Emergency

Adult Intensive Case Management Team (ICMT) at qathet General Hospital

  • 5000 Joyce Avenue, 3rd floor Powell River, BC V8A 5R4

Need help immediately?

If there is a life-threatening safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital.

Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433

BC Crisis Line: 310-6789

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

Indigenous Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717

Harm reduction: Toward the Heart 

This service provides a support role for adults aged 25 or older with a primary diagnosis or concern is severe substance dependency. Clients may also have concurrent anxiety, depression, psychosis, fetal alcohol spectrum, developmental or mood disorders.

About qathet ICMT

The qathet ICMT team includes nursing support, occupational therapy and outreach workers.

 

 

Urgent Homelessness Response Team (UHRT)

This UHRT team is connected to the ICMT and works with clients with mental health and substance use concerns who find themselves homeless or precariously housed. This service is not available to clients who are not already followed by ICMT. 

This team includes a housing care coordinator, SWI and an Indigenous Homelessness Outreach Worker.  Hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How to access

  • Check eligibility

    • Must be 25 years of age or older.
    • Serves community members whose primary diagnosis or concern is severe substance dependency.
    • Clients may also have concurrent anxiety, depression, psychosis, fetal alcohol spectrum, developmental or mood disorders.
    • Client needs exceed those that can be met by standard case management. Have little access to existing service/resources due to barriers (transportation, housing, income, mental/physical health). 

  • Get a referral

    Contact qathet Mental Health and Substance Use Central Intake at 604-485-3300 for more information about this service.

    If you are physician or nurse practitioner looking to refer, please complete the qathet Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Referral Form and fax it to qathet Mental Health and Substance Use Central Intake at 604-485-3303.

Mental Health and Substance Use Services at qathet General Hospital

Programs and services to support children, youth, adults, and older adults who live or stay in the qathet region, from Saltery Bay to Lund, including Powell River and Texada Island.

Intensive Case Management Teams (ICMT)

Intensive Case Management Teams (known as ICM or ICMT) provide a support role for people who experience severe substance use challenges, chronic unmet medical needs, and multiple barriers to accessing services.