Newsletter November 2006
NEW!!!
Financial Counselling Service
Now Available At CNI ________________________________
Where providing counselling services will assist in lessening the effects of psychological, social, vocational or financial problems resulting from accidental injuries, CNI will provide assessment and treatment interventions for personal problems which hinder the rehabilitation process.
Your client will be receiving assistance from a team that has provided services to almost 3,000 motor vehicle accident victims to date since 1996.
We employ an expert team who are dedicated to achieve a just and fair resolution of personal injuries cases while providing the best possible rehabilitation services in a client centred environment.
In our ten years of operation, we have been able to establish a professional, effective, viable and sustainable independently operated community based rehabilitation services. We will design a rehabilitation program based on your client individual needs. You will be involved in all aspects of our interventions: from assessment planning to formulation of treatment plans.
In addition to Life Skill Training, Family Counselling, Social Rehabilitation Counselling, Employment Counselling, Vocational Assessments, and Vocational or Academic Training, we have now included Financial Counselling services to our rehabilitation program to address the problem of earnings disruption faced by many injured individuals and their families.
Your clients will be provided with financial advice that could allow them to re-structure their own personal or family debt situation. Creating and sticking to a financial budget is the key to personal financial stability. Our consultant Financial Counsellor will work with your clients to establish a financial budget that is totally compatible with their family income and expenses. Effective financial solutions will depend on your client circumstances which will be thoroughly examined by our financial counselor in the privacy of your client’s home. The clients will be asked to provide details of their financial situation including their income, expenditures and cash flow. Financial counselling includes a review of your clients’ situations and provides them with a strategy designed to help them deal with their debts and manage their finances more effectively, including back taxes. Financial counselling also includes prioritizing items for payment that fit their budget. Financial counselling is an intelligent first step to getting debt situation under control!
For clients eligible to receive reasonable and necessary rehabilitation benefits under the SABS – motor vehicle accidents- financial counselling is payable by the insurer by virtue of Section 15 (5).
Referral and Intake Procedure:
To implement the financial counselling services your client will first need to attend a brief assessment interview with our Clinical Psychologist who will confirm the need for this service and in most cases prepare a treatment plan proposal by completing an OCF-18. Once the OCF-18 is submitted to the insurer and pending approval of the expense, the financial counsellor will visit the client at his or her residence to initiate the service.
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Published by the Community Services Department of CNI HEALTH SERVICES to disseminate information about rehabilitation services and promote discussion and sharing. John Lepore, Director. Contact: ncnss@rogers.com
