- Description
- Offers a peer support group in a safe and non-judgmental environment where veterans, first responders, police, border services officers, nurses, correctional officers, and all frontline emergency response and hospital personnel, currently serving or retired, can talk openly about mental health.
Service provides:
- a support group where peers, often with lived experience, can provide support and referral assistance, helping towards recovery, resiliency, and growth
- a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental environment
- peer support that can help to reduce the burden of a person's recovery from trauma through reducing the stigma of treatment and access to mental health, medical, and social services
Includes:
- drop-in support group
- 1-on-1 support sessions
Affiliation: Partnered with Canadian Mental Health Association. - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to currently serving or retired:
- veterans
- first responders
- police
- border services officers
- nurses
- correctional officers
- hospital personnel
- and all frontline emergency response personnel
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- drop in during drop-in group hours
- contact to make appointment for 1-on-1 peer support where available
- contact or visit website for locations, dates, and times of groups
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Web Site
- http://www.osi-can.ca
- osicanask.ab@gmail.com
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Last Verified On
- April 12, 2023
- Hours of Operation
Program hours vary.
