Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN)

Recovery-Based Assessment

This workshop is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding of recovery-oriented practice in community mental health and addiction settings. The assessment process is discussed using a recovery-oriented lens. The practical application of the framework is reinforced through large and small group discussions using various client studies. 

Participants will:

Experience Exchange is an ongoing series led by EENet that captures and shares the diverse experiences of working practitioners in Ontario’s mental health and addictions system. Evidence includes research, professional expertise, the lived experiences of people and families, and cultural and traditional knowledge.

Engaging in refresher training is key to ensuring the completion of quality OCANs to support client care. Join this webinar to participate in some of the interactive OCAN refresher training activities developed by Ontario Health.

Are you an OCAN trainer? This is an opportunity to learn how to lead these activities for staff in your organization. Are you an agency staff using OCAN with clients? This is an opportunity to complete some refresher training activities developed by Ontario Health.

Originally live streamed on Thursday, February 29, 2024

Staff are putting time and effort into completing OCANs with their clients. Is your organization using the information collected in OCAN effectively? Studies have shown that client outcomes improve when providers focus on the needs identified in OCAN.

This webinar shows you how to use OCAN content to support individual client recovery and improve service quality. Hear what other organizations are doing and strategies, challenges and lessons learned.

Originally live-streamed on February 8, 2024.

Does your organization use the evidence-based Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) to help identify and address client needs? Are you a trainer and/or manager responsible for supporting the use of OCAN? Are you a staff member completing and using OCAN with clients?

Does your organization use the evidence-based Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) to help identify and address client needs? Are you a trainer and/or manager responsible for supporting the use of OCAN? Are you a staff member completing and using OCAN with clients?

Join the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) Community of Interest Working Group!

This week, Mental Health Research Canada released a new report, Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, in partnership with Canada Life and Workplace Strategies for Mental Health.

This study examines indicators of mental health in Canadian workplaces. It is informed by data gathered online from over 5,500 respondents by Pollara Strategic Insights in March / April 2023.

A few interesting findings include:

About the training series

Does your organization have a designated Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) lead, trainer or coach regularly facilitating activities that support the completion and use of quality OCANs?  This approach is key to effectively using this person-centred, evidence-based assessment to help identify and address client needs.

About the training series

Does your organization have a designated Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) lead, trainer or coach regularly facilitating activities that support the completion and use of quality OCANs?  This approach is key to effectively using this person-centred, evidence-based assessment to help identify and address client needs.

Hello, EENet Connect community!

I'd like to draw your attention to a fantastic resource recently developed by the Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP), in collaboration with the Provincial System Support Program at CAMH, CMHA Ontario, Addictions & Mental Health Ontario, and Ontario Health.

NOTE: The webinar about "Practice guidelines for using OCAN content to support client recovery" has been postponed from October 12 to November 2.

This webinar is part 2 of a 2-part series presented by EENet and the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) Community of Interest.

I was reading Standardized Tools: An Exploration of Implementation Barriers and Enablers, a guidance on implementation in organizations https://www.eenetconnect.ca/to…arriers-and-enablers and for sure found a lot of wisdom on the approach to implementation.  The description of the process in the first vignette rings so true to applying to everyday practice, so thanks for the inspiration.

Building resilience among community-dwelling older adults using a 4-step approach to risk assessment and management.

This webinar will provide an overview of risk in the clinical health setting and a 4-step approach to risk assessment and management; a holistic, systematic and person-centered approach to care when there are identified safety concerns.

This webinar will share practical information that will help organizations implement or build on a blended approach to OCAN training. A blended training approach mixes the use of OCAN eLearning modules available through Ontario Health with live training activities led by your organization’s trainer/mentor. The goals of this approach are to improve the quality of OCANs and improve how staff use OCAN information in practice to support their clients.

Every Wednesday at Noon ET with Julie McLennan https://juliammclennan.wixsite.com/thepuzzledlife we run interchanging groups for those with ADHD and the following week, for those with any kind of neurodiversity in a group entitled: Finding Your Fit- Virtual Peer Support Group For Those with Asperger's, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and All Others Who Are Neurodivergent.

This virtual discussion is hosted by the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) community of interest.

Join this facilitated virtual discussion to hear from four panelists about how their organization uses the OCAN tool during the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges that have been faced, and solutions that have been implemented. The facilitated discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A session.

The onset of  dementia can have a devasting impact on an individual’s identity. See how  culturally based and linguistically accessible programming and interventions  help to reclaim and preserve one’s identity and dignity.

Speakers: Vince Pietropaolo & Ted Zhang

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The OCAN Jam is TODAY from 9 – 11 am. During this time,  experts on the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) will provide written responses to stakeholder questions using the EENet Connect online space.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: