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ESCAPE TO INDIA!

Escape to India! Charitable Fundraiser on September 22, 2018 from 12pm to 9pm

Escape to India! is a market featuring all things Indian under one roof. They will have a variety of Indian foods, drinks, handicrafts, clothing, music, performances, henna artists and much more. They will also have a 5* star BC winery and local brewery on-site.

Tickets are $5 and if purchased prior to the event, can be redeemed in product at the ‘Bollywood Boutique’ (one of many shops in the market). They recommend to reserve a table in advance if coming with a group and want to stay awhile.

Go eat, shop, and dance all the while supporting local charities like Cameray Child and Family Services!

Click here to see the flyer

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Emotional Regulation with Children & Youth: Building Your Toolbox

EMOTIONAL REGULATION WITH CHILDREN & YOUTH: BUILDING YOUR TOOLBOX

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 2018

As neuroscience continues to reveal the importance of developing greater and greater capacities for emotional regulation, it is essential that clinicians understand the biology behind regulation and how to develop it within the children they work with.  This full day workshop is designed to help clinicians understand exactly what regulation is and is not, the biological mechanisms in the brain and nervous system allowing for regulation, and learn practical tools for developing a child’s regulatory capacity.  Clinicians will also learn what it takes and how to become the external regulator in the relationship- the most important tool to have in the toolbox.

In this workshop, Lisa makes the growing field of neuroscience accessible and relevant to clinicians of all backgrounds.  This workshop caters to both experienced and new clinicians, and is applicable to private practice, agency and school settings.  Clinicians will leave this workshop with a powerful new perspective on emotional regulation and ideas that they can take straight into their next session.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE DOWNLOAD OUR FLYER AND REGISTRATION FORM

EARLY BIRD RATE: Only $160 per person – lunch included

AFTER September 30th, 2018: $175 p.p.

Student Rate $120 p.p. (10 seats available)

Temporary Child and Family Counsellor

One Position Available – Child and Family Counsellor

  • 1 Temporary @ 35 hours/week until Dec 31, 2018
  • To provide long and short term counselling to children and their families
  • To work two evenings until 7:00 pm
  • To start April 23, 2018
Key Responsibility Area – Counselling with Children, Parents and Families
  • To function as part of a clinical team
  • To work with children using play/art therapy
  • To provide information and education regarding child development, including sexual and emotional development
Key Responsibility Area – Referral, Information and Consultation
  • To provide occasional crisis intervention to clients
  • To liaise with other agencies/professionals regarding clients for purposes of consultation or referral
Key Responsibility Area – Community Liaison/Advocacy
  • To advocate for and to co-ordinate client services with other agencies and professionals
  • To collaborate with MCF Social Workers on client goals/programs, such as ICM’s as required
Key Responsibility Area – Administration
  • Develop an appropriate treatment plan in conjunction with the client and conduct regular reviews of the treatment process
  • Maintain client files, recording client visits and key information
  • Prepare client progress reports
  • Complete all required data collection, including clinical stats
  • Submit time sheets and other information as required
  • Prepare education handout for parents, clients and community
Key Responsibility Area – Professional Development
  • Keep abreast of development in the fields of sexual abuse and trauma counselling
  • Attend specified workshops and conferences
  • Network with colleagues and other professionals in the field
Qualifications
  • M.S.W. or M.A. /M.Ed./Psychology
  • Minimum of two years clinical experience, including work with children and families
  • Training and experience in play therapy techniques, sexual abuse counselling and individual and family counselling
  • In depth knowledge of child development and sexual abuse dynamics
  • Knowledge of child protection and legal systems
  • Crisis intervention skills
  • Competence and comfort in working with diversity
  • Ability to work both independently and as a member of a professional team
  • Drivers License
Other:
  • This position is covered under a collective agreement
  • Cameray Child and Family Services is an equal opportunity employer
  • Successful applicants are subject to a criminal record check.  Notarized copy of degree(s) certification required
  • Must have access to a reliable car

Please email interest to mena.perrotta@cameray.ca by April 10, 2018

Sex and the Law: Teachings about Consent

Sex and the Law: Teachings about Consent

We are happy to announce that Cameray has successfully acquired funding for Jessica Wollen (certified sexual health educator and BC teacher) and the Burnaby School District to partner on delivering a program around the legal aspects of consent. Jessica is working with students to clarify what consent looks like, sounds like, and feels like – and the legal implications. The intention is preventing sexual assault before it occurs, and to foster healthy relationships between youth.

This Spring, Jessica is teaching in many secondary schools in Burnaby and New West. She is working collaboratively to develop a scope and sequence to support physical health education teachers in delivering the new physical and health education curriculum, which includes sexual health lessons and material.

If you are interested in this program coming to your school, contact office@shift-education.com

​Jessica is one of the leading sexual health educators in this area in the Lower Mainland. To read more about her work, please visit www.shift-education.com

Parenting Through Anger

Parenting Through Anger Series – How to Foster Connection in the Home

Free 6-week workshop in New Westminster that is open to all families with children 0-5 years old! The workshops are on Tuesdays from February 6th – March 13th  10:30am – 12:30pm. Please click here for more information

Child Development Back to Basics

Child Development Basics: A Parent’s Guide to Health, Discipline & more!

Cameray Child and Family Services is hosting 4 free workshops in New Westminster that are open to all families with children 0-5 years old!

Child Development Back to Basics

Join us for these 4 informative groups where parents will learn the basics about child development. Each week will feature a different topic of interest, where you will be provided with scientific information and practical skills to promote healthy development in children ages 0-5. There will also be time at the end of each group for parents to ask questions and chat. Parents can sign up for the entire series, or for individual groups.

Topics include:

February 22, 2018    Health and Wellness

March 1, 2018           Connection through Attachment and Play

March 8, 2018           Discipline without Damage

March 15, 2018         Stranger Safety

 

WHERE: : NLC Qayqayt Elementary School

85 Merrivale St New Westminster, BC V3L 0G2

Multipurpose Room

 

WHEN: Thursdays February 22nd – March 15th   9:45am – 11:45am

 

HOW TO REGISTER: Registration is required – to register please email pspgroupsignup@hotmail.com or call 604-436-9449

  • Families must have at least one child under the age of 5 to qualify for registration
  • FREE Childcare is provided on site – must register for child care
  • FREE snacks and bus tickets are also provided at each group

ONLINE HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Give Back Without Spending Extra!

Give Back by Shopping

This holiday season you can donate to our wonderful organization just by doing your regular online shopping.

How?

All you need to do is join Shop and Share and make Cameray Child and Family Services your preferred non-profit organization.  Start at their website and they will link you with your favourite online retailers.  Shop as usual, and the retailer will donate a percentage of what you spend to Cameray.

It’s that simple!

Participating retailers include:

  • Amazon
  • Best Buy
  • Etsy
  • Gap/Old Navy
  • Indigo/Chapters
  • iTunes
  • The Bay
  • Walmart
  • and many more!

Click here for more detailed information.

Thank You for a Successful Open House

On Tuesday, September 26 Cameray Child and Family Services opened its doors to their community partners and funders for an Open House to celebrate Cameray’s 45th birthday! We also were celebrating our 25th anniversary at our location on Imperial Street in Burnaby, and the grand opening of our new expanded space at that location!

We had a great turnout. Guests enjoyed guided tours of the program space, an opportunity to place their handprint on our Cameray Tree and to make a “mindfulness jar” (an example of a therapeutic craft often done in counselling sessions), an abundance of food, and some great doorprizes.

Guests of note were Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, and Bernard Richard, the Representative for Children and Youth in BC.

The event culminated in a ribbon cutting to mark the grand opening of our newly expanded space. Ribbon cutters included (as pictured from left to right) : Bernard Richard, BC Representative for Children and Youth; Jennie Ireland, Director of Operations, MCFD Burnaby; Tracey Rusnak, Executive Director; Raj Chouhan, MLA; and Don Macdonald, President of the Board of Directors.