MENTAL WELLNESS & CULTURAL RESILIENCY

Our Community Responder Training is made up of two separate training weeks, participants must attend and complete both training sessions to be established as a community responder. 

The first training week will contain content around Kinship & Connection, Intergenerational Trauma, Self-Care, and Coping skills, Mental Wellness, and Traditional Values. Upon completion of the first training week, participants will be invited back for the second and final bit of training at a later date which will focus more on Lateral Violence, two-day Suicide Intervention Training, Substance Use, and the Effects of Trauma. 

Both training weeks will have on the land components, providing participants the chance to connect with each other and decompress from the challenging content covered.

Community Responders can be citizens of any of the 14 Yukon First Nations. Those interested in supporting their fellow community members through crisis and supporting the overall wellness of their community are encouraged to reach out to find out more. 

We are currently limited to having two responders from each community attend training. However, we will continue to offer trainings moving forward and hope to offer this to as many people as possible.

Those interested in attending are asked to please fill out the registration from linked below. We do ask for the name of participants First Nations Wellness Director as their support will be crucial to ensuring responders receive proper support upon completion of the training.

Any questions or info regarding the training can be directed to Claire Mercer at claire@houseofwolf.ca.

Once a citizen has attended both trainings, they will receive a program certificate and an ASIST certificate. How the program looks in your community may differ from others. We can work with the Health and Wellness Department in developing how the program is implemented in your community. 

In the event of a crisis in your community, you may be called upon to provide support and intervention for those involved. This can look very different depending on the situation and the needs of those in crisis.  You may be called to support in other communities if you have the capacity, travel will be reimbursed for this. House of Wolf will place all Community Responders in to a roster who can support all communities. 

Community Responders are provided a honorarium for their work as part of the program, which must be coordinated through your Health and Wellness Department.