The TC must provide a treatment program and twenty-four (24) hour residential services to offenders who are referred to it by CSC and accepted by the TC.
If applicable and where required, the TC must provide a strategy to accommodate diverse cultures and spiritualities, including, but not limited to, Indigenous culture and spirituality.
If applicable and where required, the TC must ensure that the accommodation is suitable and safe for children residing in the TC with the offender in accordance with measures outlined in CD 715-4.
Admission Criteria & Selection Process
The TC must specify the conditions of eligibility for its services, admission criteria, and program availability; take proactive measures in conjunction with CSC to maintain appropriate occupancy numbers; and, provide CSC with this information in writing upon request.
The TC admission criteria must be developed in consultation with a person or persons representing the interests or concerns of the local community, including a representative from the local Indigenous community (where applicable). The person(s) the TC selects from the community may be from an Advisory Committee, Board of Directors, or other similar committee, and must not have a salaried position with the TC or stand to gain financially from the operations of the TC.
The TC must have a selection process that includes:
A review of any CSC referral;
An assessment against admission criteria and the capacity of the TC to address the offender’s needs; and
A written decision of acceptance or refusal which includes a rationale for the decision against admission.
Liaison Services
The Treatment Centre must:
a) Liaise with local police forces to facilitate communication, to increase awareness and understanding of the TC’s purpose and to build support;
b) Communicate with offenders and staff at institutions (by such means that include, but are not limited to video conference, telephone, letters, visits) to ensure awareness of their services and programs, and to establish necessary linkages;
c) Liaise with local CSC Community Parole Officers, Managers and other Case Management Team members (including mental health professionals when working with offenders with mental health issues);
d) Maintain contact with community agencies and partners who provide reintegration services to assist offenders; and,
e) Continue to take reasonable steps to ensure a positive relationship with the community.
Treatment Plan and Support Services
TC staff must be part of the Case Management Team for the duration of an offender’s residency, program participation, or both. They must participate in the development of, and updates to, an offender’s release plan (Community Strategy) and Correctional Plan – Updated, including but not limited to identifying objectives, expectations, services and other measures that will be utilized by the TC to engage the offender in the aforementioned plans.
TC staff must develop a Treatment Plan consistent with the offender’s Correctional Plan (without being a replica) with the participation of the offender and the supervising Parole Officer. The TC must complete the Treatment Plan within thirty (30) days of the offender’s arrival at the facility. For TCs with OMS connectivity, the assigned TC staff must enter the plan in OMS under Casework Record (CWR).
The assigned TC staff must provide progress reviews at least once every forty-five (45) days in order to assess the offender’s progress in relation to the Treatment Plan, and to determine whether the services are adequate, still necessary, or whether other services may be needed. The assigned TC staff must discuss these reviews with the offender and supervising Parole Officer. For TCs with OMS connectivity,the assigned TC staff must enter these assessments in OMS under CWR .
If the TC does not have access to OMS, the Project Authority, in conjunction with the TC staff, must identify the means by which the Treatment Plan and related Progress updates will be entered into OMS.
The TC must provide the following support services:
a) Monitor and support offender activities against the Community Strategy, Treatment Plan and Correctional Plan;
b) Assist residents, through ongoing support, in areas that include, but are not limited to, crisis management, personal or family problems, education, literacy, employment, budgeting, life skills, recreation, spiritual and cultural activities;
c) Assist residents to secure services appropriate for their needs or for public safety requirements, such as substance abuse services, income support, employment services, medical (including mental health) and dental services; and,
d) Provide residents a supportive group living environment through activities such as periodic house meetings.
1.3 Expected results:
To promote the successful reintegration of offenders into the community.
Treatment Centres promote the successful reintegration of offenders into the community by addressing a specific need that individual offenders may have, in a residential treatment environment. Treatment Centres contribute to the management of risk by ensuring that suitable accommodation, treatment programs, support systems, and monitoring are in place to assist conditionally released individuals become law-abiding citizens.
1.4 Performance standards:
The TC Contractor agrees that its officers, employees and subcontractors must comply with all applicable laws and CSC’s Commissioner’s Directives (CDs), as applicable to the work to be completed as part of this contract.
The TC must have a written statement of mission which must include but not be limited to:
a) Objectives;
b) Programs;
c) Services; and,
d) Population to be served.
1.5 Deliverables:
1.5.1 The TC must record and incorporate pertinent information on individual residents into the resident case file. This information includes, but is not limited to, the following:
a) Additional reporting requirements determined by the supervising Parole Officer;
b) Services provided to the resident by the TC and its collaborating agencies or resources, as identified by the resident to the TC;
c) Names, addresses and phone numbers of person to contact in case of an emergency, as identified by the resident to the TC;
d) Signed acknowledgement of TC House Rules;
e) Any assessment for Decision reports, relevant to current release, submitted to the PBC;
f) TC Treatment Plan;
g) TC Treatment Plan progress reviews (as stated in Paragraph 24);
h) CSC psychological reports;
i) Case file recordings, including pertinent information from the duty log;
j) Documents outlining reasons for non-voluntary termination (where applicable); and,
k) Other documentation considered relevant to the provision of services, as determined by the TC or CSC.
