CMHA Lambton County Branch - Strategic Planning Process

CMHA Lambton County Branch
Strategic Planning Process

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Lambton Branch (CMHA Lambton) has initiated a strategic planning process to update our strategic plan and identify future directions and priorities. Part of this process involves obtaining the views of staff about the various issues and choices facing our agency.

Please complete the following questionnaire by February 22, 2008. You will have a chance to edit your responses when you click "Submit". Your survey will then go directly to the external planning consultant helping us with the project, so your replies will be completely anonymous and confidential. The survey findings will be used at a planning retreat to be held in April.

Our current mission statement reads as follows:

To advocate and provide supports and services with and for people with mental illness, and to enhance, maintain and promote the mental health of all individuals in Lambton County.

How would you rate our overall effectiveness in fulfilling this mission?

Very Effective	Somewhat effective
Not too effective	Not at all effective

Now rate the effectiveness of CMHA Lambton in carrying out each of the following core functions related to its mission:

	Very Effective	Somewhat Effective	Not too Effective	Not at all Effective
Providing flexible, accessible, person centred services and supports
Advocating for change
Building community awareness of mental health issues
Identifying and eliminating service gaps and duplications
Cultivating partnerships with consumers, families and other service providers
Strengthening the CMHA profile throughout Lambton County
Providing effective leadership to build the service capacity of the mental health system

Please list one major strength and one weakness of CMHA Lambton:

Strength

Weakness

Some external factors affecting the mental health field are listed below. Review the list and rank each item in terms of its impact on CMHA Lambton. Assign a "1" to the most significant factor, a "2" to the next factor, and so on down to "8".

Insert ranks 1 to 8.

Funding uncertainties
Introduction of the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
The changing role of hospitals
The emerging role of the community health sector
Increasing demand for services and programs
Changing consumer expectations
Increasing awareness of mental health issues
Changing demographics in the area

5.	Are there any other significant trends, issues or events that should be considered in developing a new strategic plan for CMHA Lambton?

Still thinking of external factors, list one future opportunity and one potential threat facing CMHA Lambton:

Opportunity

Threat

The broad areas of focus identified in CMHA Lambton's 2004 strategic plan are listed below. Keeping your answers to the previous questions in mind, indicate your view of the relative importance of these goals by allocating 100 points across the different options.

Allocate points any way you want, but the column should add up to 100.

Developing programs and services to meet community needs
Organizational development, including staff and volunteer development, research, accreditation, Board development and succession planning
Increasing financial resources available to the organization
Increasing advocacy and awareness
Networking and coalition development

8.	What other important directions should be considered?

9.	Please feel free to make any comments or suggestions pertaining to CMHA Lambton's strategic planning process:

Thank you for your cooperation.