Life Skills

Our Life Skills Programming is designed to provide a supportive learning environment for individuals living with a mental illness or experiencing poor mental health, while continuing their personal journey towards recovery. Members can access a variety of topics to enhance their wellness, while learning new ways to maximize their potential and achieve a greater personal satisfaction. The Life Skills Program has a direct focus, not only on positive mental health but as well as mental illness recovery. This allows for strong peer support among members and one on one guidance from its coordinator.

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The Life Skills Programming is dedicated to covering a wide range of topics such as:

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Improving Communication Skills

Appropriate Behavioral and Social Skills

Crisis Management

Self-Management

Recovery Skills

Personal Wellness

Financial Wellness

Stigmatization

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Wellness Activities

The Wellness Activities program has been designed to be centered around the members individual needs with a recovery-based focus. Our activities program strives to inspire creativity, teach social and life skills, foster relationships and empower members to take charge of their journey to recovery. Some of the activities are:

 

• Walking Group: Socializing and enjoying what Mother Nature has to offer in our area. 

• Men's Group: Men's group focuses on navigating life as a man with mental illness in the 21st century.

• Women's Group: Women's group focuses on self-care,empowerment, and quality relationships with other women. We combine discussion-based activities with artistic activities and other coping skills.

• Cooking: Cooking focuses on teaching members budget friendly meals, while teaching basic cooking skills such as knife skills, cooking meat and making sauces.

• Arts and Crafts: Arts and Crafts provides and therapeutic environment for members to explore their creativity and express their journey to mental wellness.

• ACTION: Book a one on one with one of our Human Services Counsellor to help you define and discovery goals and the paths your will take to achieve them. 

• Enjoy our lounge with a good book and a coffee, watch Netflix or enjoy one of our many DVDs, a lending library for books and DVDs, board games and puzzles. 

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W.A.S.P

W.A.S.P (Wellness Action Support Plan) is a member driven, staff guided journey to personalized goals and self-discovery. During this session, members will work individually with support staff to develop a personalized, goal based action plan. A members support plan may include:

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Emotional Triggers

Support Structure

Coping Skills

Measuring and Identifying Stress Levels

Self-Awareness

S.M.A.R.T Goal Setting

Overcoming Personal Barriers

Creating Community Connections 

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Staff will work diligently with the members to assist them in maintaining focus on their individual recovery journey.​

Ergon Support understands everyone has a goal they want to achieve for themselves, big or small. At Ergon we are there to help our clients identify, plan, and build the skills to achieve their individual goals. Success looks different for everyone, which means the path to get there needs to be created just for you; we can help with that.

 

How we do that:

 

Ergon Inc is a DSD licensed E.S.S.P (Employment & Support Services Program) agency offering employment based training through our Ergon WORKS program. Members are provided the opportunity to develop skills for employment sectors of personal interest and gain more financial independence. Our WORKS program utilizes a person centered approach with a focus on the employment first model. Members will gain access to personalized case planning, Skills for Success© Training, employability and pre-employment training along with one on one coaching and skills training. Members will complete the program with the skills needed to achieve their employment goals, offering them the opportunity for more independence and a better quality of living. Ergon WORKS programming is a 6 month employment training opportunity, with the possibility of an extension. Members will receive one on one case planning, pre-employment and employability education modules. The member will develop skills based upon their specific needs to achieve full knowledge of the sector they are interested in pursuing. Members will be given the opportunity for hands on experience in the field of their interest with local employers providing a more in depth understanding of the position. Members will be given the opportunity to work with our WORKS Coordinator on resume building, mock interviews, and preparing cover letters, along with access for follow ups once they are gainfully employed.

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