A22-CTICT-003 - Building Organizational/Program Capacity for Trauma Informed Care and Treatment

Kinark Child and Family Services strives to be the Best Treatment Provider for Children and Youth with Complex Needs.  Kinark offers a full continuum of Child and Youth Mental Health services across the service areas of York, Simcoe, Durham, Peterborough and Northumberland. In our work with complex children, youth, and families, awareness of trauma is required at two levels. The first is the broader Agency level, by adopting a Trauma Informed Care approach (TIC). This will require that every part of the organization is assessed and modified to ensure a basic understanding of how trauma impacts the lives of youth and families who are seeking service at Kinark. The second is to ensure that youth and families affected by trauma are assessed appropriately and that they have access to trauma-specific clinical treatment services.

In order to be successful, this work must be anchored in Kinark’s organizational values, relevant to a disparate and dispersed employee group and local site work cultures, responsive to our changing environments, informed by best practice and evidence and measurable.  Effective engagement in the process is vital with appropriate change management considered throughout the process.