• Primary Heath Care
  • Community Programs
  • Harm Reduction
  • Mental Health
  • Dental Services
  • Niiwin Wendaanimak (Four Winds)

Primary CONNECT

Collaborative Navigation Network for Connected Treatment Interprofessional Primary Care Team

Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria

  • 16 years of age or older
  • Moderate to severe mental health concerns and/or substance use-related concerns (no exclusions)
  • Does not have a Primary Health Care provider and/or current Primary Care is not meeting client needs

Prioritization Considerations

  • Unhoused/underhoused
  • Uninsured
  • Racialized/Black/Indigenous/Metis/Inuit/First Nations
  • Low income
  • Significant support needed related to system navigation
  • Complex psycho-social needs

Dates & Hours

Currently 9am – 5pm (extended hours likely to come in the new year)

Site of Operation

Parkdale Site

1229 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6K 1L2

SRCHC Main Site

955 Queen Street East

CAMH

Contact

Tara Brady, Manager, Primary CONNECT

416‑537‑2455 ext. 1216
Cell: 437-992-4035

The Primary CONNECT Interprofessional Primary Care Team is a new partnership developed to expand access to primary care for individuals with mental illness/health-related concerns and/or substance use-related concerns and needs in West Toronto, downtown and East Toronto. The service will also provide clients with links to specialist services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where and when appropriate.

Services/Supplies Offered

  • Outreach and engagement
  • Comprehensive assessment
  • Crisis intervention and stabilization
  • Treatment planning
  • Health education and promotion
  • Access to harm reduction services
  • Collaboration and integration with community providers
  • Sessional Psychiatry services (CAMH) delivered at the CHCs (when appropriate and applicable)
  • Psychiatric consultations
  • Access to a Cultural Care Practitioner at Shkaabe Makwa, Clinical Services for Indigenous Patients
  • Navigation between wider programming at CAMH (assisted by the Social Worker) and the CHCs (assisted by the Social Worker, Case Manager and/or Community Health Worker)