Mission, Vision, Values

Our Vision

 To become a Centre of Excellence that pioneers capacity-building techniques and programs used by  communities throughout Manitoba.

Our Mission

 To enhance the health of the individuals, families and communities we serve.

Our Values

Youville Centre is a Community Health Centre established by the Grey Nuns.  Our values are guided by Saint Marguerite d’Youville’s spirit of compassion and hope.

• Respect – We respect all dimensions of a person.
• Support – We offer a nurturing environment to support people in helping themselves.
• Collaboration – We collaborate with community members and other agencies to build on community strengths and answer unmet needs.
• Innovation – We seek innovative ways to improve the quality of life through education and research.
• Accountability – We are accountable and responsible to our clients, our partners and each other.

Our Strategic Objective

Within five years, we will achieve excellence in community health and diabetes care.

Meet the unmet needs in St. Vital

Our Strategic Priorities 

1. RE-BRAND YOUVILLE AND ESTABLISH A UNIQUE IDENTITY FOR THE ST. VITAL CLINIC
   • Have a new, fresh image for the Centre
   • Communicate the change to our community and partners
   • Ensure our clients remain aware of the services we can provide for them


2. ALIGN HEALTH CARE SERVICES USING COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT PROCESS
   • Offer services that match the needs of the community
   • Offer services that maximize impact, are established as evidence- based and are regularly evaluated


3. BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
   • Be an active participant in community development in St. Vital
   • Have strong and positive relations with all other community agencies and groups
   • Collaborate with our partners to develop and maintain health services for the community
   • Be vigilant in tracking trends and issues so we can respond in a timely fashion
   • Broaden our funding base to include new partners

Diabetes Management & Education

Our Strategic Priorities

1. ESTABLISH THE UNIQUE IDENTITY OF THE DIABETES MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION CENTRE
   • Refresh the logo for the Clinic to reduce confusion between the sites
   • Have a new, fresh image for the Centre
   • Communicate the change to our community partners
   • Ensure our clients remain aware of the service we can provide for them


2. ALIGN HEALTH CARE SERVICES USING THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT PROCESS
   • Offer services that match with the needs of the community
   • Offer services that maximize impact, are evidence based and are regularly evaluated


3. PROVINCE-WIDE CAPACITY BUILDING
   • Share our expertise with other healthcare providers
   • Ensure we have mechanisms in place to sustain excellence
   • Develop a quality plan for our service
   • Ensure our work is evidence based

Knowledge, Education and Training

Our Strategic Priorities

1. TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
   • Accept student placement from healthcare disciplines at both sites
   • Accept capacity building requests from other health professionals
   • Seek out opportunities for student placements in health disciplines not currently accessing Youville Centre
   • Seek out opportunities to present at health-related conferences


2. TO DEVELOP AND SHARE SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
   • Develop or revise programming so that it is evidence-based and meets current client needs
   • Develop program materials and toolkits that can be shared with other health professionals
   • Offer “Train the Trainer” sessions for our newly developed programs to extend our reach in the community
   • Reallocate staff resources from program delivery to program development and training of other health professionals

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