Child/Youth Group Home Service.

The risk profile of the child/youth we take care of are:

Low/Medium risk trauma impacted behaviours, Medically Fragile child/youth, Sibling groups, Addictions, Pregnant Teens, Stabilization Group Care, Parented Group Care, Pre SIL/ SIL, etc.

An exceptional part of our program is the ability to provide every child/youth placed in our care with easy and prompt access (including quick referrals) to a network of practitioners and specialist (in various fields of medicine), who provide comprehensive healthcare services for simple, chronic, and complex medical issues and diseases like asthma, diabetes, routine annual /placement check-up, mental health and wellness (including Child/Adolescent mental health care service), addiction care, ADHD, etc.; through the Alberta Primary Care Network (PCN). Upon admission into care, the program will initiate a medical assessment for each child, followed by a mental health assessment by a mental health practitioner. Followed by a behaviour specialist assessment. Based on the outcome of these assessments (and if needed) we would create a multi disciplinary team (in collaboration with the case worker) to implement the recommendations of the practitioners. All of this is put into the service plan, and the child /youth care workers will also integrate and operationalize the care plan on to the floor.

After an initial behavioural consultation with the case worker, every Child/ Youth coming into our care receives a customized individualised “care plan”, specially put together to start to address their trauma needs within 30 days of admission. ABEBICARE INC is well equipped to offer every Child/ Youth in our care with an adult relationship that promotes:

• A safe space to blossom and flourish.
• Assistance in developing mental stability, and emotional wellness;
• Opportunity to focus on their individual strength (i.e. skills, talents, and abilities), and to develop self empowerment.
• Means of staying in touch with “indigenous culture” through our programs
• Access to uninterrupted education/ vocational training of choice (e.g. regular school, online school, outreach school, work programs, etc.) Staff would provide tutoring if needed.
• Tools to develop essential personal skills (i.e. sense of responsibility, make right choices, use of common sense), social/problem-solving skills, etc.; all through TCI trauma Informed care Life Space Interviews.
• Support for developing positive self-esteem as an essential tool for a healthy and successful lifestyle (even after leaving our care) through a strength based, Trauma informed Care (TIC) approach with a positive unconditional interaction of the therapeutic milieu (childcare workers interaction). This creates a relationship with an adult that is predictable and reconstructs trust with a significant adult for the child.
• Access to opportunities and community inclusion (i.e. as a way of connecting with others); and as a helpful tool to get them back on their feet upon leaving our care.
• 24 hours access to on call services to the Manager of the Agency and Crisis Support on call
  Where required, we also promote children reuniting/having a forever relationship with their biological family if possible.
• We are committed to providing long term and Sibling Group Care.