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Programs & Services


Supervised Consumption Site & Connect Program

Supervised Consumption Services are part of a range of evidence-based services that support prevention, harm reduction and treatment for Albertans living with substance use challenges. Providing a place where people can use drugs in a monitored, hygienic environment to reduce harm from substance use while offering additional services

Supervised Consumption Services

These services are part of a range of evidence-based services that support prevention, harm reduction and treatment for Albertans living with substance use challenges. Providing a place where people can use drugs in a monitored, hygienic environment to reduce harm from substance use while offering additional services such as:

  • counselling
  • social work
  • opioid-dependency treatment

Safeworks Connect

Safeworks Connect is a team who support the Supervised Consumption Site and its clients, the immediate neighbors of Sheldon M. Chumir, and other programs within the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre. The teams' mission statement is to build relations by being present to foster healthy communities. Safeworks Connect runs twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, and is available to assist with:

  • client engagement
  • needle debris clean up and / or questions or concerns regarding the Supervised Consumption Site and harm reduction
  • resource navigation

Access
Service Providers May Include
outreach workers, peer support workers, registered nurses (RNs), social workers
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Safeworks Outreach services are accessible at varying times / locations in Calgary.


Service Locations
Also Known As
Previous
Safeworks Harm Reduction Program
Other
Safeworks Connect, Supervised Consumption Services