Component: Services For Children And Youth With Complex Needs

Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Service description

  • To provide treatment services on a non-residential basis without restrictions on the liberty of the child/youth
  • to provide appropriate coping strategy and skill development training that will enable the child/youth to function effectively at home, in school and in the community

People served

Children/youth under the age of 18 with a diagnosed mental disorder.

Program/service features

  • Non-residentially based treatment, designed to alleviate a mental disorder and a range of social, emotional and behavioural problems experienced by children and youth
  • planned therapeutic and multi-disciplinary interventions for children and youth
  • treatment is provided by, or under the supervision of, a psychiatrist who retains direct clinical responsibility for the case
  • counseling and parenting skill development training for families to better enable them to manage and support their child/youth

Individual planning and goal setting

Each child/youth will have a current plan of care that reflects an assessment of needs and preferences. The plan of care will identify the specific services/supports received by the child/youth, the expected outcomes and be based on the principles of person-centered planning, self-determination, and choice.

Specific service provided

This program is delivered in accordance with the descriptions provided here or any subsequent updated versions (or any other supporting policy documents provided by the ministry).

Ministry expectations

Services are child and family-centered and support the diverse needs of families in a way that is culturally safe, promotes equity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression.

Services will be

  • reflective and responsive to child/youth, family and community strengths and needs
  • accountable to the child/youth, family, and community
  • sensitive to the social, linguistic, and cultural diversity of families and Indigenous communities
  • staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to respond effectively to the needs of children/youth, and their families
  • support is based on the child/youth’s assessed needs, preferences and available individual, agency, community, and contracted ministry resources

Reporting requirements

The following service data will be reported at an Interim and Final period. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates and targets.

Service data name Definition

Child treatment: operating-non residential: Ministry-funded agency expenditures

Total ministry-funded expenses for the service agency to administer and/or deliver this service in the reporting year (cumulative).

# of individuals: child treatment: operating-non residential

Report the unique/unduplicated number of individuals that received Child Treatment – Non-Residential services in the reporting year. An individual is counted only once per year for each detail code where they received service. The same individual may be counted in more than one service data element if they are receiving more than one type of service.