Health and Wellness Counselling Program - For children, youth, and families
Child Services, Condition Specific Support, Healthcare Providers, Indigenous Services, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Youth Services
Provided by Carrier Sekani Family Services
Offer counselling services for children, youth, adults, and their families when they are experiencing serious challenges. Child and youth clients are between 6-19 years of age, although exceptions can be made.
Professional counsellors provide health and wellness services to child, youth, their families in 13 Carrier Nation communities. Community clinicians provide on and off-reserve counselling to 10 of the Member Nations. Counsellors work within a Carrier cultural framework.
The goals of the Health and Wellness program are to:
- Provide children, youth and adults with access to timely, evidence-based and culturally relevant mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment services
- Ensure services are coordinated
- Promote evidence-based services as the standard of care, backed up by training, education, and monitoring
- Reduce children's risk of developing mental illness through means such as public education and expert involvement across sectors
- Build capacity in families and communities so they are better able to prevent and mitigate the potential effects of harmful factors in a child's environment
Counsellors work within a Carrier cultural framework to ensure that our clients receive services relevant to their needs, and to integrate traditional practices into the assessment and treatment services provided. The team receives training to understand the unique culture, dialect, and history of each of our Nations.
Adults with Indian Status of all ages from our Carrier communities are eligible to receive services.
Referrals for counselling are accepted from anyone. Services are free of charge and are mainly offered Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. After hour appointments and workshops may be offered depending on individual and community need.
250-692-2387 (Burns Lake)
Public email: mjanzen@csfs.org
Website: https://www.csfs.org/services/health...
Burns Lake Office - 108 - 2ndAvenue, Burns Lake, British Columbia, V0J 1E0
250-564-4079 (Prince George)
#301, 1705 3rd Avenue, Fort St. James, British Columbia, V2L 3G7
250-567-2900 (Vanderhoof)
Toll Free: 1-866-567-2333
Vanderhoof Office - 240 West Steward Street, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, V0J 3A0
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Any other source
Associated Programs/Services
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Availability
Service area: Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Prince George, Vanderhoof
Service Types Provided
Child Services
- Aboriginal Family Support
- Counselling - Child & Youth
- Mental Health Services (Child and Youth)
Condition Specific Support
Healthcare Providers
Indigenous Services
Mental Health - Child & Youth
- Counselling - Free or Low Cost: Child Counselling, Online Counselling, and Youth Counselling
- *Child Mental Health Services
- Counselling - Child & Youth
- COVID-19 Mental Health Supports
- Indigenous Mental Health Services
- *Youth Mental Health Services
Youth Services
- Mental Health Services (Child and Youth)
- Counselling - Child & Youth: Online Counselling
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
- Provided in a group in-person
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.