI - This program assists families to have strong and comprehensive care teams engaged in meeting the needs identified by the family. It provides consultation to community services to enhance knowledge of the effects of FASD. Please contact the program's social worker to arrange consultation appointments.

Immediate Response Program - Provides brief intervention counselling for youth and their families to improve family functioning. The overall objective is to enable families to live together successfully.
Independent Living Skills/Next Steps - This service is delivered by OPTIONS and it assists youth working toward independence, on underage income assistance, and youth experiencing difficulty in their family setting.
Prevention - The goal of the prevention program is to reduce the likelihood that youth will start using substances and slow the rate at which alcohol and other drug problems develop among youth within the community.

Reconnect - Reconnect is an outreach service that provides information, referrals and support to youth who want to connect to services, community and/or family.

Resource Room - Provide a walk-in, youth friendly environment to allow youth to access a range of referral and information services. This is also an opportunity to check out the other services available at the centre and self identify services that would be helpful.

SEY (Stop Exploiting Youth) - The SEY Program supports youth to exit a situation or lifestyle in which they are being sexually exploited.
Surrey Youth Housing Program - Offer one to one support to youth to secure and maintain housing. The program also works with local landlords to secure safe, affordable housing specifically for youth.
Youth Justice Services - These programs are offered to youth who are involved in the justice system providing support and supervision of court orders.

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Sources Community Resources Centres

Youth Services Programmes
  • Youth Justice Program

  • FASD Support Services

  • Mental Health Child, Family, and Youth Services

  • Winter House

  • Family Connections Centre

Addiction Services

Visit the Addiction Services Groups Page >> 

Monday, March 11, 2013

Welcome to the Social Service Worker blog

Greetings & welcome to the Social Service Worker blog. As an educator, social worker and advocate I use a wide range of communications, including social media and blogs, to share information about things happening in the field, links & resources, as well as events and happenings that concern students and social service workers in B.C. 

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I hope you will find this blog helpful & please share it with others who might find it useful. 

All the best, 

Tracey Young, MSW, RSW