Turning Point Youth Services

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

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