Team Leader
Full Time (37.5hrs)
 
CAPS Hauraki (Child Abuse Prevention Services) is seeking to employ a full time Team Leader to provide day to day service co-ordination and leadership to our service delivery team.  This role will report to the Service Manager.
 
The key skills required for this role are:

• A relevant clinical qualification with a minimum of 3 years related experience
• The ability to motivate teams to enthusiastically fulfil their responsibilities with a strong focus on client wellbeing
• A systems thinker, able to co-ordinate, schedule and monitor services to ensure they are delivered to the highest standard
• A strong focus on continuous quality improvement
• The ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to demonstrate initiative, good judgement and flexibility
• Excellent time management, computer and organisational skills
• A good sense of humour and commitment to being part of a team

 
If this sounds like you, please send in your covering letter and C.V. to the address below.
 
CAPS offer a competitive salary package and a supportive team environment.
 
For job description please contact:
Kristina at CAPS Hauraki Inc.
PO Box 552 or 732B Queen Street, Thames
Phone: 07 868-8644 Fax: 07 868-8685
Email: Kristina@capshauraki.co.nz
Closing Date: 5pm Monday 18th July

Victoria Park in Thames, 10am until 2pm.  Look forward to seeing you there.

10am to 2pm - Victoria Park, Thames
Come along and have a family fun day - everything is FREE
We have bouncy castles, water slide, pony rides, bumper balls, train rides, games and much much more.
All you need to bring is the kids, water, sunscreen, hat, togs and towel.

14 weekly sessions held in Paeroa - starts Thursday 24th March, 2016 - 10am to 12.30pm
This FREE programme aims to encourage positive family relationships while acknowledging that parenting is one of the most important jobs that adults can do.

    For parents of 3 to 8 year olds

    Learn strategies to help parents manage challenging behaviour
    Develop strategies to build positive relationships with your children
    14 sessions once a week for 2 1/2 hours

    To find out more..... call us on 07 868 8644

On 22nd October 2015 Sue Smith from CAPS Hauraki hosted an evening seminar ‘Living with Teenagers’.

This was a really informative evening where we learned about teenagers’ brains, their thinking and their behavior, and how to have effective and respectful parenting with our teens.

Below are some brief notes that are of interest to every parent dealing with teenagers.

If you would like to be notified about any seminars that CAPS hold, please email reception@capshauraki.co.nz and we will add you to our mailing list.

 Living WITH teens

What happens in the brain during adolescence?

• Pre frontal cortex is ‘out for renovation’ during toddler & adolescence years due to pruning that is happening in their brain.
• Circadian rhythm is nonexistent. Adolescents find it hard to wake in mornings & hard to go to sleep at night.
• Similar to toddlers, adolescents are influenced by their emotions & their peers- how I feel & what my mate says/does.
• Adolescents find it difficult to determine facial expressions of others. Mostly they just think that others are either happy or angry/sad.
• The above are biological imperatives.

What is important for us (parents/carers) to remember?

• We need to model ‘prefrontal cortex’ again & again & again- how to be rational, logical & self-regulate our emotions.
• Being aware of the above changes in their brains help us understand, support & guide our adolescents rather than clash with them.
• Communicate with them.
•  Communicate when your teen is available to ‘hear’ you. This will be individual for ‘your’ teen. As adults we are able to use our whole brain including the pre frontal cortex (part of our brain responsible for reasoning, planning, higher thinking, empathy & more) & model emotional self-regulation for 90% of their time. Adolescents have the capacity to do the same & on average only for 10% of their time so begin to notice when this (10%) time may be to create the best opportunity for effective 2 way communication
• Find a way to connect with your adolescent regularly- meals together, sports, play, fun…
• Have a self-care practice to allow you to be the best person/parent you can be.

 
Authors/presenters that influenced the creation of this seminar
Nathan Mikaere Wallis
Celia Lashlie  “He’ll be OK”
Nigel Latta “The politically incorrect guide to teenagers” (tv show & book)
Pennie Brownlee “Dance with me in the heart” “Magic Places”
Bruce Perry “Born for Love” & “the boy who was raised as a dog”
Daniel Siegel   “the whole brain child” “Mindsight”  you tube- “the hand model”

If you attended the evening and would like to leave a comment or question, please use the comment box below.
Also, if you have any ideas about further seminars, please feel free to comment.

CAPS Hauraki is celebrating the opening of another office in Thames and the launch of a sexual abuse support service on Monday 2nd November.
 
After over 10 years in the Queen Street building, CAPS will now have two offices in Thames, one in Queen Street and one in Mary Street. The new office will be at 200 Mary Street in the carpark behind the Civic Centre.
 
CAPS Hauraki will also be launching a new Sexual Abuse Support Service which will offer support and information to people in the Hauraki and Thames/Coromandel regions.
 
General Manager Jo Taylor says “with around 1 in 4 people experiencing sexual violence in our region, it is important that people have access to specialist sexual abuse support. We are really excited to be able to provide this new service for the community.”
 
The Sexual Abuse Support Service has come about as a result of the input and lobbying of many local services and individuals who had identified a gap in services for survivors of sexual violence and their families.
 
The new service will offer a 24/7 helpline which will run through the national Rape Crisis phone line 0800 88 33 00. If people call from a landline, they just need to select 2 to get to access CAPS Hauraki helpline staff. If calling from a mobile, select 3 then 2.
 
The service will also offer support for survivors going through Police and Medical systems as well as crisis counselling and support. Text (027 732 7000) and email support (helpline@capshauraki.co.nz ) are also available during business hours.
 
The new premises in Mary Street will offer a range of services including the sexual abuse support services. We are hoping the community will come to the new building to access any support or information about our services.