Deltassist Family and Community Services Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the well being of the people of Delta. We offer counselling and community-building in the form of workshops, events, senior support, outreach programs, and information services. We operate from locations in North Delta, Ladner, and Tsawwassen and have been caring for Delta since 1972.
Family Counselling
This Deltassist program offers individual, couple and family counselling to the residents of Delta B.C. for those issues that are not addressed by other Deltassist programs.
Seniors Counselling
Deltassist offers counselling for Delta residents 55+, with concerns that are impeding their ability to live a healthy lifestyle. The following support can be provided to improve quality of life, including physical, social, and emotional well-being:
* short term counselling
* emotional support
* global assessments of current functioning
* education
* facilitation of referrals
Services For Families (Referred By MCFD)
* Healthy Families Program
The Healthy Families Program provides quick response for assessment, support, education and in-home or in-community treatment for families.
This program assists the family by increasing parenting effectiveness through skill building. The program maintains safety for children in the home by identifying and addressing risk.
* Family-Focused Child Counselling
This program identifies and works on goals that will support children individually or in a group setting in their community for family home.
* Outreach Family Counselling
Deltassist Outreach Family counselling provides support for parents who lack the support they need to cope effectively. This program assists with building skills and connecting with resources and the community.
Nobody's Perfect Parenting
Nobody's Perfect Parenting is a free 6 week parenting program offered to parents with children under 5 years of age.
The sessions cover useful information about children's health, safety, development and behaviour. The program aims to support and encourage confidence in positive parenting.
Child care is provided during these weekly, two hour sessions, which are usually held in the morning.
Individual counselling is available as well as group counselling.
Young Parent Outreach
Deltassist offers teen parents support, parenting education and mentoring.
Through our Young Parent Outreach program our counsellors are here to help young parents meet personal goals while encouraging healthy pregnancy and development of their children.
In addition to personal support we also help young parents acquire the infant supplies needed to care for a baby and connect them to other community resources that will prove helpful during their pregnancy and in raising their child.
Alcohol And Drugs
This service is for individuals, couples, families, youth, seniors and groups. It includes treatment, education and prevention components.
* Substance Use Education Group
The Substance Use Education group is an open drop-in group for adults who have substance use issues themselves, or who are being affected by someone else's substance use.
This is an 8 week program for adults 19 years and older whose lives have been affected by substance use, their own or another person's.
Alternatives To Violence
This program provides assistance primarily to women and children experiencing relationship violence.
Deltassist's Alternatives To Violence program includes individual and group counselling for adult female victims of relationship violence and survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
* Beyond Survival - This group is for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The group will create a safe environment for you to give voice to your story and feel validated. You will be encouraged to create your own internal and external safety. The group will cover topics like establishing boundaries, consolidating a sense of self, reflecting on the journey and cultivating a future from here on.
* Freedom From Abuse In Relationships (FAIR) - Deltassist is facilitating a group for women who have experienced relationship abuse at some point of their lives. Living with abuse and violence can harm both physical and psychological health. Everyone has a right to a safe and healthy relationship that is free from violence and fear. Women will learn about the cycle of abuse, why abuse happens and the impact of abuse both on themselves and the children. They will learn healthier communication skills and self care techniques.
* Self Esteem - In this group women participants will learn what self esteem is and how abuse impacts self esteem. They will learn about self assessment tools and about healthier thinking patterns using acceptance paradox. They will identify their own strengths and use these to enhance their self esteem.
* Boundaries And Assertiveness - Women participants will have a deeper understanding for building boundaries, understanding assertiveness, and developing a healthier self worth. Sometimes being a people pleaser seems easier than being assertive. Women will recognize that they are worth way more than that and create an ability to say 'no' when they want to. The participants will learn a healthy style of conducting interpersonal relationships where they don't have to give up on their own needs and still have respect for others' needs.
Youth Suicide Prevention In Delta
Deltassist provides assistance to youth who are at risk of committing suicide.
We are here to provide; intervention, risk assessment, risk management, individual and family counselling, coordinated community response, depression and suicide prevention education, to the community and in Delta schools.
Free counselling is offered by Masters Level counselling interns who are supervised by our Manager of Counselling Services. Fee-for-Service counselling is provided by Registered Clinical Counsellors.
This is a registered charity.
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