Supervised Consumption Site & Connect Program

Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone

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Supervised Consumption Services are part of a range of evidence-based services that support prevention, harm reduction and treatment for Albertans living with substance use challenges. Providing a place where people can use drugs in a monitored, hygienic environment to reduce harm from substance use while offering additional services

Supervised Consumption Services

These services are part of a range of evidence-based services that support prevention, harm reduction and treatment for Albertans living with substance use challenges. Providing a place where people can use drugs in a monitored, hygienic environment to reduce harm from substance use while offering additional services such as:

  • counselling
  • social work
  • opioid-dependency treatment

Safeworks Connect

Safeworks Connect is a team who support the Supervised Consumption Site and its clients, the immediate neighbors of Sheldon M. Chumir, and other programs within the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre. The teams' mission statement is to build relations by being present to foster healthy communities. Safeworks Connect runs twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, and is available to assist with:

  • client engagement
  • needle debris clean up and / or questions or concerns regarding the Supervised Consumption Site and harm reduction
  • resource navigation

Key Provider: outreach workers, peer support workers, registered nurses (RNs), social workers
Eligibility
No
Application Process
Service Access: Walk-in / Drop In Service, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information. Safeworks Outreach services are accessible at varying times / locations in Calgary.
Referral Process: No


Waiting Period: No,
Telephone
403-955-3380
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: No


Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes - This facility is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator on site.
Other disabled access: N/A -
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Last Verified On
July 9, 2024
Address
1213 4 Street SW
Calgary, AB, T2R 0X7

This facility provides 24/7 care for people with injuries or illnesses that are not life threatening. Other healthcare services have limited hours.


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Hours of Operation
24/7
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