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Children’s Mental Health Respite Services of Peel
Peel Children's Centre provides temporary respite care for children whose caregivers and families periodically need external help and individual rest. Families who need respite care often have multiple stressors, compiled with limited coping and problem-solving abilities.
Children's Mental Health Respite Services of Peel provide child and family-centred services that reduce
- the risk of family breakdown
- the need for more intrusive placements outside the home, and
- the need for intervention to protect children.
We offer respite services in coalition with the child's and family's broader treatment plan.
Who is eligible for these services?
We provide a spectrum of respite services for the families and caregivers of children who
- are under 18 years old,
- have mental health problems that put them at risk of losing their place in their home,
- are living in the Region of Peel, and
- have an existing case manager.
What do we do?
Our respite service is individualized and focused on the child's and family's needs. We provide a continuum of service options, from community-based support services to out-of-home short-term placements.
We offer 5 options for respite care, some of which are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year:
- residential respite in a Peel Children's Centre facility for a maximum of 5 days
- purchased service
- volunteer respite
- support from a child and youth counsellor in the child's home
- community-based programs and recreation programs
Peel Children's Centre is the lead agency in Children's Mental Health Respite Services of Peel, which is delivered in partnership with
- Associated Youth Services of Peel,
- Community Living Mississauga,
- Ministry of Children and Youth Services,
- Our Place Peel,
- Peel Children's Aid Society,
- Peel Crisis Capacity Network, and
- Peel Youth Village.
How can you access this service?
If you are a case manager, please call the respite coordinator at 905-273-6444. Families needing a crisis respite admission can call our Crisis Response Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 416-410-8615.
