Indigenous Addiction and Mental Health Outreach Worker

Connie Spencer is Lakeridge Health’s Indigenous Addiction and Mental Health Outreach Worker. She provides support and community service navigation to self-identified First Nation, Metis, and Inuit (FNIM) members of the community who require assistance with mental health recovery.

As the Indigenous Addiction and Mental Health Outreach Worker, Connie is committed to providing holistic healing through promoting the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being of Indigenous individuals and their families by fostering traditional values and beliefs that encourage healing and mental stability. The Indigenous outreach worker will collaborate with colleagues and community services to build and promote respect, understanding, compassion, and knowledge of FNIM cultural perspectives.

For further information, please contact Connie Spencer at 905-439-0268 or cspencer@lh.ca