Following a lengthy period of COVID-19 precautions, the Substance Use and Mental Health team was able to shift towards more in-person group programming this past year. Service users benefited from a range of programming across South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) sites, including low-barrier drop-in programming, arts-based programming, Indigenous Circles, gender-specific programming, educational workshops, trauma-treatment groups, Hep C treatment groups …
Working Collaboratively with Local Partners to Provide Integrated Care Across East Toronto
At South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC), a strategic priority for the organization is to “lead systems transformation through building and nurturing partnerships that support an inter-sectoral approach to addressing the social determinants of health.” SRCHC is involved in multiple partnership projects with agencies and community that focus on improving the well-being of clients and community members. We work with …
Meeting Community Needs with Diverse Programs and Services
Creating a space for connection and inclusion is vital to the work we have been doing within the Community Health and Chronic Disease portfolio over the past year. The loosening of COVID-19 restrictions provided an opportunity to evaluate how programs were offered in the past and to reconsider how programs could be offered moving forward. We asked ourselves “how do …
Evolving Integrated Health Care Practices to Improve Client-Centered Care
At South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) our primary care team works collaboratively on care planning for clients with complex needs. Our healthcare practices ensure coordinated delivery of the highest possible quality of care and inter-disciplinary referrals, supporting clients to be co-designers of their own care plans. SRCHC joins a movement of over 20,000 member agencies worldwide of the International …
Board Chair & CEO Message
In the life of every organization there are key moments, watershed moments, that stand out: when a movement forms sitting around a kitchen table, cutting that ribbon on your doors for the first time, or when an organization’s founder retires. 2023 was a watershed year for South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC).In July of 2023 our community was devastated by …