GET HELP
We provide hard-to-access expert support in a safe, social, downtown setting
We can connect you to resources and advocacy.
Today:
- Drop-by, email (info@soundtimes.com)
- Get Urgent Help today at the Resource Centre [Link]
& When you are ready:
- Mental Health and Justice Intervention
- Pre-release planning
- Service Coordination with Community Workers (Case Managers) - through intake and (self)referral
- Community Support for mental health, concurrent disorders, dual diagnosis, trauma, PTSD
- Bottom line: Free expert advice that’s hard to get
Resource Centre and Advocacy
You can connect to lots of resources through the resource centre.
Join a community of your peers and learn ways to build supports for yourself from members who have done it.
Basics – Finding resources for food, clothing, shelter, etc.
Advocacy – Advocating with ODSP, OW and CPP, negotiating accommodations, rental disputes, etc. Making sure members are getting all the benefits and services they are entitled to.
Mental Health and Justice
We can support you with your mental health and justice issues. If you are a consumer/survivor and you worry about getting arrested, you are currently facing charges, or you have had charges in the past year, you can come and talk to us about the kind of help you feel you need. You do not need a referral.
Sound Times also provides a Release from Custody Planning service to people who are being released from a correctional facility. If you are in custody, you can call us collect during the hours we are open. //soundtimes.com/soundtimes6/wp-content/uploads/MHJPreventionReferralForm.pdf
This is sometimes called case management. We focus on advocacy and supports for your needs.
- Intensive Community Supports
- The Toronto Mental Health and Justice Network
- Services and Supports
- Court and Custody-Based Mental Health Services
- Mental Health Court Support and Diversion Services Release from Custody Services
- Community Support Services
- Specialized Supports for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis
- Specialized Supports for Individuals with Concurrent Disorders
Mental Health and Justice Services Network
Sound Times is a member of the Toronto Mental Health and Justice Network. We provide a Prevention service intended to support consumers and survivors who are at risk of coming into contact with the Criminal Justice system. The Toronto Mental Health and Justice Network is a network of service providers that serve the consumer/survivor population across Toronto. The goal of this initiative is to prevent and reduce contact with the criminal justice system by providing services to persons living with serious mental illness.
The network serves anyone aged 16 or older with a serious mental illness who has or is at significant risk of current involvement with the criminal justice system.
Click here for the Mental Health & Justice referral form (PDF)
Mental Health & Justice Staff Contact:
Nick Harrilall
Community Service Worker – Lead
416-979-1700 ext 225
nickharrilall@soundtimes.com/
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Services and Supports
The Toronto Mental Health and Justice Network offers a variety of services and supports throughout Toronto. Participation in the services is voluntary. We encourage you to contact the service closest to the person requiring assistance.
Legal Services
Do you have legal issues and difficulty accessing legal services? We are here to help. Legal Aid funds our lawyer Amy Slotek. She provides provides legal supports to clients with complex mental health issues through a case management approach in the following areas:
- immigration and refugee services,
- criminal,
- family and
- limited civil/administrative law matters.
- The project additionally provides high quality legal services to street-involved legal aid clients who are facing ‘street offences’ by providing them with representation at the Provincial Offences Court at Old City Hall.
Medical Services
- General Practitioner
- Psychiatrist
Sound Times is staffed and run by consumer/survivors with lived experience of mental health issues.