Our story
The REPÈRES clinic is an initiative of two health professionals, who joined forces to set up an Non-profit organization aimed at disaffiliated and vulnerable populations. Depending on the bio-psycho-social needs of the users, they intervened at the level of physical and mental health as well as everything related to addiction, namely consumption management, referral to therapies, overdose prevention and Opiod Used disorder treatment. Added to this is everything related to the treatment and prevention of STIs.
Mission
In a community clinic with a street-level location, our goal is to treat the basic medical needs of targeted populations with a profile of social
disaffiliation (*see profile and targets section) and who are not supported or already actively followed in the health and social services network.
Work with the community and the various partners to develop a continuum of service with the aim of accessing services related to the needs of
the person encountered, in order to put in place effective and sustainable approaches for their recovery.
Our values
For the entire care team, we aim for a high-threshold tolerance approach and work on the whole person. We aim for a reappropriation of power by the patient over their own life, using the process towards physical well-being to continue towards social well-being (empowerment, life
project, maintaining good health when possible and continuing towards care in traditional services.) The relationship is based on unconditional respect, even if we disagree with certain priorities that the person could establish for their own journey and management of their own health. It is based on trust, complicity and reciprocity. The relationship is egalitarian and voluntary, without any judgment on our part. We work for the well-being of the individuals/groups we support. Well-being translates into the
improvement of the person's living conditions, whether physical, economic, psychological or moral. In short, well-being allows the person accompanied to positively appreciate his/her existence and that of others.
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Humanist approach with a high threshold of requirement (voluntary basis);
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Harm reduction (unconditional and non-judgmental respect);
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Bond of trust at the center of care and services to improve the person's living conditions
