What is a situation with complex needs?
It is a situation with several challenges from the list below experienced simultaneously with negative effects for a child, youth, or family.
What is the Francophone Intervention Table?
The Francophone Intervention Table of Simcoe Muskoka was created to help the professional community who works with families or individuals between 0-24 yo with complex needs who need francophone services.
Are you having difficulty finding Francophone services? Is the person or family in a complex, high-risk situation? If you answered yes to these questions, the community is here to help!
Francophone children, youth and families grow and thrive in a safe and healthy community through the collaboration of organizations and the implementation of iintegrated French-language services.
The Table is a strategic multi-sectoral collaboration of child, youth, and family services for Francophones:
- That is guided by common principles and processes
Whose objective is to offer active solutions - That provides support for Francophone families and individuals in the region
Table membership includes:
Mental health services
Victim services
Community services
Police
Probation (we don’t have probation at the table for now)
School boards
Child well-being agencies
Developmental services
Unemployment and housing services
Social Services
Poor physical health, alcohol misuse, drug addiction, self-harm, sexual violence, drugs
Mental illness, antisocial behavior, cognitive impairment
Reduced emotional health, loss, emotional abuse, suicide
Adverse social determinants of food insecurity, unstable shelter, harmful home environment
Poverty, unemployment
Criminal victimization, youth justice issues, harassment
School issues, bullying, negative peer influences, absenteeism, gang affiliation
Neglect, lack of supervision, parenting concerns
Intervention
- Referrals are made to the Situation Table with the members who represent Francophone services in that region.
- Table members participate in collaborative problem solving and implement a risk-based response.
- An intervention is done by the worker with the child, youth or family and with the support of the services offered at the Table.
Executive committee members – Francophone Intervention Table
If you are a speaker and are interested in refer someone to the Intervention table, please consult with the family or individual you work with and fill the form below.
