NORTHUMBERLAND CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE

MISSION STATEMENT AND OPERATING PHILOSOPHY
(Approved December 13, 2000)

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Northumberland Children's Services Committee is committed to planning and implementing services for all children, defined by and responsive to the needs of families and children in Northumberland County. Further, we are committed to facilitating a collaboration of service providers to achieve the most effective and efficient use of resources, and to achieve the best possible outcome for the community.

OPERATING PHILOSOPHY: 

• To represent all children in the county whose quality of life is, or could be threatened by special needs, adverse circumstances or barriers. 

• To share resources effectively to achieve goals. 

• To provide a service defined by, and genuinely responsive to the families and children of Northumberland County. 

• To facilitate education on services and resources available to children in Northumberland County 

• To provide advocacy around children's services issues in Northumberland County.

NORTHUMBERLAND CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE

MANDATE

1. To act as the planning, co-ordinating and implementation body for children's services in Northumberland County.

2. To encourage and support the participation of parents, youth and community members in the work of the Committee.

3. To identify gaps in Children's Services in Northumberland County and address them.

4. To foster the co-ordination and collaboration of service providers to achieve the best possible service outcome for the community.

5. To be accountable to: 

• The children and families of Northumberland County to improve effectiveness and access to services

• The community of Northumberland County for more effective cost-efficient use of resources

• Act as advocates for children's services in the County which includes; promotion of prevention activities which will either reduce known risk factors, or increase children's resistance to those stressors, and to conduct periodic community forums to increase awareness and understanding of issues, resources and developments in the children's service system

• All members of the Children's Services Committee through sharing information on programs, services, and special events offered by individual service providers. info NORTHUMBERLAND will be used as a vehicle for this. Where there is to be a change in services, committee members will report faithfully to the committee prior to the change for discussion at the committee level.

NORTHUMBERLAND CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE

GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF DECISION MAKING

In considering alternative courses of action and in making decisions, our committee will use the following criteria as guiding principles:

1. That this decision is in the best interest of children and families

2. That the decision leads to an improvement in service

Membership Criteria

Membership is open to service providers whose services have some bearing on the children's service sector. Membership means a commitment to regular attendance at monthly meetings. The Executive Director of the Agency or one named delegate should make representation at the meetings. Strong parent and youth involvement at the subcommittee level is essential. Individual subcommittees are responsible for recruiting and encouraging involvement from the parent and youth sectors.

Executive Committee Structure

The Executive Committee will be comprised of a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. These positions will be two year terms to be reviewed and voted on at the June meeting of every odd numbered year. New positions will take effect the following September.

Executive (Elected September,2005 - current until September, 2007)

Chair: Brenda Whitehead, Program Manager Municipality of Port Hope, Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture 56 Queen Street Port Hope, ON  L1A 3V9 (905) 885-7908 bwhitehead@porthope.ca
Vice Chair: Lynda Kay, Executive Director Northumberland United Way 1005 Elgin Street West, Suite 203 Cobourg, ON  K9A 5J4 (905) 905-372-6955  1-800-833-0002 (905) 905-372-4417 (fax) lkay@cobourg.unitedway.ca
Secretary: Bary Witteveen, Information Services Specialist info NORTHUMBERLAND 1005 Elgin Street West, Suite 203 Cobourg, ON  K9A 5J4 (905) 372-8913  1-800-396-6626 (905) 372-4417 (fax) volunteer@fourinfo.com
Members Yvonne Brydges, Executive Director Northumberland Family Respite Services Inc. 72 Walton Street Port Hope, ON L1A 1N3 (905) 885-6671 (905) 885-9758 (fax) nfrs@eagle.ca
Greg Dulmage, Executive Director wgd@eagle.ca  Linda Goldie linda.goldie@cas.gov.on.ca  Children's Aid Society of Northumberland  Box 2015 Cobourg, ON K9A 5E9 (905) 372-1821, 1-800-263-7902 (905) 372-5284 (fax)
Barb Keenan, Executive Director Northumberland Big Sisters Big Brothers 18 John Street Port Hope, ON L1A 2Z2 (905) 885-6422 (905) 885-4699 (fax) barbbsbb@eagle.ca
Alex Cranfield, Coordinator, L & L Team Five Counties Children's Centre 872 Dutton Road Peterborough, ON K9H 7G1 (705) 748-2337 ext.202 (705) 748-3526 (fax) acranfield@fivecounties.on.ca
Mary Anne Rowlands The Help Centre 1005 Elgin Street, Suite 301 Cobourg, ON K9A 5J4 (905) 372-2646, 1-800-698-3382 (905) 372-2205 (fax) maryanne@thehelpcentre.ca
Catherine Montreuil catherine_montreuil@kprdsb.ca  Maureen Moloney maureen_moloney@kprdsb.ca  Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board 1994 Fisher Drive, P.O. Box 719 Peterborough, ON K9J 7A1 1-877-741-4577 ext.2178 (705) 760-8665 (fax)
Laura Mofina Campbellford and District Community Mental Health Centre 155 Oliver Road,  Campbellford, ON  K0L 1L0 (705) 653-1140 ext.2200 (705) 653-0436 lmofina@cmh.ca
Fiona Gowing Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit 108 Angeline Street South Lindsay, ON K9V 3L5 (705) 324-3569 (705) 324-0455 (fax) fgowing@lindsay.hkpr.on.ca
Cathy Cullen Community Living - West Northumberland P.O. Box 835 Cobourg, ON K9A 4S3 (905) 372-4455 (905) 372-2783 (fax) ccullencommliving_westnorth@yahoo.ca
Clare Briggs, Children's Services Manager Northumberland County, Community and Social Services Dept. 860 William Street Cobourg, ON K9A 3A9 (905) 372-6846, 1-800-354-7051 (905) 372-6701 (fax) BriggsC@county.northumberland.on.ca
Nicola Crow, Executive Director Rebound Youth Services 700 D'arcy Street, Unit 20 Cobourg, ON K9A 5T3 (905) 372-0007 (905) 372-0070 (fax) ncrow@rcys.ca
Carol Donaghey Central East Access Centre 200 Rose Glen Road Port Hope ON  L1A 3V6 905-885-6600, 1-800-347-0299 905-885-6222 (fax) carol.donaghey@ce.ccac-ont.ca
Linda Hunter, General Manager Y.M.C.A. Northumberland, Children's YMCA, O.E.Y.C. 339 Elgin Street West Cobourg ON  K9A 4X5 905-372-4318 ext. 401, 1-866-301-6392 905-377-8940 (fax) lhunter@ymcanorthumberland.com
Alex Muir, Service Coordinator Service Coordination for Children and Youth 72 Walton Street Port Hope, ON L1A 1N3 (905) 885-4224, 1-888-880-5777 (905) 885-2023 (fax) alexmuir.servicecoord@bellnet.ca
Clare Paterson, Executive Director Northumberland Child Development Centre 38 Walton Street, 3rd Floor Port Hope, ON L1A 1N1 (905) 885-8137 (905) 885-4819 (fax) clare@ncdcent.com
Alan Vallillee, Area Program Director Kinark Child and Family Services 20 Strathy Road, Unit 3 Cobourg, ON  K9A 5J7 (905) 372-4361  (905) 373-1382 (fax) alan.vallillee@kinark.on.ca
Rhonda Perry, Children's Librarian Cobourg Public Library, C. Gordon King Centre 200 Ontario Street Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4 (905) 372-9271 ext. 6120 (905) 372-4538 (fax) rperry@cobourg.library.on.ca