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Mental health shake-up |
Major changes in mental health delivery in Parry Sound Muskoka are
the result of a failed experiment in upper management.
So says a report from William P. Davies, the executive director
of community mental health.
He says: “I am writing to inform you of a change to senior
management of our organization. Over the past two years we have
experimented with having an operations manager responsible for
day-to-day activities, while I have concentrated on working with
the board of directors and our increasingly complex external
environment. The experiment proved successful due, in no small
part, to the excellent job done by Charlane Cluett in fulfilling
that role. But the increasing divergence of the health care
systems in the two halves of our catchment area (Muskoka and Parry
Sound), resulting from them being in different LHINS (Local Health
Integration Networks), has necessitated dividing the job in two.
“As of April 1, (Cluett) has assumed the role of Muskoka
operations manager responsible for the Muskoka core program,
housing, the adult protective services, the partner assault
response program and, until the end of this fiscal year, the
Muskoka-Parry Sound Council of Consumer/Survivor and Family
Initiatives. (She) will continue to work out of our Bracebridge
office and will continue to assume the role of acting executive
director during any absence on my part.”
As of the same time, Laurie Regan assumes the role of Parry Sound
operations manager responsible for that core program, Aboriginal
mental health and, as of next spring, the Muskoka-Parry Sound
council of Consumer/Survivor and Family Initiatives. She will stay
in the Sundridge office. Cluett and Regan are expected to work as
a team managing the day-to-day activities of the organization. |
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