Extrajudicial Sanctions (Court Diversion)
A Crown Attorney may consider the option of EJS if the young person cannot be adequately dealt with by way of police warning, caution or referral to the Extrajudicial Measures program due to the serious nature of the offence, the number of previous offences committed by the young person, or any other aggravating circumstances.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
Extrajudicial Measure
This program offers youth in the judicial system supportive interventions and effective alternatives to addressing the impact of crime without formal criminal proceedings. An investigating officer may decide that the youth and the community would be better served by EJM which is designed to hold youth accountable for their actions while offering opportunities to intervene in at-risk behaviours. Examples of measures used within this program can include: community or personal service work, apology letters, an apology in person, essay/crime prevention projects, restitution, and/or participation in anger awareness, substance abuse, or life skills programs, and/or participation in a Community Justice Committee.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
519-441-1064
Anger Awareness
A six week interactive program designed for youth 12-17 that focuses on helping youth to appropriately deal with their feelings of anger. Each session is one hour in length. Intake includes both pre and post-tests. Sessions include an introduction to Anger, Triggers, Cues, Styles, Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships, Victims, Conflict Styles, Expressing Anger Effectively, Problem Solving, Redirecting Anger, Managing Stress, Coping Statements, and a Review. This program can be conducted in individual or group format.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
519-441-1064
shannon.devries@salvationarmy.ca
Springboard
Community Learning Hub
An innovative approach to delivering life skills.
Inspired by youth, for youth, the Community Learning HUB is a digital suite of programs that enhances the way life skills are delivered to youth. This innovative tool is easy to run and proven to work, leaving both the facilitator and the participants feeling more connected and energized.
The HUB is designed to engage youth who may not respond to traditional teaching methods. It targets, addresses and adapts to the most pressing and complex issues for in need communities. This program engages and motivates youth to develop their skills.
Inspired by youth, for youth, the Community Learning HUB is a digital suite of programs that enhances the way life skills are delivered to youth. This innovative tool is easy to run and proven to work, leaving both the facilitator and the participants feeling more connected and energized.
The HUB is designed to engage youth who may not respond to traditional teaching methods. It targets, addresses and adapts to the most pressing and complex issues for in need communities. This program engages and motivates youth to develop their skills.
Employment
The Employment Program was developed to address some of the life-skills needs of at-risk youth for better integration into their local employment markets. The development of good employment skills is a key social determinant of long term health and mental health outcomes.
Anger Management
The Anger Management Program is a highly structured, eleven session, cognitive-behavioural based, skill development program for at-risk youth. The program attempts to address proven criminogenic risks and needs in the areas of anger, hostility, and aggression, and was specifically designed for youth at-risk.
Girls’ Group
The Girls’ Group Program provides participants with the opportunity to safely discuss real life issues relevant to relationships and violence in a gender specific format. The program aims to encourage greater feelings of self worth and assist youth with developing positive social supports.
Substance Abuse
The Substance Abuse Prevention Program provides session material based upon the latest research utilizing an interactive psycho-educational approach based in the bio-psycho-social model of dependency. Substance Abuse prevention is designed to be delivered over 11 sessions covering addictions based concepts such as the Stages of Change, the Spiral of Addiction, Physiological Tolerance, Dependence and Withdrawal, Psychological Dependence and Cravings, Influences and Harmful Impacts of Substance Abuse, as well as education on the various illicit substances found in society today.
Financial Literacy
The Financial Literacy Program provides session material focused on increasing participant knowledge and understanding of responsible money management and to develop the foundational elements of personal finance.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
Youth Justice Committee
The Youth Justice Committee Program is an alternative to formal court proceedings. A youth and their
parent(s) or guardian will meet with a committee of community volunteers and the victim. Together they will negotiate meaningful ways or “sanctions” for the youth to repair the harm caused.
parent(s) or guardian will meet with a committee of community volunteers and the victim. Together they will negotiate meaningful ways or “sanctions” for the youth to repair the harm caused.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
Weed Out The Risk
Weed Out The Risk is an interactive program highlighting the risks of using marijuana and driving for high school aged students. Using video, games, illustrations, and discussion opportunities this program explores the myths associated with marijuana use, its effect on the human body, implications for the driver, associated harms that can result, and some ideas for safety planning.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
Trade Up
A six session, full-time employment preparation program for youth aged 15 – 29, focuses on skilled trades in Ontario. Designed to enhance the essential skills and work habits of older youth who, despite wanting to find rewarding, full-time employment, find themselves poorly integrated into the labour market with little to no current involvement in education, employment or training (i.e. N.E.E.T. youth). With a focus in the skilled trades in Ontario, participants explore the many benefits to pursuing this demanding and rewarding career path.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
Community Reintegration Support
To provide intensive one on one support and community-based programming and interventions to address specific assessed needs of young persons and/or conditions of a sentence in order to support rehabilitation and reintegration of young persons. Referral is by the probation officer or other youth justice service providers.
Contact
Shannon de Vries
Youth Worker/Youth Justice Committee Coordinator
519-441-1064