Supporting providers to deliver the best care close to home
Compass is a province-wide service to improve access to evidence-based care for all BC children and youth living with mental health and substance use concerns.
For healthcare or community care providers
Are you looking for support / clinical consultation on a particular case?
Call Compass for advice and support with diagnostic clarification, medication recommendations and treatment planning.
What to expect when you call Compass?
Not a healthcare provider?
Check out these helpful resources.
If you’re a parent or caregiver, go to keltymentalhealth.ca
If you’re a youth or young adult, go to foundrybc.ca
How Compass Works
A team of mental health and substance use professionals is only a call away.
Feeling stuck
Provider needs support in treating patient with mental health or substance use concerns
Telephone consultation
Consultation is conducted between the community provider and Compass team
Direct assessment IF needed
For select rural communities, after indirect consultation(s), a DA may be discussed on a case by case basis.
What to expect when you call Compass?
News
Wildfire Preparedness
We are deeply saddened by impacts of wildfires during this season, particularly the recent example of the devastating wildfires in Northeastern British Columbia. The Compass Program is committed to the well-being and safety of our communities, especially during times of crisis. As the recent disaster and evacuation alerts in the Peace River Regional District highlight, there is urgent need for disaster preparedness and we want to ensure that you have access to the necessary resources for child and youth mental health support during these times.
Red Cross: Guide to Disaster Recovery for Parents & Caregivers
FNHA: Recognizing and Resolving Trauma in Children during Disasters
Are you on Twitter?
Are you on Twitter? Follow @KeltyCentre where you will find a monthly shout out from the Compass program on child & youth mental health resources, events, and opportunities to support your clinical practice.
New Compass Toolkit: Self-injurious behaviours in children and youth with Autism & Intellectual Impairments
Do you have child or youth patients with self-injurious behaviour (SIB)? Do these children and youth also have neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and intellectual impairment? Check out the all NEW Compass SIB toolkit for assessment tools and management strategies for self-injurious behaviours.
Explore the new toolkit here.
Looking for additional resources on self-injurious behaviour? Check out the Compass webinar on SIB, Autism & Other Neurological Conditions.