Services
and Programs
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa offers
a variety of practical and effective programs and services to our clients. Women
of all ages are referred to E.Fry Ottawa by the officials working in the criminal
justice system, by lawyers, medical professionals, social workers, social assistance
workers, and by staff of community-based organizations and agencies. Women also
seek out our services through word-of-mouth referrals and self-referrals. For
more information on any of the programs listed below, please e-mail the contact
person noted, or call us at (613) 237-7427.
[Updated May 9, 2008]
Individual
Counselling
A counsellor provides one-on-one support and advocacy services
to clients and assists them in assessing their needs and/or risks. Together, the
counsellor and client determine strategies to help the woman respond to and deal
with her individual circumstances.
Group Counselling
Programs
are run in a group setting, with specific modules and learning objectives for
each session. Groups meet each week, and run for 6 to 16 weeks.
Shoplifting
Prevention Programs
These 8-week programs – for both adults and
youth – address the underlying issues that contribute to shoplifting behaviour.
In a group or individual setting clients learn to identify their shoplifting “triggers”
and they acquire appropriate tools to cope with and overcome these stressors.
The program introduces alternative choices and offers additional resources, support
and referrals.
Programs for adults, contact: Natalie
Programs
for youth, contact: Deborah
Theft
Prevention for Women
Rebecca White
Contact: Rebecca
Healthy
Choices
Over an 8-week period, groups for both adults and youth explore
healthy methods of communication and assertiveness, and issues around self-esteem,
peer pressure, substance use and misuse, healthy relationships, and other familial
issues.
Programs for adults, contact: Svjetlana
Programs
for youth, contact: Deborah
Anger
Solutions - Adult (8 weeks)
This 8-week program for adult women helps
them learn to identify the role of anger and its use/misuse. Clients learn to
recognize different “styles” of anger and concrete strategies to effectively
manage their own anger. Group members also learn more about their own personal
and community resources.
Groups for adults, contact: Meghan
Groups
for youth, contact: Deborah
- or by telephone at (613) 237-7427 ext 204
Conflict Resolution - Youth
(8 weeks)
- Identifies the role of conflict within interpersonal relationships
-
Explores appropriate responses to conflict
- Builds effective communication
skills
Contact: Deborah
Hooked
Up (full-time on-going program)
- Target clientele is women and
transgendered individuals who are involved in the sex-trade industry
- Provides
peer support - Examines the underlying issues and harms related to prostitution
-
Offers an after hours crisis line
- Develops harm reduction strategies and
alternative choices
- Offers access to food bank, laundry facilities, and survival
kits
- Assists with basic needs (housing, identification)
Contact:
Sadie
Gateway
- Adult (12 weeks)
- Supper Club program for women and transgendered
individuals who are involved in the sex-trade industry
- Official follow-up
to The Salvation Army's 3 day STEP Program
- Program offered in partnership
with St. Joe's Women Centre
Contact: Sadie
Support
Services
The following additional services are offered at our local
office and can be incorporated based on the needs of individual participants and
availability.
Family Support Program
- Information
workshops to parents and youth
- A sharing environment and a peer network for
both parents and youth
Contact: Deborah
Housing
Retention and Support
- Provides support and advocacy on housing
issues
- Information workshops on tenant rights
- Assists withhousing searches,
landlord-tenant negotiations
Contact: Sadie
JF
Norwood House (housing)
- Offers supportive transitional housing
to six women and two families
- On-site services and support
Contact:
Colleen
Community
Reintegration Programming
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa has
a Community Liaison worker which works with both women and young women at the
Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre
Contact: Chantal
Court
Support and Accompaniment-Volunteer Initiatives Program (VIP)
In
our Courthouse office (adjacent to Courtroom #5), volunteers provide information
and assistance to women and girls attending court proceedings.
Our volunteer
court workers also attend Court by request and accompany women who must appear
for court.
Contact: Kay
Note:
These programs are social service related, and not clinical in nature; we
have an array of E.Fry assessment and development tools.
