Plan Smart―Lifestyle and Specialty Counselling Services

Parenting can be the most rewarding role in our lives, while at the same time be a source of great stress. Homewood Human Solutions™’ childcare and parenting specialists are able to help you with those parenting issues that you may find yourself struggling with.

Becoming a new parent is one of the most rewarding milestones in a person’s life. At the same time it can also be one of the most overwhelming and stressful times. This service provides outreach and support if you have just become a new parent or are planning to become one.

Homewood Human Solutions™ has eldercare specialists on staff to work with you and your eldercare situation. We can provide an immediate needs assessment and follow-up with customized information. Our specialists can speak directly with the elderly person and if necessary can arrange an independent provider for an in-home assessment.

This service allows you and your family members to obtain bilingual and multi-lingual legal consultation from qualified professional lawyers as well as a referral to a local lawyer at a discounted rated.

Our financial counselling and planning service assesses your situation, and provides budgeting and short-term financial counselling through individual telephone and/or email consultation. Sessions may include planning and budgeting exercises and debt management information and guidance.

Our nutrition counselling covers a full range of topics like:

• Adjusting eating patterns to help you adopt a healthier lifestyle
• Prevention/management of chronic disease through dietary changes
• Eating for energy

Homewood Human Solutions™' Smoking Cessation Program is designed to help you address all facets of smoking, including the physical and psychological dependence. This personalized process is built on proven, evidence-based, behaviour-change methods which includes:

• Ongoing one-on-one coaching
• A three-pronged e-Course targeting committed first time quitters, ambivalent or conflicted quitters or quitters who are trying to quit again
• A specific workbook for the right kind of quitter

12 Weeks to Wellness is a self-directed program that provides you with a comprehensive approach to weight loss and behaviour change. As a participant you will receive nutrition coaching, a step-by-step guide to behaviour change, an accompanying CD and a fitness and weight loss consultation!

Our career development counselling provides a thorough analysis of your interests, values and motivations. Feedback and coaching is provided and a plan is developed to assist you to take the steps toward defining and achieving your career aspirations.

Homewood Human Solutions™' Pre-Retirement Planning provides the opportunity for you to speak directly with a career or finanical counsellor as appropriate. In addition, a customized resource package providing a wealth of information regarding pre-retirement planning is provided.

Working shifts can put a strain on your health, well-being, family and social life. Homewood Human Solutions™ specialists can help you develop the skills required to make working shifts part of a healthy and rewarding personal and work life.

The workplace can be complicated! Every year Homewood Human Solutions™ helps thousands of employees just like you navigate successfully through difficult workplace situations. If you are struggling with a difficult situation at work, you may benefit from speaking to a third party. Through discussion you can begin to explore how to manage conflicting views and styles constructively, while at the same time examining your own behaviour.