Your Rights
As a youth living in a residential group home you and your parent/guardian if involved must be informed of your rights frequently throughout your stay.
While you are in the care at Arrabon House you have a right:
- To be treated with dignity and respect
- To be treated without discrimination
- To a safe and secure environment
- To know the rules of the house
- To know your legal rights
- To know your responsibilities
- To know there is an Office of Child and Family Services Advocacy
- To know how to express a complaint
- To not be locked up in a room
- To not be physically punished
- To have reasonable privacy, confidentiality and possession of your own belongings
- To take part in your plan of care
- To receive religious instruction and to take part in religious activities
- To receive inclusive services that are non-discriminatory based on religion, sexuality or culture
- To be provided with well balanced meals and suitable clothing
- To receive necessary medical and dental care
- To receive an education and take part in appropriate recreational activities
- To private visits from your family, lawyer, MP, MPP, Ombudsman, member of the Office of Child and Family Services Advocacy or any other adult who is speaking on your behalf
- To send and receive mail that nobody else may read (unless in front of you)
- To express your views when major decisions are being made that affect you (ex. medical treatment, change of residence etc.)
- To have staff thoroughly explain all my rights outlined in the Cultural Competency, Cultural and Geographical Isolation Policy
While you are in the care of Arrabon House you have the responsibility:
- To know and follow the rules of the residence
- To respect the rights of staff members and volunteers who are caring for you
- To respect the rights of the other youth with whom you live
- To respect the right of our neighbours and other persons in the community
- To address any concerns you have in an appropriate manner
- To take part in programs and activities which the staff have set up for you
- To take seriously the safety of the youth and staff at Arrabon
- To accept the consequences of your own actions and take ownership for your behaviour