Overdose Outreach Team - Sunshine Coast
Addictions / Substance Use and Healthcare Providers
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
The Overdose Outreach Team connects people who have recently experienced an opioid overdose and/or who are at high risk for opioid overdose to support.
This team assists with navigation to appropriate services, supports access to substance use stabilization and treatment services, supports with engagement and retention in services. Offers harm-reduction supplies including naloxone and overdose prevention education.
Service Includes:
Navigation to appropriate services (mental health and substance use programs such as counselling, ACCM, etc.)
Support to access Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) (e.g., methadone, suboxone etc.)
Complex care coordination and planning for clients with barriers to engagement and retention in services
Provision and access to harm-reduction supplies
Overdose prevention education
Treatment application support
Contact us at (604) 885-6101 at the Sunshine Coast OAT Clinic to learn if this service is right for you, for more information or to make a referral.
Service Includes:
Contact us at (604) 885-6101 at the Sunshine Coast OAT Clinic to learn if this service is right for you, for more information or to make a referral.
604-885-8678
Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/location...
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Health professional referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Self-referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
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Availability
Service area: Gibsons, Sechelt + show cities
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
- Access / Intake for Health Authority Addiction Services
- Navigation Support - Addiction Services
- Health Authority Addiction Services: Addiction Services - Adult
Healthcare Providers
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.