Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
Crisis support
If there is a life-threatening safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital.
Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433
BC Crisis Line: 310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Indigenous Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717
Harm reduction: Toward the Heart
The Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT) supports clients with their substance use recovery goals. CAIT coordinates referrals to VCH contracted substance use support recovery and treatment bed programs. CAIT team members ensures that clients are matched to the recovery bed-based program that aligns with their goals and needs.
Referrals and intake
Clinicians or counsellors who work with clients in the community can submit the referral directly to the Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT). Once CAIT staff receive and review the referral, they will connect with clients and their clinicians to exchange information and discuss a plan.
Once clients are placed on a waitlist for one of the programs, they can call the CAIT team one to two times per week to check-in and find out more information about their program. While clients wait for a support-recovery or treatment bed, they are encouraged to participate in outpatient programs and continue working with their clinicians in their community.
Download the CAIT referral package for Emerge, New Dawn, Together We Can and Pacifica.
Resources
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CAIT Brochure
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Contact us
Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday
Phone: (604) 675-2455
Phone: 1 (866) 658-1221
