Community Services

Prevention Services - Empowering Family Well-Being

Working in unity to meet the needs of our children, youth, families and community.

Prevention - Support families experiencing hardship, prevent child welfare involvement if other solutions are available.

Family Preservation - Create goals with family, case management, assist with daily routines and promote healthy lifestyles.

Youth Wellness - Works directly with youth to support and improve mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing.

Jordan's Principle - Assist with emergency applications, provide application package and instruction for submission.  Jordan's Principle Handbook

Cultural Support - Works directly with community to provide cultural knowledge and a safe space to embrace spirituality.

Band Rep - Assist members with open child welfare files to offer support and guidance.  Consultation from Child Welfare Agencies as per The Child, Youth and Family Services Act.  CYFSA is an Ontario law that outlines the responsibilities of child welfare agencies in providing child protection services and guidelines for consultation with First Nation band representatives.

What Band Rep does:

• Child Protection Court Proceedings
• Receive consultation from Child Welfare Agencies as per the CYFSA
• Attend child welfare home visits at the request of our community members

Prevention Manager - Tara Hardy

Prevention & Advocacy Workers - Darla Kwisses & Sasha Mannila

Family Prevention Worker - Michelle Blair

Youth Wellness Worker - Abby Taggart

Cultural Support Worker - Ebony Netemegesic

Prevention Administrative Finance Clerk  - Joni Chaboyer

Jordan's Principle Coordinator -  TBD

Family Support Services  

The Lake Helen family support workers assist and support self-determined families and individuals in a time of crisis. This team meets monthly to develop the Lake Helen Service Calendar. This calendar displays all community programming for that given month. Family support workers believe in a gentle, culturally sensitive approach in assisting their clientele. We assist clients with family law, child welfare, legal matters, addictions, over-all personal wellness, and more.

FSW services are discreet and confidential.  Home visits are an alternative to coming into the office to see an FSW.  The family support workers have direct phone lines for your convenience.  However, you may call the FSW Office direct or the RRIB band office and leave a message with the front desk if you prefer. Your family support workers offices are located in the lower level of the Red Rock Indian Band Office.

The FSWs host a variety of community prevention activities geared to the needs of the community. All programming is family based and open to all and may be delivered with an educational component, in a workshop style, and/or a fun hands-on approach. Information and resources are included for clients to take home. 

Get Involved!

• Volunteers are always welcome to assist in delivering the community events.
• High school students may obtain their volunteer hours through the FSW's
• community programming and are urged to get involved!
• The FSWs are always open to new ideas and suggestions to better serve the community

Family Support Worker - Janet Belisle

Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy - Community Wellness

This program is responsible for coordinating, implementing and delivering health education and promotional programming along with providing support, education, training and assistance to community members in regards to health promotion and intervention.  

To support the development of a network of integrated healing and wellness programs and services for First Nations.

Community Wellness Worker - Kristina Netemegesic

Brighter Futures/Building Healthy Communities: 

The Brighter Futures Program is committed to developing programs that enhance the well being and health of Lake Helen youth. One of the guiding factors of any initiative is to ideally have youth input as to what is of importance to them. It is through this process that meaningful dialogue and involvement of youth can take place. Teachings, community programming and hands on activities increases awareness and knowledge of our people.  Some components of this program are mental health, solvent abuse, injury prevention child development and parenting. Recreation, training and social activities are currently the main areas we focus. We are always learning ready to expand  to deal with more personal issues that our community is being faced with.

Brighter Futures Coordinator - Lauren Michelle

Early Childhood Development Coordinator

The Early Child Developer supervises activities, such as field visits, group discussions, and dramatic play acting, to stimulate children’s interest in and broaden understanding of their physical and social environment.

She will foster cooperative social behaviour through games and group projects to assist children in forming satisfying relationships with other children and adults.

The Early Childhood Developer will encourage children in singing, dancing, rhythmic activities, and in use of art materials, to promote self-expression and appreciation of esthetical experience.  She instructs children in practices of personal cleanliness and self care.  

Family Well-Being

The Family Well-Being Program is dedicated to conduct activities that enhance the well being of community members and their families. The Family Well-Being worker will work closely with other service providers to deliver programming for all age groups. The Family Well-Being worker will deliver the "Meals on Wheels" program to the Elders who wish to sign up, as well as work with parents to discuss challenges and develop a plan to increase parental engagement. The program will provide our youth with a safe place where they can express their needs and interest within the community and provide our Elders with regular visits to ensure their needs are met.

Family Well-Being Worker - Heather Lindstrom