The Community Wellness program is designed to assist Aboriginal families in the community to provide education and support on family violence and increase health awareness.
The Ontario Native Women's Association delivers the Community Wellness program to 3 communities.
Thunder Bay
Kenora
Dryden
Each site brings a variety of local programming relating to health and wellness in their communities.
The Community Wellness Worker will:
Work one on one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns.
Organize and facilitate community events in schools, powwows, health fairs, etc. to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence.
Provide victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence.
Offer Aboriginal Culture based healing, self help processes for anger management, and positive self image development; alternative discipline methods and positive relationships.
Develop programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family based violence awareness.
Community Wellness Workers bring healing and wellness to the community level by:
Facilitating public workshops, seminars and public education forums to promote healthy lifestyles in the community.
Community events to promote healing, wellness, addictions free activities, positive parenting, family interaction, and cultural awareness.
Involvement of elders, senators, and traditional people who have undergone their own healing and wellness journeys.
Local co-ordination of existing crisis or "first response" services such as: community patrols, search and rescue, suicide prevention/intervention, and policing.
Linking families with community health resources and social services.
Referrals to counseling, legal services, and treatment centres.
For More Information Please Contact:
Community Wellness Worker
Toll Free: 1-800-667-0816
Local: (807) 623-3442
Email: cwwtbay@onwa-tbay.ca