Reminder that YAT is part of an amazing social enterprise called Upstream. Buy everyday goods or services through Upstream at no cost to you – to benefit the work of YAT! If you’re need firewood, consider buying it through Upstream. If you’re looking to buy an EV or Hybrid, check out the EV Upstream Guide and save money by importing one through Japanese Cars Ltd.

Other examples of products and services include Will & Able cleaning products, car tyres, coffee, insurance, trades, bins, carpet, heat pumps, signage, car grooming, plumbing, security, electricians, solar energy, flooring, fencing, building, lawyers, landscaping, real estate, building inspector, caterer, cleaner, earth moving, first aid, landscaping, bouncy castles, glazing, engraving, painter, florist, paving, mechanic, photography, pools, travel agent, videographer, shade sails, solar panels and MORE! Enquire/Book through Upstream then chose Youth Alive Trust as your chosen charity! CLICK here for a short video about how it works.

Search products and services on www.upstream.co.nz next time you need something!

JOB: Full Time Child & Family Practitioner – Mana Ake Kaimahi

Seeking social workers/related health or education or counselling or youthwork professionals.

Working within Christian & Catholic primary schools in Christchurch.  The role is 37.5 hours per week, fixed term to the end of June 2022, with the expectation of renewal after confirmation on the government contract.

This role involves:

• providing mental health support that protects and promotes wellbeing of children and helps develop psychosocial and emotional resilience as a result of childhood stress and/or trauma.
• providing quality assessment and support to children/young people and their families.
• effective case planning reflecting holistic models, risk assessments and behaviour management plans aligned to individual goals.

The successful candidate will be a quick learner, enjoy the variety of cases given to them, enjoy working with both children and parents/caregivers, and fit within the Christian values of Youth Alive Trust. They must have a full drivers license, and have access to a car during work hours for driving to schools, for which you will be reimbursed at the IRD rate. The package includes a monthly allowance for a phone top up, 5 weeks holiday per year and a work laptop. The pay rate will be based on qualifications and experience, according to our internal pay scale. An immediate start is possible, and you will join a team of 3 other Mana Ake staff at YAT, and 80 staff Canterbury wide. If you are looking for flexibility, work in an meaningful but challenging role within a supportive, faith based organisation, email your CV and Cover Letter to: hr@yat.org.nz

Click here to view the Job Description

https://manaake.health.nz/

New Year – opportunity to try something new!! Check out all the different clubs we offer for children and young people each week in New Brighton. Term brochures and more info can be found on our website. Sign up online now before they fill! All our clubs are starting the week of 14th February.

All six of our holiday programes this January went great!

Here are some links to the photos taken over the two weeks:

Week 1
Kea
Pukeko
Piwakawaka

Week 2
Kea
Pukeko
Piwakawaka

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Just a short email to assure you that we will be running holiday programmes as expected this week.

Some activities may need to be changed, according to external provider requirements, but we don’t know all of these yet. We have confirmed that activities on Monday will go ahead as planned:

• Kea’s (Years 1-3): Mega Air
• Pukeko’s (Years 4-6): Blo Karts (wear enclosed shoes)
• Piwakawaka (Years 7-9): Laser Strike

Young people are not expected to wear masks on our programmes, although they’re welcome too, as according to government requirements “You do not need to wear a face covering when at special interest education, such as music lessons, art groups and girl guides.”

Oscar providers are not covered by the vaccine mandate, and we are prohibited from asking for passes from young people, as we are an essential service.

We will be asking for more hand washing, ​sanitising and good hygeine practices.

Parents/caregivers need to wear masks when dropping off and picking up, as well as signing-in manually or digitally. We again ask that you only use the Seaview Road entrance for the Kea’s and Pukeko’s and the Seafield Building over the road for the Piwakawaka’s.  This separates us from other users in the building including Compassion Trust staff and clients.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Nga Mihi

Book your place onto our Senior After School Care Oscar in 2022 now, by contacting the Oscar Coordinator by email at: oscar@yat.org.nz  Our programme is only for those in school years 5 – 9, which tends to suit the older ones and means our activities can be more focused to their age.  If you’ve not been to us before, we’ll arrange a meeting with you and your child, to answer your questions, talk about how it works and show you around the facilities.

We run different activities each day which they can chose to join in with as part of Oscar including Kitchen Klub, Basketball Club, Craft Craft, Park Day, Tamatāne Boys Club, Kortirotiro Girls Club & Rock Solid. Our mission is to engage the young people in fun after-school activities, teaching them new things, developing friendships and working to a wellbeing model. Click on ‘Brochure’ to see our parent flyer.

Our vans pick up children from all local schools and brings them back to our venue in central Brighton. School pick up’s include; Rawhiti Primary, New Brighton Catholic, South New Brighton Primary, Nova Montessori and Chisnallwood Intermediate.

If you’re working or studying, check out the subsidy information at the link below, and many people don’t realise they’d qualify  eg: If you have 2 or more children, you need to be earning more than $1,600 per week to not receive any subsidy, or $1,800 per week if you have 3 children. Click here for more information: Out of School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) Subsidy – Work and Income

More information on our OSCAR PAGE