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TERMS OF REFERENCE

METAMORPHOSIS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Vision

Metamorphosis is an independent network of community support service (CSS) and mental health and addiction (MH&A) providers and health system partners within the Mississauga Halton (MH) and Central West (CW) LHINs. Our purpose is to collaborate to achieve enhanced client service, knowledge transfer, and service integration, in support of the Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care’s health transformation agenda.

Purpose / Mandate

The Metamorphosis Leadership Team will provide leadership and the structure to support and guide the work of the Metamorphosis Network.

Guiding Principles

The Network will respect the autonomy of individual organizations while fostering opportunities to work together on priorities that affect community support and mental health and addictions services across the care continuum and across care settings.

Metamorphosis will not make decisions on behalf of individual organizations.

Objectives

 Advocates on behalf of Mental Health and Addictions and Community Support Services with the respective LHIN organizations  Provides central point of access for communication with members, the LHIN and other stakeholders  Acts as a voice for the MH and CW CSS and MH&A agencies at planning tables as directed by the network membership  Provides collaborative opportunities to guide the development of service delivery strategies, policy and/or regulations to provide high quality community support and mental health and addiction services within MH and CW.  Coordinates network-wide communication and knowledge transfer.  Enhances consumer and provider awareness of all aspects of CSS and MH&A services.  Provides leadership to the Network  Oversees the work of the Network, including the development of any Ad Hoc Working Groups  Organizes and facilitates network meetings  Accountable to the Metamorphosis Membership.

Membership

The Metamorphosis Leadership Team facilitates people and resources coming together to improve the system of community support and mental health and addiction services in the Mississauga Halton and Central West LHINs. It will be broad-based, open and representative of the organizations and individuals that coordinate and deliver these service and other healthcare services.

Members will include, but will not be limited to:

• A representative from Mental Health and Addictions (Central West) • A representative from Mental Health and Addictions sector (Mississauga Halton) • No fewer than two (2) and no greater than five (5) representatives from Community Support Services sector (Central West) • No fewer than two (2) and no greater than five (5) representative from Community Support Services sector (Mississauga Halton) • Membership of the Leadership Team will be balanced to reflect representation from the continuum of CSS and MH&A services providers • Membership of the Leadership Team will strive to be representative of the geographical perspectives within the MH and CW LHINs.

It is assumed that all Metamorphosis Leadership Team members are also members of the Network.

Election Process:

An annual call for application will be made at the last network meeting of the current fiscal year. Announcements regarding elections will be made at the first network meeting of the subsequent year

The Leadership Team will make decisions on its composition using the following criteria:

• The name(s) of interested parties, the name(s) of the organization they represent, the geographical and LHIN area(s) they serve the type(s) of healthcare services they represent • Gaps that the Leadership Team is experiencing related to geographical and LHIN representation, representation across continuum of service providers, skill gaps. .

Chair:

The Leadership Team will elect a Chair and co-Chair

Term of Office:

• The Term of office for Leadership Team members is 3 years, with an additional 3 year renewal permitted. A one year sabbatical is required to be reappointed following a 6 year term of office. • A Leadership Team member who misses three (3) consecutive meetings will be asked by a Leadership Team co-chair to step down from the team. • Co-chairs will be elected annually.

Decision-Making

Leadership Team decisions will be made by consensus wherever possible and by ballot where consensus is not achievable.

Quorum

A quorum shall be 50% of the Leadership Team membership plus one.

Frequency of meetings

The Metamorphosis Leadership Team will meet at least quarterly, with additional meetings as the call of the co-chairs.

The Terms of Reference will be reviewed on an annual basis.