Friends of the Howpak Wrap-

Around Charitable Trust:

Collaborative Work Partners:

International Club of Howick Rotary

HWM – Sir Barry Curtis

Auckland City Council and its Community Boards: Howick and Franklin Wards

Mr Dave Jackson (Former Wrap-Around Trustee 2004 – 2006 and coordinator for Strengthening Families)

Community Funding Partners:

Botany Downs Secondary School

Edgewater College

Howick College

Selwyn College

Auckland City Council

J. R McKenzie Charitable Trust

The Ministry of Education and Special Educa-tion

The Department of CYF and youth Justice Co-ordinators

Police Youth Aid (where the youth are involved in criminal and juvenile offending)

Probation and Correction Services

Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour

Student Attendance Services

Te Puni Kokiri

CADS and RADS

Whirinaki

New Zealand Centre for Social Innovation

Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS)

“Strengthening Family by Building Youth, Family and Community Capacity.”

CEO – Michele Zackey

Treasurer/Accountant –

Mr Brian Gauld

Mr Dave McDonald

Mr Joseph Heays

The Board:

Some of the goals of the

Wrap-Around Trust:

Provide a holistic, integrated

approach within which the referring

schools function as an integrated

system to:

Reduce the next generation’s

vulnerability and enhance their

capabilities.

Build resilience in students by

encouraging pro-social behaviours

and by providing opportunities

for leadership.

Student and family needs are

assessed and identified.

Strong educational focus. Contents:

Board Members 1

Goals of Wrap-Around 1

Friends and Collaborative Work

Partners of Wrap-Around

1

The Students 2

Mission Statement Artistic initiative

assisted by Creative New Zealand

2

Our Team Members 3

Strengthening Families 3

The Wrap-Around Services 4

The Aims of Wrap-Around 4

Contact details 4

Howpak Wrap-Around

Charitable Trust

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The Howpak Wrap-Around serves a diverse range of groups, using MST (multi-

systemic therapeutic counseling) to co-ordinate and collaboratively work with

youth and their families to prevent social and academic failure and to improve

outcomes for the youth.

‘The work of the

Howpak Wrap-

Around, is at the

cutting edge of

service provision

for young people,

and they hold an

impressive level

of

professionalism.

In particular their

innovative use of

multi-systemic

approaches

offers the young

people they work

with unique

advantage'.

Unitec, New

The challenges that each student faces range from:

ADD/ ADHD

Asperger’s Syndrome (high functioning Autism)

Oppositional Conduct Disorder

Anti-social Conduct Disorder

Drug and Alcohol abuse and dependency

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Depression

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), etc.

Despite experiencing some of these challenges, the

students of Howpak Wrap-Around are incredibly bright

and hold extraordinary amounts of potential.

The students’ individually unique characteristics and

personalities are often sheltered by such challenges and

obstacles. Howpak Wrap-Around assists with establishing

and overcoming these challenges and obstacles, which

then gives the students the motivation they need in order

to succeed in all walks of life.

The Students of Wrap-Around

Mission Statement

The Wrap-Around performs a unique role, working

with at-risk children, youth and families:

We aim to effectively:

Coordinate change for the youth and family (at a

time often critical in their development)

Intervene early when difficulties the child/ youth is

facing becomes problematic at school ( and by so

doing prevent school suspension and the often

related social marginalisation)

The Wrap-Around works from a Multi-Systemic

Therapeutic counseling approach

Jarrad—Year Eleven student on the Wrap-Around Program

Howpak Wrap-Around aims to:

Inspire youth and families to affect change in their

lives

Facilitate and motivate youth to progress their

learning

Offer students the opportunity to reflect on their

actions and by so doing encourage improved

decision making,

Provide a challenging, fun learning environment

which encourages the students and improves

attitudes towards learning,

Provide a sound academic program, consistent

with the New Zealand Core Curriculum to enable

the transition back into mainstream education, a

TEC course or workplace learning.

‘Strengthening family by building Youth, Family and Community Capacity’

Contact either Michele Zackey or Shelley Muller on 09 533 4444 / 0274 761 800

The Depot, Lloyd Elsmore Park

P.O.Box 251 344, Pakuranga, 2014.

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Strengthening Families What is it?

Strengthening Families is a short term early intervention process used for

families that are deemed to have high needs but are considered to be of low

risk. It is a process that assists the strengthening of families by coordinating

meetings that bring together all agencies involved with the family in order to

create an action plan. This plan is focused on addressing the family’s needs in

a timely and regularly monitored fashion.

Referrals for support can made by individual family members, agencies,

schools, church groups and friends of families.

Developments of Strengthening Families in 2011

2011 saw the introduction of a new full time Strengthening Families coordina-

tor—Shelley Muller who works along side Michele Zackey in the Strengthen-

ing Families process. Shelley is of South African decent and has been living in

New Zealand for three years.

Shelley is a forerunner in the development of the

Family Centre serving families in the Greater Auck-

land Region (Howick, Franklin, Papakura and

Maungakiekie Wards)

C reative New Zealand is the national agency for the development of the

arts in New Zealand, and invest s resources in New Zealand arts for the

long-term benefit of New Zealanders. Creative New Zealand’s statutory

purpose is to encourage, promote and support the arts in New Zealand for

the benefit of all New Zealanders.

Creative New Zealand’s mandate is to support community and professional

arts, and in doing so, they uphold the following principles:

Participation, by supporting initiatives that encourage participation in the

arts

Access, by supporting the availability of projects of merit to communities

or sections of the population that would otherwise not have access to

them

Excellence and innovation, by supporting activities of artistic and cultural

significance that develop the creative potential of artists and art forms

Professionalism, by maintaining and developing a professional arts

infrastructure, both at national and community levels

(Creative NZ, 2008)

THE HOWPAK WRAP-AROUND – Awhihia Te Whanau aims to proactively work with

community across Manukau East, working collaboratively with children, youth and

their families, hapu and iwi, to innovatively assist whanau and community – in the

creation of their dreams, visions and aspirations to create better life stories and

experience!

During 2012 we have had a wonderful opportunity to hear, understand and be part

of exploring the very depths of our community, bearing witness to life in

Howick— dating back to the early 1936 w hen the carved Whare in The Tainui

Garden of Memories was officially opened and dedicated.

The Howpak Wrap-Around have worked closely this year with the Roopu—Te Wai

Ora o Nga Hau e Wha and the Howick Local ward towards resolution where as

quoted by Lucy Schwanner in her dissertation was ’supposed to be a space of unity

and friendship reflecting both histories’.

We are hopeful that given that community have had an opportunity to share their

life stories an d their connectedness to the Whare and the Tainui Garden of

Memories the fear and distrust may lead to acceptance and appreciation.

The support of Creative New Zealand assisted Howpak Wrap-

Around to work towards the ‘wellness of the four winds’

Shelley Müller—Strengthening Families Coordinator

Shelley has a passion for working with families who are in need. Shelley’s desire

for the future is to find a suitable learning

environment for children who slip be-

tween the cracks of the education sys-

tem. The children this relates to is the

ones that don't quite fit into mainstream

schools, are not special enough for special

schools and are not allegeable for alterna-

tive education. Her desire is to allow

these children to obtain a suitable educa-

tion so that they are then able to secure

suitable jobs for a productive and successful adult life.

The Howpak Wrap-Around have been exceptionally fortunate in securing the

services of Shelley in that she brings a unique perspective as the Strengthening

Families Coordinator having worked with the Howpak Wrap-Around to secure

the services required for her young son.

Shelley is a gift to the families of the Greater Auckland Region and is very

instrumental, spending a lot of her personal time and energy developing and

creating a resource for our families to come to , have a cup of tea and a chat,

access the internet and other resource information / brochures / research

which may assist them to achieve their family’s needs and desires –

Te Moemoea—.

The Pleasures of Parenting - The Family Centre

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Jade Schumann—Disability and Special Needs Spe-

cialist and Interactive Drawing Therapist

Jade has lead this exciting initiative and is a vibrant young community leader. Her design brief has been to develop our carer support service for families affected by disability. The programmes Jade runs provides opportunity for fun, learning and growth. This vibrant methodology / approach includes Thera-peutic Art and Interactive Drawing Therapy (IDT) to explore elements of self expression and artistic en-deavour. If we pertain to the philosophy that art imitates life, then Art Therapy is the process that reflects, reveals and restores it. Jade encourages children and youth through a variety of materials, interventions and fun, find meaning and develop expression.

Amanda Rhodes—Funding and Pro-

motional Support

Amanda started her journey with Howpak Wrap-

Around in April 2011 as an intern. She assisted Michele

in the organizational side to Strengthening Families

whilst on her second year placement. Amanda studies

at Unitec in the Bachelor of Social Practice majoring in

Social Work. She loves working with children , espe-

cially those who require extra attention. Her future

vision is fulfill a career as a counselor in a high school.

Mark Kristian—Intensive Case

Worker and Clinical Support

The Howpak Wrap-Around have over the last two years been developing a Clinical arm to provide inten-sive services for youth and families either not accessing clinical treatment fast enough or not engaging with normal statutory services. Marc has very effectively developed treatment structures and delivered effec-tive treatment to high risk families and individuals.

Our ‘IN-CRISIS’ intervention Team provide urgent response and specialist assis-tance. Marc’s clinical experience, knowledge and application makes for very effective practice. We are currently expanding the clinical treatment this service is now able to provide and are hoping Marc will lead as Clinical Director.

Whaea Heather Frost—Whaea to Rangatahi

Whaea Heather is our gift to the many rangatahi and families with whom we

work. Heather guides us in Te o Maori, allowing us to be creative in our commit-

ment to Awhihea Te Whanau—working innovatively to assist whānau – in the

creation and realization of their hopes, dreams, visions and aspirations .

- Te Moemoea! -

Meet The Wrap –Around

Around Team

Michele Zackey - CEO

Michele has in 2011, won a scholarship as one of the Inaugural students of the New Zealand Cen-tre for Social Innovation (NZCSI) as a social entrepreneur who understands fully the chal-lenges of running a non-government organisa-tion. The Howpak Wrap-Around has for the past 10 years been working towards the prevention of school marginalization and suspension. The Howpak Wrap-Around remains committed to the journey they have been on to PREVENT children and YOUTH from School Exclusion. Our most vulner-able, at-risk children, youth and families are those not engaged in positive educational experiences. As we see from our national statistics school truancy remains one of our most pressing areas which the government is not able to adequately address. We have had a very successful two year period and have had the opportunity to develop a raft of services with thanks to the Auckland City Council and a number of other Government agencies.

Services:

Wrap-Around as a mainstream-service – an ‘In-School’ initiative Wrap-Around, Intensive case-management – an ‘In-Reach’ Clinical Initiative Wrap-Around, working to match youth to the world of work - 'Fixingourfuture: In-Time’ Wrap-Around, ‘In - The Hub’ a family service centre which includes:

Strengthening Families,

‘In – Fun with Care’ - a carer support and respite programme for families of disability, where we provide support, relief and opportunity for growth. With our core service being in education we provide cognitive behavioural Therapy for Children , youth and family of all ages.

‘In-Voice and Colour’ - – a Creative New Zealand programme which provides opportunities for children and youth to express themselves through a variety of mediums. This continued developmental work has given voice to individual and community

‘In-The Eastside’ – a youth development strategy which has given the youth opportunity to dream of alternatives to ‘ground dog day” providing expression and opportunity

‘In-New Zealand’ – A migrant and refugee support and education programme

The Howpak Wrap-Around is an Enterprising

Communities Trust—There to provide voice and space for ALL.

We are extremely excited at the New Directions and ongoing development of the Trust. The Trustees of the Howpak Wrap-Around value the ongoing

support of all staff, volunteers and community who offer hours of dedication and support. We salute you and thank all our partners for the exciting year in

2011—onwards 2012.