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Fourcast Launches Recruitment Campaign for New Residential Addiction Treatment Facility

Addiction treatment in our community has just reached a major milestone. The Four Counties Addiction Services Team (Fourcast) is proud to announce that the renovation of the historic Paddock Wood residence is now completed, and we are moving into the next phase of the project by launching a staff recruitment campaign for the new services that will be housed at the site.

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Beginning on Monday, May 5, Fourcast will be recruiting a full complement of staff to run the highly anticipated residential – or “bed-based” – programs, which include a 35-day residential addiction treatment program and a withdrawal management program. Developed over the past two years, the services will align with the current best practices for addiction treatment and withdrawal management and will allow Fourcast to add this vital new service to our existing program options.

“We are incredibly excited to be moving forward with setting up our new facility and getting closer to opening the doors at Paddock Wood,” said Donna Rogers, Executive Director at Fourcast. “The biggest variable in predicting when we will be able to open these programs to the community is getting staff in place. We are committed to having the right people in the right roles so that we can ensure that we are offering the highest quality programming and meeting the highest standards of care to those receiving our services.”

Fourcast’s new programs will require a team of highly trained professionals to operate services that will see male-identifying participants residing on-site 24 hours a day. The agency will be recruiting for a wide range of roles, including full-time and part-time staff, day and night shifts, in different capacities from addictions and withdrawal management workers to food services and overnight care workers.

Ms. Rogers added, “Just as we do for our community-based treatment programs, we place the utmost importance on employing qualified, experienced, and compassionate professionals who will uphold our values in every interaction with our residential clients.”

There is currently no residential addiction treatment available in the region of Peterborough, causing many people to travel to Oshawa, Kingston, or Barrie to get the help they need. Adding local bed-based services will allow Fourcast to complete the continuum of services from early-access and harm reduction services to full residential care.

“As we heard from many community service agencies, government partners, and healthcare partners during the early stages of approving this initiative, Peterborough and its surrounding counties have a critical need for this program as part of the continuum of substance use services,” Ms. Rogers said. “By providing 12 new units of bed-based addiction services to the community, we will be able to get people into this intensive level of treatment much more quickly and much closer to home.”

The new programs will be housed in a residence located in the Paddock Wood subdivision in the north-east end of Peterborough. The 160-year-old building, formerly used by the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge (CMHA), has been extensively renovated to meet the need for a bed-based service location.

Fourcast will be posting jobs on our website at www.fourcast.ca/about-us/careers and will share widely with community partners and on social media.

Fourcast thanks the Ontario Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, the City of Peterborough, and Peterborough County for contributing to the funding for Paddock Wood.

PRHC opens barrier-free downtown clinic, providing rapid access to treatment for patients with opioid and alcohol addictions

PRHC Press Release

April 12, 2017 (Peterborough) – Peterborough Regional Heath Centre (PRHC) is pleased to announce the recent opening of the area’s first Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic, which provides expedited, barrier-free treatment for patients who are addicted to alcohol or opioids.

The clinic is staffed by PRHC physicians and registered nurses (RNs). No booked appointment or physician referral is necessary, although referrals from doctors, nurses, social workers, addiction counselors and community providers are welcome.

“Our Rapid Access Addiction Medicine clinic provides immediate access to lifesaving treatment by offering same-day counselling and addiction medication, and prescription therapies,” said Dr. Jim McGorman, an Emergency Department physician with PRHC who is now also treating patients at the new clinic. “This care model has been shown to help save lives by engaging patients with both short- and long-term therapies as soon as they are ready to pursue those treatments.”

The Rapid Access Addiction Medicine model is designed to initiate therapy for opioid or alcohol addiction and then triage clients to the most appropriate ongoing care provider. It is not intended to replace or duplicate the care provided by a family physician or a treatment clinic. The Peterborough RAAM clinic is working closely with other healthcare providers and resources in the community to ensure patients have access to additional supports following their initial treatment, as they move through the continuum of care.

PRHC’s RAAM clinic has been made possible through a $200,000 commitment from the Ministry of Health and the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). The RAAM clinic model has been implemented in cities across Ontario, where it is helping to prevent opiate overdoses and reduce ED visits and inpatient stays for people with addictions.

“The Central East LHIN, together with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and our health service provider partners, is committed to improving access to comprehensive care for people living with substance abuse disorders,” said Deborah Hammons, CEO of the Central East LHIN. “We look forward to seeing how the opening of the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic at Peterborough Regional Health Centre will have a positive impact on our ability to support individuals dealing with an opiate addiction by providing them with timely treatment, counselling and other supports. The development and implementation of RAAM clinics in Oshawa, Scarborough and now in Peterborough is an important part of the recently released Central East LHIN Opioid Strategy as we collectively respond in an integrated and coordinated way to addressing the opioid crisis in each of our sub-regions.”

The RAAM clinic has been operating in its downtown location at 159 King St. Suite 302 (co-located with PARN) since March 5. It is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m.

For further information, please contact:

Michelene Ough
Director, Communications
Peterborough Regional Health Centre
705-743-2121 x. 4259
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