Job Opportunity with SLSC
1/5/2006

SLSC is pleased to announce that it is inviting applications for the following position, pending confirmation of funding:

Project Manager

Better Practices Manual for Community Residential Services Project

We are looking for an individual to serve a one-year term starting February 20, to  manage a project to develop and disseminate a Better Practices Manual for residential services at Community Residential Facilities. The application deadline is January 25. For full details, please see:

PM Job Posting.pdf

About LifeLine
1/4/2006

The LifeLine(tm) program was much in the news in December.  The following letter, originally sent to the leaders of the federal political parties, clarifies the nature of the program, underlining its importance and dispelling misperceptions.

SLSC Letter re LifeLine

Lettre de la SSLC à propos de LifeLine - Option-Vie

ANNOUNCING BOLTON DAY 2006
4/25/2005

Homelessness and Hope:

Models for Supportive Housing

A symposium addressing safety, structure and support in response to the risks of homelessness

Friday, June 2nd, 2006 in Peterborough, Ontario

At this day long symposium focussed on models of supportive housing, you will learn about some exciting innovations in the world of supportive housing, share your own better practices, and explore new/potential means of responding to the needs of the homeless and those at risk of homelessness.

St. Leonard's Society of Canada and St. Leonard's Society of Peterborough invite you to join concerned colleagues and friends at Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario.  Confirmed presentations include:

• Cold Weather Services

• Municipal Service Club–

  Agency Collaborations

• Long-term Housing and Support for the Elderly

• Interim Residential support for Women and Children, and more.

For more details and a printable registration form, see:

Bolton Day 2006 Registration Form

ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE A HIT
4/25/2005

From Inside Out: An International Success

February 28 and March 1, 2005

This colloquium brought together participants from the U.K. and U.S.A. as well as Canada in an active learning event to share perspectives on practice, policy and research development for Halfway Houses.  It was an opportunity for sharing better practices internationally in working with offenders in a community residential setting.

Initial Key Areas:

• Staff Skills and Knowledge

• Community Reintegration Issues

• Public Protection Issues

• Women's Reintegration Services

After the fully attended and very successful colloquium, participants are now engaged in an eighteen-month follow-up program will be developed, which will involve continued dialogue, publication of findings and work achieved as a result of this colloquium.

Hosted by the National Probation Directorate of England and Wales and the St. Leonard's Society of Canada. For further information contact SLSC's Head Office at

slsc@on.aibn.com