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Nursing
Services: We offer nursing services for
people who are injecting drugs or working in the
sex trade. Nurses on the team can do lots of stuff,
like:
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Basic health checks
• Tests for HIV, Hepatitis or TB screening
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Shots called “immunizations” for Pneumonia,
Hepatitis A & B
• Answer your health questions
• Teaching about health
• First Aid and minor treatments
• Helping people through their pregnancy
• Check on people who have long-term sicknesses
Outreach Services: Outreach
workers on the team offer support and are advocates
for people who
inject and work in the sex trade. They know
lots about all kinds of programs and services
and can
help you with stuff like:
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Take clients to doctor’s appointments
• Go to court to offer support
• Help clients get into treatment programs
• Hospital, jail visits
• Help people get clothing vouchers
• Overall support
Natural Helpers: We know that
lots of people who are street involved
don’t always use everyday
services but are really good at looking after
each other. Natural Helpers is a name we give
to people
from the community who teach and help others.
They play a big part in helping the people around
them
make healthier and safer decisions in their life.
Natural Helpers also help the staff at Streetworks
know what the community needs. We have worked
on lots of projects with Natural Helpers and
come
up with some great health education tools for
people who are street involved.
Ridealongs: Doctors, nurses,
social workers, outreach workers, and
other people
from different agencies
come out on the van to talk to people
who have trouble getting help otherwise.
These
people
come just about every month so they can
get to know
our program and the people who use it.
They also come out so that they can get
to know
people
better and find out what’s going on in
the community. Getting to know a worker from
an agency through
the van can make it easier for people to go see
them in their offices if they need to.
Referrals: The Streetworks staff
makes lots of referrals to different
agencies like
doctors, treatment
centers, detox, legal services, social
services, methadone, STD clinic, safe
houses, mental
health services, housing services, and
more in order to
help people make positive changes in
their lives. Staff can sometimes go with
people
to their appointments
too.
Supplies: Streetworks’ goal is
to keep people safe and healthy. We have all
kinds of supplies
for people who are injecting drugs or working
on the street. Things like condoms, needles,
alcohol
wipes, water, lube, ties, filters, vinegar, education
booklets, pregnancy test kits, Health for Two
coupons, first aid and general health supplies,
food and
clothing (when available), Crossroads Bad Date
Sheet, and other items as available. Streetworks
can also give out sharps containers to people
or businesses.
Advocacy: Advocacy is really
just another word for support – we at Streetworks can
provide a voice for clients when needed. Staff
can do things
like going to appointments with clients to give
support or help people work with other agencies
to make sure their needs are being met. Staff
members serve on committees in Edmonton, Alberta
and across
Canada where we share information and learn as
much as we can to help serve our clients.
Prison Program: Streetworks
helps people who are involved in the
criminal
justice system by helping
them stay safer and healthier, both while
in jail and after they get out. Our staff
sit
on committees
too that look at ways to make sure people
using injection drugs in prison can do
it as safe
as possible. We make visits to jails
to talk to both
prison staff and inmates.
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