Mrs. Hanne Al Gurg
Chairperson, DCHC

History of DCHC

Dubai Community Health Centre (DCHC) – a private non-profit organization – was opened up in 1996 by Mrs. Hanne Al Gurg.

 

The aim of the Centre was to provide help for families with children with special needs and learning difficulties through offering parents, as well as teachers, courses, workshops and seminars on skills, techniques and psychological understanding of children from infancy until adult age. 

Being aware that learning difficulties and special needs were shrouded in mystery and negativity, and in order to remove some of this stigma, Mrs. Al Gurg developed the idea to provide help in a positive, supportive and non-clinical setting.  Over the years a demand for multidisciplinary services for all age groups grew and a diverse group of professionals in the field was built up.  With this expansion of services and increasing involvement in community work, the Centre changed its name in 2001 to Dubai Community Health Centre. 

Currently, the Centre has seventeen highly qualified and experienced Professional Staff plus twelve well-trained full-time and part-time Support Staff. 

Organisation Structure
Dubai Community Health Centre (DCHC)'s formal organization structure consists of a Board of Directors, comprised of the Chairperson (Mrs. Hanne Al Gurg), Vice Chairperson (Mr. Saud Al Gurg) and five professional directors, who are from amongst the Professional Staff of seventeen.  The Centre supports the Professional staff with the services of a Support Staff of 7 full time and 4 part time employees, supervised by an Administration Manager.

NEWSLETTERS
Events and workshops conducted by Dubai Community Health Centre will be featured in our newsletter. To subscribe send us a mail at : info@dubaicommunityhealthcentre.org
 

Panoramic view of DCHC

Vision of DCHC
DCHC's vision is to become a world-class role model international organization in terms of expertise and service quality by attaining the highest level of excellence in its field of activities.

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Mission of DCHC
DCHC Mission is to "Help People Help Themselves" and it is involved in projects which gives information and support to the community in relation to Mental Health and Special Needs issues.  The professionals have a holistic approach to their services, and provide their clients with educational materials and information of treatment choices to help them with their difficulties.  In order to remove the stigma related to Mental Health and Special Needs issues the environment of the Centre is non-clinical.

Values of Dubai Community Health Centre
DCHC's aims to provide a very high standard of quality services, and although the professionals are in private practice, they are on legal contract with the Centre to follow their Professional Ethical Association's guidelines.  It is also expected that they adhere to the Centre's values which are the following:
 

• Highest level of professional services: Highly qualified, licensed and committed professional partners and staff. 

• Trustworthiness: Complete confidentiality of client information.

• Empowerment: Commensurate with the mission "to empower people by helping them help themselves”. 

• Consistency: Reliability; No disruptions in the time schedule once a treatment is started. 

• Continuous improvement through feedback: Actively seeking feedback from customers and society to improve. 

• Sharing and developing knowledge: Continuous updating and upgrading of skills of staff to excel in the service to clients and society. 

• To provide help in a homely, non clinical environment: To remove the stigma associated with seeking help.