Office phone 416-925-9250
Fax 416-925-9926
Email info@turningpoint.ca
Website www.turningpoint.ca
Address 95 Wellesley St East, Toronto, ON M4Y 2X9


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Location (Intersection) Toronto Central (Jarvis St and Wellesley St E)
Hours

• Monday - Friday (8:30 am-4:30 pm)
• evening therapy appointments available --
• Shelter -- Monday-Sunday (24 hours)

Area served Greater Toronto Area
Languages of service English; access to interpreters for other languages
Eligibility

• Residences -- youth 12-18 years attending school or employed
• Shelter -- distressed young men 16-24 years
• Concurrent Disorders Program -- young men 16-24 years with identified or suspected concurrent disorders (mental health and substance use issues)
• Project Going Home -- adults 16 years and over and their families
• Counselling and other nonresidential services -- distressed young men and women 12-18 years and their families

Physical access Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms -- residences not accessible
Service description

• Residential and nonresidential programs
  • Structured, individualized treatment
  • Support and counselling for families of current and graduate residents (aftercare)
  • Youth probation services
• Clifton House, Withrow House, Woodycrest House -- residences
  • Individual and family therapy
  • Life skills
  • Client focused
  • Self management skills
  • Child welfare and young offender residents
  • Rents geared to income
  • Combined capacity 24
• Concurrent Disorders Program -- short term residential program for young men 16-24 years
  • Support and stabilization
  • Development of life skills and family and community support networks
  • Preparation for longer term treatment
  • Assistance with securing permanent housing
  • Intensive case management
  • Follow up
  • Capacity 6
• Counselling Services -- counselling and assessment for youth 12-18 years
  • Individual, family and group therapy
  • Self or professional referral
  • Referrals to TPYS residential programs or community-based services
  • Call first if possible (limited drop-in service)
• Project Going Home -- offers individuals the means necessary to return to their home communities
  • Travel expenses
  • Food
  • Supportive counselling and referrals to local community supports
• Redwood House -- transitional residential program for young men 16-19 years, able to live cooperatively and manage a personal budget
  • Some support and instrumental assistance
  • Monetary contribution required
  • Capacity 8
• Shelter -- short term residence for young men 16-24 years
  • Food
  • Supportive counselling
  • Referrals
  • Evening and day programming
  • Housing support
  • Employment and community support
  • Capacity 35
• The Classroom (Section 23) -- educational services for residents and nonresidents
  • Individualized attention to academic and behavioural difficulties
  • Life skills
  • Drug abuse
  • Family intervention
  • Ethnospecific counselling
  • Aftercare
• Toronto Attendance Program -- for youth 12-18 years with a probation order to attend
  • Court diversion program
  • Emphasis on developing positive social, cognitive, problem solving and decision making skills
  • Conflict resolution

Organization type Non Profit; Registered Charity



Last complete update 2011-03-01
Last modified date 2011-08-17
Subjects Juvenile/Youth Shelters ~ Young Adults ~ Men; Return to Point of Origin ~ Homeless Families; Return to Point of Origin ~ Homeless Individuals; Juvenile Diversion; Educational Therapy; Educational Therapy ~ Substance Abuse Issues; Group Homes for Children and Youth with Disabilities ~ Adolescents ~ Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities; Group Homes for Dependent Children ~ Adolescents ~ Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities; Family Counselling ~ Mental Health Issues ~ Youth Issues; Residential Treatment Facilities ~ Young Adults ~ Concurrent Disorder; Adolescent/Youth Counselling; Psychiatric Disorder Counselling ~ Adolescents; Runaway/Homeless Youth Counselling; Clinical Psychiatric Evaluation ~ Adolescents; Mental Health Halfway Houses ~ Young Adults; Psychiatric Aftercare Services ~ Youth Issues