Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) funds services and supports to help adults who are diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or a developmental disability.
Connexus is one of the organizations that provides these supports. With the help of a CLBC Facilitator, you and the important people in your life can decide what kind of supports would be the right fit to help you achieve your goals and live the life you want:
Community-Based
Our Community-Based supports are the perfect fit for individuals who live on their own, with family, or in a Shared Living Program.
Connexus workers can help you, or someone you know:
- Build self-confidence, decision-making skills, personal planning, and self-determination
- Learn and practice life skills such as cooking, menu planning, grocery shopping, budgeting, household skills, and personal hygiene
- Practicing self-care through healthy coping strategies, self-regulation and communication skills
- Building friendships and connections in the community
- Participating in activities at Connexus and in the community
- Accessing educational programs and employment
- Promoting inclusion and advocacy
If a Connexus worker cannot provide support in a certain area, they will help find someone in the community who can. Once they find someone, they will work together to provide the best supports possible.
Who can register: clients are referred and contracted through CLBC
Communities offered: Fraser Lake, Fort St James and Vanderhoof
Employment
If you, or someone you know, would like to get a job, the Employment Program may be the perfect fit. A Connexus worker can provide support in getting job ready, creating or updating a résumé, finding jobs to apply for, practicing interview skills, and so much more.
Once you, or someone you know, finds a job, the Worker will be there for training on the first day and will continue to check in to make sure all is going well.
Who can register: clients are referred and contracted through CLBC
Communities offered: Fraser Lake, Fort St James and Vanderhoof
Residential
If you, or someone you know, requires 24-hour support, our Residential Program may be the perfect fit. Our goal is to provide a home where everyone feels they belong. Workers and roommates have meals together, share activities, and go on outings. It is a place where friends and family can come over for visits and to celebrate special occasions.
Who can register: Individuals are referred through CLBC.
Communities offered: Vanderhoof
Senior Citizens
By the year 2038, an estimated one-quarter of Canadians will be senior citizens and the majority will want to “age in place”, in their own homes and communities. Connexus provides a broad range of free or low-cost services that support seniors to remain physically active, socially engaged, and as healthy and independent as possible.
Meals on Wheels
Our meals on wheels service is provided to people in the Vanderhoof area that are unable to prepare a meal because of physical or mental disability or they are unable to obtain the supplies to make a meal (often transportation barriers are the reason). We provide one hot meal per weekday delivered to your home within a f Vanderhoof city limits. The cost of the meal per day is $8.00 and this low cost is made possible by the generosity of our Meals on Wheels volunteers.
For more information, contact us at (250) 567-8920.
Communities offered: Within Vanderhoof city limits
Riverside Place (Housing for Seniors)
Communities offered: Vanderhoof
Seniors Community Connector
The Seniors Community Connector works with older adults who are referred from Health Care Professionals and community partners. They connect with community supports and services through referrals, applications, advocacy, and introductions. They develop individual plans for older adults who require extra support, provide assessments, and non-medical support to improve the overall health and well-being of older adults in our communities. They support individuals and families in making older adult’s care decisions. They support and coordinate the services of older adults and other community service providers to facilitate the inclusion of older adults who require extra support.
Accreditation
Connexus is fully accredited through the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). This accreditation ensures we are meeting internationally developed standards in the provision of quality services and is achieved through an independent, external review to identify strengths and areas for improvement based on objective program expectations and guidelines.
We provide services to a 150 km2 area with offices in three communities:
Vanderhoof
157 W Victoria St.,
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
Phone: 250-567-9205
Monday to Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30
Fort St. James
349 Stuart Dr West
Fort St James, BC V0J 1P0
Phone: 250-996-7645
Monday to Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30
Fraser Lake
298 McMillan Ave.
Fraser Lake, BC V0J 1S0
Phone: 250-567-9205
Monday to Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30
Thank you to our valued supporters: BC Housing | United Way of Northern BC | District of Vanderhoof | District of Fraser Lake | District of Fort St. James
Connexus acknowledges that we work on the traditional and unceded territories of the Dakelh-ne. We are honoured to work within their ancestral lands.