About us
CAAPS is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) supporting individuals and families through services that reflect our values of caring, openness, respect and empowerment.
Originally formed in 1984, CAAPS is now registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) and remains accredited under the Quality Improvement Council standards.
Our Purpose
We provide culturally appropriate, family-centred and evidence based services and support so that:
- Families are strong and safe
- Community is empowered, healthy and connected to culture
- Young people learn, heal, contribute and achieve
Our Mission
Healing to strengthen families, community and culture.
Our Values
CAAPS is dedicated to adhering to our purpose and mission, through upholding our organisational values:
- CARING for clients, culture and community
- OPENNESS honesty, accessibility, inclusiveness
- RESPECT the rights and values of everyone
- EMPOWERMENT of others to be the best they can
Principles
- CAAPS is committed to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families including the wider communities and recognises their diversity and uniqueness by responding to their needs, through differing models of intervention, and ensuring cultural competence of staff and cultural safety for clients.
- Our evidence based programs are underpinned by contemporary trauma informed-harm minimisation approaches offering client centred supports for individuals, their families and community.
- We place a high priority on relationships across a broad range of community services, with an aim to include sharing resources and creating better outcomes for all clients, which focuses on individuals, their family and their community.
- CAAPS encourages our staff to place priority on inclusive practice as our clients and their families have experienced emotional and spiritual harm, and seek to be empowered to support significant changes in their sense of wellbeing and their lives.