About us

CAAPS is a community controlled Aboriginal Corporation that supports people and families through services that reflect our values of caring, openness, respect and empowerment.  Originally formed in 1984, CAAPS is now registered with ORIC and accredited under the Quality Improvement Council standards.

Vision

Healing to strengthen families, community, and culture.

Mission

CAAPS 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

Values

The values at CAAPS are expressed in the following way:

  • 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

Services

CAAPS proudly provides:

  • a residential AOD rehabilitation service, the Healthy Families Program,
  • Youth Services including an Intensive Assessment Program and a Substance Treatment Program,
  • a homelessness outreach service to the Darwin-Palmerston region,
  • Deadly Clever an education program for young people in Youth Service programs,
  • Strong Steps is a satellite counselling service in the Darwin rural area,
  • A Housing Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) Worker in partnership with Anglicare NT – mental health in public housing support,
  • An Intensive Family and Parenting Support (IFPS) worker in partnership with Anglicare NT – intensive family support,
  • The Darrandirra Child & Family Centre, located in Malak 

Principles

  • CAAPS has a long-term commitment 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.
  • CAAPS evidence based programs are underpinned by contemporary trauma informed-harm minimisation approaches offering client centred supports for individuals, their families and community.
  • CAAPS places 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 support 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.

Strategic Plan 2023

CAAPS works under a strategic plan which is driven by our board and community needs. You can access the plan here.