Training offered to non-professional adults, committed and involved in living environments where their proximity to youth and senior populations enables them to detect and refer people in distress to the appropriate resources so that they can find acceptable solutions to their difficulties.
Since its inception, the network of sentinels trained by Vigie Rive-Sud has included MORE THAN 400 committed sentinelles in 55 sentinelle environments.
A SENTINELLE is...
A non-professional adult ENGAGED in a youth or senior living environment.
A person whose position and personal skills enable PROXIMITY with youth and seniors.
A person with good LISTENING skills who inspires confidence.
A person with an ability to OBSERVE, enabling them to detect a person in need.
A person who seeks to GUIDE young people and seniors in distress towards the right resources.