News and Programs
Seeking brochure coordinator – volunteer
Camcare iscurrently recruiting for a volunteer to assist with brochure distribution to community organisations around Boroondara, as well as create promotional library displays in Boroondara libraries.
Our brochures can be viewed here.
Click the link for the position description – Brochure distribution coordinator PD.
The time commitment is approximately 15 hours per quarter. Initially availability is required between Monday to Wednesday (within school hours) but is flexible ongoing.
For more information on the volunteering at Camcare, please click here.
Any enquiries should be directed to Caroline Trubridge, Information Officer on 9831 1900 or ctrubridge@camcare.org.au
Seeking professional staff
Camcare are currently recruiting for two staff :
Client Services Manager – Part time (0.6 FTE) 12 month contract
We are seeking a highly qualified and experienced professional to join the management team. Services currently delivered include:
- wellbeing services; individual, couple and family counselling;
- outreach support for women at risk of post natal depression;
- group work;
- Integrated Family Services;
- sessional Psychological Services for children, young people and adults
For more information, please click here.
Case Worker – Integrated Family Services – Part time (0.7 FTE) over three days
The IFS Caseworker position provides case management, outreach support and group programs to families to ensure the safety and well being of children and young people by addressing protective concerns and enhancing family functioning.
For more information, please click here.
These roles are also advertised on www.ethicaljobs.com.au
Bouncing back & evolving program: moving on from family violence
Have you been affected by family violence or abuse in childhood or adult relationships?
Camcare in partnership with the Rotary Club of North Balwyn
brings you
BOUNCING BACK AND EVOLVING
a group to equip women to move on from family violence and abuse
Wednesdays: 19 July – 6 September 2017, 10.30am-12.30pm
at Craig Family Centre (Ashburton)
Please see the flyer for more details and to RSVP.
>>>> Bouncing Back & Evolving session flyer July 2017
Building Bridges: A cross cultural parenting experience
Are you a migrant parent or from a different culture, raising a young family away from your home culture?
This FREE workshop focuses on identifying key issues that impact both teachers and parents in a cross cultural setting.
Camcare in partnership with the City of Boroondara
brings you
A SESSION ON ENGAGING WITH OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY, ENABLING THE SCHOOL and EMPOWERING THE TEACHER
Monday 31 July 2017, 4.30-6.30pm
at Camberwell South Primary School
Please see the flyer for more details and to RSVP.
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May 2017 e-news
Please follow the link below for our May newsletter. You can also sign up to receive future newsletters here.
Help Camcare help others in Boroondara
For forty years Camcare has been helping people living in Boroondara who are socio-economically disadvantaged or facing personal adversity.
Your generous donations have enabled Camcare to meet increasing demand for our services and broaden the scope of our activities in response to identified needs in the local community.
One such innovative program developed in the last few months is an outreach well being service to a local government secondary school where there are a number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds posing challenging behavior in the school and at home. A trained counsellor has offered relaxation and stress management training for the students, building a presence at the school whereby both students and teachers feel confident to seek her assistance with a range of issues such as students’ absenteeism, disruptive behavior, peer group pressures and risk taking behavior, including self harm.
Camcare staff have also delivered highly popular parent education groups, called Tuning into Teens, for parents seeking information and support to improve their relationship with their teenage children. We have had high demand for these groups.
The following story highlights the help Camcare has been able to provide because of your past support.
| Marie is a single parent of two children living in rented accommodation in Mont Albert. Her older son, Josh, who is 15 years old, has exhibited anger and acting out behavior since Marie and her husband separated two years ago. Josh has been mixing with a group of peers who do not attend school regularly. He has been staying out late at night and is verbally abusive towards his mother when she seeks to impose limits. Recently, he has been away from home for several weeks and Marie does not know where or with whom he is living. The student welfare coordinator at the school where he is enrolled contacted Camcare expressing concern about Josh, his absenteeism from school, acting out behavior and self harm.
Marie agreed to a referral to Camcare. Our youth counsellor was able to track Josh down and talk to him and the student welfare coordinator. She also went to see Marie. It became apparent that Josh was feeling lost and felt rejected by his mother. Marie, while concerned about Josh, did not agree to his return home unless he met conditions like going to school regularly and ceasing to mix with his recent peer group, whom she blamed for his current problems. Camcare’s counsellor worked with Josh, key school staff and Marie to negotiate his return home. It was clear Josh missed his father and the counsellor contacted him to see if they could reconnect. She linked Josh to the local youth service and continued to see him there, addressing issues he raised about his mother’s expectations, changes in his relationship with her since his parents’ separation, his feelings of anxiety and recent poor academic performance. Josh has now returned home and attends school most days. He has contact with his father. He knows he can talk to the student welfare coordinator about issues at school and that his Camcare counsellor will support him to negotiate any concerns that come up at home. |
Below is just a sample of the comments we have received from the people we have helped.
Camcare provided an “Incredibly helpful and effective service.” They offered, “Very practical help which has made a big difference in my family and my life.”
“I always felt supported, important and guided in a very empowering and encouraging way. I don’t believe I would have been able to cope without this counselling.”
“I felt comforted by the empathy and level of care which was a great support at the time when I felt all alone in my grief.”
With numerous skilled volunteers deployed throughout Camcare and linked to professional staff we offer a cost effective model which strengthens community capacity.
- In 2016, Camcare responded to 10, 300 requests for assistance.
- We assisted nearly 600 people with material aid including food parcels, travel cards, and small grants for essential items such as prescribed medicines.
- We provided counselling to 268 people with issues ranging from grief and loss to family violence.
- Our Family Services team delivered more than 4,900 hours of service to 78 vulnerable families in their own homes.
How You Can Help
$300 will pay for a brief counselling intervention (2- 3 appointments) for someone in crisis
$150 will provide support for a student to attend a school camp
$35 covers the costs of prescribed medicine for a disadvantaged young person experiencing health issues such as asthma.
Please support Camcare’s work in Boroondara by giving generously.
St Hilary’s Hope Food Drive 2017
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Seeking administration staff
Camcare are currently recruiting for two staff to fill roles in our administration area.
Office Administrator – Part time (0.5 FTE) over three days
We are seeking a highly capable and experienced person for this role which supports Camcare’s Client Services team at our Ashburton office, and the administration team and reception at our Camberwell office.
Medical Receptionist – Monday to Friday approximately 26.5 hours per week starting at 11am and finishing at 4pm.
We are expanding our services and require an enthusiastic and motivated receptionist to facilitate both our existing services and our start up psychology service.
For more information on both roles, please click here.
Progress Leader food drive article
Camcare is front page news in the May 16 edition of Progress Leader.
The story covers the donations to Camcare from the 2017 St Hilary’s Hope Food Drive which assists Camcare’s Emergency Relief program.
Pictured in the article is Peter Stansfeld, the Vice President of the Camcare Board, who organised the logistics of receiving, sorting and stacking the contents of the bags.
Source: Progress Leader 16 May 16 2017
We are extremely grateful to those in the community who donated and to all those involved at St Hilary’s Hope for their time and energy.
For more information on how Camcare processed the delivery and how it will help us, please see this article.
If you are able to support Camcare through donations, please click here.
Progress Leader funding article
Camcare was front page news in the March 28 edition of Progress Leader.
The story reflects the upcoming funding review by Boroondara Council as our three year funding contract expires at the end of June 2018. Pictured in the article is Gabriel Gate, one of our ambassadors, and Gayle Austen, the President of the Camcare Board.
Camcare are asking for the Boroondara community to show its support for the organisation, for the disadvantaged residents to whom we provide services, and to speak up for Camcare as a worthy recipient of council funding.
If you are able to support Camcare through donations, please click here.
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