Thunder Bay Situation Table

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The Thunder Bay Situation Table was established in 2017 in response to a recognized need to coordinate resources and services, and plan more effectively for people with human service needs who are at risk of offending, criminalization, victimization or harm.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Thunder Bay Situation Table is to bring together a diverse spectrum of service providers to collaborate and mobilize appropriate short-term interventions to address situations of Acutely Elevated Risk (AER). The three primary areas of emphasis for the Thunder Bay Situation Table include:

• Provide timely, collaborative, responses to situations of Acutely Elevated Risk (AER).
• Gather de-identified data related to situations of acutely elevated risk.
• Encourage collaboration, strengthen relationships, and build trust and respect between community service agencies.

OBJECTIVES

• Increase community safety and well-being by responding to situations of AER before crisis occurs.
• Efficiently and effectively develop collaborative, multi-disciplinary interventions.
• Ensure situations that do not meet the threshold for AER are responded to outside of the Thunder Bay Situation Table
• Share valuable information and informed input to the Northwest Centre of Responsibility that has the potential to enhance Situation Table discussions and enhance community planning (i.e. opportunities, barriers, recommendations, post-intervention satisfaction).

WHAT IS ACUTELY ELEVATED RISK (AER)?

Acutely Elevated Risk (AER) refers to “a situation negatively affecting the health or safety of an individual, family, group, or place where there is a high probably of imminent and significant harm to self or others.  The risk factors contributing cut across multiple human-service disciplines.”

The ‘acute’ nature of these situations is an indicator that threatening circumstances have accumulated to the point where a crisis is imminent, new circumstances have contributed to severely increased chances of victimization, and/or any effort to mitigate victimizations requires a multi-agency response.

FOUR FILTER APPROACH

The Ministry of the Solicitor General has contributed significantly to guidelines for managing privacy protection at Ontario Situation Tables. The Ministry encourages compliance with the Four Filter approach at Situation Tables in circumstances where consent is acquired as well as in circumstances where consent is not acquired.

Resources:

WILFRED LAURIER SITUATION TABLE TRAINING  

THUNDER BAY SITUATION TABLE DOCUMENTS

Current Member Agencies:

Alpha Court

Anishinabek Police Services

Beendigen

Brain Injury Services of Northwestern Ontario (BISNO)

Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay

Catholic Family Development Centre

C’Entrelles

Children’s Centre of Thunder Bay

City of Thunder Bay – Youth Inclusion Program

Community Services for Independence (CSI) Northwest

Community Living Thunder Bay

Dilico Anishinabek Family Care

Getting Appropriate Personal and Professional Services (GAPPS)

Hospice Northwest

John Howard Society

Kairos Community Resource Centre

Keewaytinook Okimakanak

Lakehead Public Schools

Lakehead University

Lutheran Community Care

Matawa First Nations

Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – ODSP

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services – Youth Justice Programs

Ministry of the Solicitor’s General – Thunder Bay Probation

Norwest Community Health Centre

Ontario Disability Support Program

Options Northwest

Ontario Addiction Treatment Centre (OATC)

Ontario Native Women’s Association

Our Kids Count

St. Joseph’s Care Group

Superior North EMS

Thunder Bay Catholic School Board

Thunder Bay Counselling Centre

Thunder Bay Children’s Aid Society

Thunder Bay District Health Unit

Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board (TBDSSAB)

Thunder Bay Police Services

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre – Adult Mental Health

Thunder Bay Sexual Assault Centre

Tibishkogijog Mental Health and Consulting

YES Employment

NORTHWEST REGIONAL SITUATION TABLE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE:

Open to all members of any Situation Table in Northwester Ontario.  Meetings are held bi-monthly and include information sharing, identification of training needs, Q & A.  The community of practice also includes an online community forum. Please contact the Coordinator for more information about joining the Community of Practice.

COORDINATOR CONTACT INFORMATION:

Jenny Leadbeater – Coordinator, Thunder Bay Situation Table and Northwest Community Mobilization Network

[email protected]

(807) 630-2272