{"id":26646,"date":"2021-11-16T15:26:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=26646"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:24:51","slug":"what-is-stepped-care-2-0-two-pager","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/what-is-stepped-care-2-0-two-pager\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepped Care 2.0: value and benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26646\" class=\"elementor elementor-26646\" data-elementor-post-type=\"resource\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09c7ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e09c7ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f6967d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58f6967d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>This resource was published in 2021. The data may be out of date.<\/h5><p>Stepped Care 2.0\u00a9 (SC2.0) is a transformative system of care for organizing and delivering evidence\u2011informed mental health and substance use services. It uses a person-centred, strengths\u2011based, recovery-oriented approach to provide timely, flexible access to a range of options \u2014 including formal and informal wellness and mental health services that best meet people\u2019s needs and preferences.<\/p><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><a class=\"c-btn c-btn--resource c-btn--primary\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MHCC_SC2.0_2pager_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the value of SC2.0?<\/h2><p>Because the failure to meet mental health needs comes at a high cost, SC2.0 offers people access to support when they are ready and comfortable with doing so. That is, the model is designed to best meet people\u2019s needs and preferences through a range of formal and informal options, with benefits that providers also share.<\/p><p><strong>How does it benefit clients?<\/strong><\/p><p>During their first engagement with the SC2.0 system, people receive an intervention to address their primary concern and are supported by a community of care with meaningful connections and diverse options.<\/p><p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/newfoundland-and-labrador-stepped-care-2-0-demonstration-project-final-report\/\">MHCC demonstration project<\/a>, about 80 per cent of clients reported that lower intensity options (such as e- mental health tools, or self-directed resources) met at least some of their needs.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"239\" class=\"wp-image-29951\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SC2point0-PWLE-quote.png\" alt=\"On a medium green background, the following quote in black text is attributed to a person with lived experience. Before Stepped Care 2.0, &quot;it was like waiting to get access to a backhoe when all you need is a shovel.&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SC2point0-PWLE-quote.png 635w, https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SC2point0-PWLE-quote-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Before Stepped Care 2.0. &#8220;it was like waiting to get access to a backhoe when all you need is a shovel.&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>How does it benefit providers?<\/strong><\/p><p>SC2.0 gives providers more flexibility in their schedules. In the demonstration project, they also saw the model as an effective, evidence-based way to help their practices evolve. As well, providers reported much greater knowledge of the stages of change and more self- confidence to enact change.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"240\" class=\"wp-image-29953\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SC2point0-care-provider-quote.png\" alt=\"On a blue background, the following quote is attributed to a care provider in Newfoundland and Labrador, &quot;I have more time and flexibility. Clients come in or book a time with me when they want service [which] opens up my schedule.&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SC2point0-care-provider-quote.png 637w, https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SC2point0-care-provider-quote-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>I have more time and flexibility. Clients come in or book a time with me when they want service [which] opens up my schedule.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SC2.0 Nine-Step Framework<\/h2><p>The SC2.0 model for systems of care is organized around nine steps, which can be populated with diverse, culturally relevant care options.<\/p><p>The steps in the planning framework range from self-directed (lower intensity) services to acute care (higher intensity) services. As intensity increased across the steps, so too does stakeholder investment (i.e., time, effort and cost), and service user readiness to engage also increases. Service user decision-making is greatest in informal, self-directed services and decreases in formal acute crisis services. In acute care, readiness may be low for involuntary hospital admissions.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guiding Principles<\/h2><p>The foundational values and philosophies upon which the SC2.0 model is built:<\/p><ol><li>Social justice drives effective care systems transformation and is an intervention in itself.<\/li><li>Multiple and diverse care options are required as one approach will not work for everyone.<\/li><li>All individuals and communities have strength and capacity.<\/li><li>People engage with what they are ready to do; gold-standard intervention is that which best fits the service user at any given time.<\/li><li>Professionals do not carry all the wisdom; people often know what is best for them.<\/li><li>Mental health literacy is required for people to make informed decisions.<\/li><li>An effective care system ensures people have access to care when and where it is needed.<\/li><li>The whole is greater than the sum of its parts; the strength of the system relies on multilevel collaboration.<\/li><li>Minimal interventions can produce powerful results.<\/li><li>There is no ideal solution; trial-and-error leads to growth and change.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Ready to learn more about <a href=\"\/?page_id=21202\">Stepped Care 2.0<\/a>\u00a9?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"\/?p=26481\">Check out the SC2.0 Infographic<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/stepped%20care%202.0:%20What%20makes%20it%20different\/?\">Lear<\/a><a href=\"\/?p=27236\">n what makes SC2.0 different<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepped Care 2.0\u00a9 (SC2.0) is a transformative system of care for organizing and delivering evidence\u2011informed mental health and substance use services. 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