LHIN 4 Human Services And Justice Coordinating Committee - Survey of Service Providers and Community Organizations

LHIN 4 Human Services And Justice Coordinating Committee
Survey of Service Providers and Community Organizations

The LHIN 4 Regional Human Service and Justice Coordinating Committee is conducting a needs analysis to aid in its planning and your views are an important part of this process.

Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committees (HSJCC) have been established by multiple ministries to develop an integrated system of services for individuals with mental illness and other disabilities who are involved with the justice system (courts, jails, and police). The HSJCC's are organized into provincial, regional and local tiers. The LHIN 4 HSJCC is the regional body, with jurisdiction over four local committees from Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk, Hamilton, and Niagara.

Please complete this questionnaire no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Questionnaires will go directly to the external consultants, so only the researchers will see your replies.

When you complete the survey you will be able to review and edit your responses before they are submitted.

If you are unsure, or don't know the answer to a particular question, simply leave that item blank.

Please provide the following background information about you and your organization.

Name of Agency or Service Provider:
Type of Organization Mental Health Agency Developmental Services Agency Other Health and Social Services Agency Criminal Justice Agency Community Group/Association	Location Brant Haldimand and Norfolk Hamilton Niagara Six Nations
Other (please specify):
Estimated percentage of your service budget targeted to persons with a mental illness who are in conflict with the law: %
Referral sources for these individuals: Check all that apply
Self Family Health care professional Police Jail/detention centre	Group home Court personnel Probation/parole staff Mental health court support program Hospital
Other (please specify):

An alphabetical list of services and supports for persons with a mental illness or other disability who may or have come in contact with the law appears below.

Please review the list and indicate the three services that you feel are currently experiencing the greatest system pressure in terms of gaps between demand and supply in your community.

CHECK ONLY THREE.

Assessment
Case management
Court support services
Crisis response
Discharge planning from detention
Emergency housing/shelters
Employment supports
Family physicians

Legal aid
In-patient mental health services
Life skills training/rehabilitation
Psychiatric services
Safe beds
Social and recreational programs
Supportive housing
Treatment/counselling

Other (please specify):

Are there any other necessary services or supports for this client group that presently do not exist in your community?

Yes - Please specify below

Still thinking of the system of services and supports for persons with a mental illness or other disability who may or have come in contact with the law, rate its overall effectiveness in accomplishing the following:

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Responding to unique individual needs
Providing services available to all gps
Using resources efficiently
Ensuring individuals receive the right services
Ensuring individuals receive services in a timely fashion
Identifying and responding to community needs
Having a positive impact on clients

If you gave a rating of "fair" or "poor" to any of the items in Question 4, please explain below:

Do you feel there is any unnecessary duplication of services for persons with a mental illness who are in conflict with the law in your community?

Yes - Please specify below

Do you have any formal agreements or protocols with other agencies or service providers to better service this client group?

Yes

Which agencies or providers?

Feel free to suggest other partnerships, agreements or protocols between or among agencies or providers that could be beneficial in your community:

Organizations/Providers

Nature of Suggested Collaboration

Assume that you have $100 in new funding to distribute to the various services and supports for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities who are involved with the justice system in your community.

Thinking in terms of your answers to the previous questions, allocate these funds across the services below:

You can allocate funds any way you want, but the total must add up to 100.

Assessment
Case management
Court support services
Crisis response
Discharge planning (from detention)
Emergency housing/shelters
Employment supports
Family physicians
Legal aid
In-patient mental health services
Life skills training/rehabilitation
Psychiatric services
Safe beds
Social and recreational programs
Supportive housing
Treatment/counselling
Other Services
Refer to your answer in Question 3a and list below:
*TOTAL POINTS should be:*	100
Additional comments:

10.

A number of potential obstacles or barriers to individuals with a mental illness or other disability accessing services are listed below. Indicate the extent to which each of these are a problem in your community:

	Not a problem at all	Not too much of a problem	Somewhat of a problem	A large problem
The hours that supports or services are available
The geographic location of where the services are provided
Transportation
The financial cost or out-of-pocket expenses to individuals
Long wait lists/wait times
Prohibitive admission criteria
Lack of awareness of services
Language or cultural differences

11.

Are there any other obstacles or barriers that interfere with members of this client group receiving the services or supports that they need?

12.

Feel free to make any additional suggestions for service improvement

Completed by:

Name:
Title:

If necessary, may the consultant contact you directly for clarification or elaboration?

Yes - Please complete Contact Information below
No

Contact Information

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Thank you for your cooperation.