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Map RecordCDR0157Kinark Child and Family Services, Syl Apps Youth Centre 475 Iroquois Shore Rd 
Oakville, ON L6H 1M3		 905-844-4110 Syl Apps Youth Centre is a 50-bed, co-ed, residential facility for Ontario youth requiring secure treatment, Ontario youth with significant mental health issues who require secure custody/detention and youth wiht Ontario Review Board orders. 
 
SAYC has five residential units or 'cottages' in service currently. The units are staffed by youth workers and a unit supervisor. Youth receive treatment from a clinical staff team of social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, art and recreation therapists. Youth also access supports from consulting clinicians as well as recreation, chaplaincy and native services. The Halton Board of Education operates an on-site high school for the youth residents in partnership wiht SAYC.  
 
SECURE TREATMENT (under the Child & Family Services Act - CFSA) 
Provides secure treatment to youth who are at significant risk to themselves or others. The Secure Treatment program is a provincial resource and as such, youth are admitted through Family Courts from all regions of the province. 
 
SECURE DETENTION AND CUSTODY (under the Youth Criminal Justice Act - YCJA) 
Provides secure custody and detention for youth identified with significant mental healht issues. The program is a provincial resource and referrals to the program come through the Youth Justice Services Placement Co-ordination Unit only. It is not possible to sentence or refer directly to the program from Youth Court. 
 
At Syl Apps and throughout Kinark, treatment and rehabilitation interventions are based on the individual strengths and needs of each youth and whenever possible, are done in partnership with families or guardians. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy is in place across the milieu. 
 
VOLUNTEERS 
To be accepted as a volunteer one must: 
Participate in a personal interview to determine mutual compatibility with volunteer role requirements; 
Pass a criminal reference check including the vulnerable person sector screening; A driving record check may also be requested if applicable; 
Provide a medical certificate completed by a registered physician (Kinark will assist with the cost of the above); 
Provide at least two personal references, one of which must be professional, and work, or course of study related, and the other two, personal character; 
Be prepared to engage in all training sessions and activities; 
Sign and adhere to a confidentiality agreement; 
Available for a minimum commitment of two hours per week, for six months. 
 
Syl Apps is licensed by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and is accredited by Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO).		 24/7 operation Add Record Add Record