Service delivery is divided by our two regions, East and West. We have service offices in both Keewatin and Thunder Bay with placement and management staff in most
communities in Northwestern Ontario to assist you and meet in person.
Call (807) 622-7469 or email info@csinw.ca today for more information and arrange a meeting or call with a support staff member.
The Support Service Living Unit
The Support Service Living Unit program provides a combination of accessible, subsidized housing with twenty-four hour personal assistance service.
Personal assistance enables adults with a physical disability to live independently in the community. Essentially, personal assistance is providing persons with physical disabilities with activities of daily living that, if the person did not have a disability, they could do for themselves. The services are initiated and directed by the consumer and are available on a schedules and per request basis.
Personal assistance may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Personal grooming and hygiene
- Bathing and washing
- Transferring and positioning
- Meal preparation
- Dressing and undressing
- Toileting and bladder/bowel care
- Housekeeping
Community Outreach Program
Community Outreach provides personal assistance to individuals with physical disabilities. The personal assistance service is available in an individual’s own home, on a scheduled basis for a maximum of four hours per day. CSINW encourages individuals to further maximize their level of independence by providing the opportunity for consumers to assume complete responsibility for hiring, training, scheduling and managing their own Personal Assistants.Personal assistance is not provided through community outreach if an individual’s needs may be more appropriately serviced through an alternative service such as the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC).
Transitional Living Services
Life skills and Transitional Living Services are an integrated part of the Support Service
Living Unit and Community Outreach programs. Learning and practising the skills
necessary to live and participate in the community is a fundamental part of gaining
experience and ultimate indepdendence.
These skills may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Managing persons finances
- Using community resources
- Maintaining a reasonable state of health
- Managing your personal care assistance by being able to asses what assistance you need, arranging assistance in a cooperative way, developing effective relationships with those who assist you, and effectively communicating your needs.
- Creating a lifestle which is personally satisfying and respectful of others
- Using community health programs to meet medical or professional needs
- Hiring, scheduling and managing Personal Assistants
- Managing your personal care assistance by being able to asses what assistance you need, arranging assistance in a cooperative way, developing effective relationships with those who assist you, and effectively communicating your needs.
Supportive Housing Sites
Castlegreen
Apartment Building – Bachelor Units, Two Bedroom Units
150 Castlegreen Drive
Thunder Bay, ON P7A 7T9
Glenwood Court
Apartment Building – One and Two Bedroom Units
170 West Donald St.
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5X9
Superiorview Co-op
10 designated units in an 80 unit Housing Cooperative; One and Two Bedroom
110 Castlegreen Drive
Thunder Bay, ON P7A 7T9
Cumberland Court
Apartment Building – One and Two Bedroom Units
76 S. Cumberland St.
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G7
Jasper Drive
Apartment Building – One and Two Bedroom Units
1201 Jasper Drive
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6R2
McKellar Place Apartment Building – Bachelor units 325 Archibald Street, 4th Floor Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1G7
Lady Frances
532 Front Street
Fort Frances, ON P9A 1A2
Henesy Terrace
14 Woods Drive
Kenora, ON P9N 4E6
Riverview Manor
110 Forth Street Rainy River, ON P0W 1I0
