Frontenac Youth Services is a non-profit Children Mental Health Centre which has been providing assistance to emotionally and behaviourally disordered adolescents and their families within the Durham Region since 1972.

The agency is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services and operated by a Board of Directors comprised of community volunteers.

 

  Mission Statement

Frontenac Youth Services is committed to offering all adolescents and their families the opportunity to achieve social and emotional well-being in an environment of dignity, respect and professional excellence.

 

 

  Available to Provide

  • Treatment and other forms of direct service to adolescents and their families.
  • Education to the public and professional sectors of the community.
  • Involved in community development programs with other community resources.
  • Assessments
  • Residential
  • Day Treatment
  • Aftercare
  • Community Services
  • Intensive/Crisis
  • Transition Services
  • Dual Diagnosis Services
  • Individual Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Therapy

     
       Belief Statements
     

  • Respect, honesty and dignity as values of the agency are to be modelled in all our relationships.
  • Continuing growth and development of the adolescents, their families, the staff and the Board members are necessary components of the Agency.
  • Adolescents with their families or on their own have a right to access any needed services.
  • Providing only high quality service to adolescents and families.
  • Frontenac Youth Services has the responsibility to respond and evolve to meet the needs of its stake-holders.
  • Frontenac Youth Services must include as its foundation an emphasis on prevention of emotional or psychological disturbance.
  • Our mandate must include strong advocating for adolescents and their families.
  • Volunteer Board and staff must work together with mutual respect, collaboration and consultation honouring their specific roles and responsibilities.

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