Mara House
Mara House is a family-oriented, residential facility for challenging/vulnerable children age 6 to 16. Parents and caregivers meet with a multi-disciplinary team, including a Clinical Family Specialist/Residential Clinical Consultant, and community specialists. Staff at Mara House provide:
- a nurtured home life and environment
- safety and security for all residents
- positive goal-oriented individual plans
Mara House is in operation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in accordance with the Interior Health Community Care Facility Act. Access to Mara House is done through the Resource Team at the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
For more information on Mara House, please contact Dave MacPhee at (250) 545-3340.
Intensive Support Program (ISP) and Intensive Support Homes (ISH)
Offers support to caregivers and youth residing in Intensive Support Homes with goals to:
- increase ability of caregivers to care for high needs of children
- increase stable and positive placement behaviours
- increase ability of caregivers to manage stress related to the needs of children and youth
- increase skills of youth to achieve positive growth
- Intensive Support Homes program recruits, screens, trains and maintains caregivers available to provide care for children/youth in the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Referrals for the Intensive Support Program must come from MCFD.
For more information on this program, please contact Gary Swift at (250) 545-3572.
Residential Clinical Consultant/Clinical Family Specialist
Works with children and youth who demonstrate two or more symptoms of conduct disorder over a six month period. The Clinical Consultant provides:
- caregiver consultation
- behaviour management strategies
- one to one counselling
- group service to a limited caseload
Referrals must come from the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and the Child and Youth Mental Health office (CYMH).
For more information, please contact Dave MacPhee at (250) 545-3340.
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