Counselling Services Centre

06/10/2025

💚 Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 💚
Top Up Together - Poipoia I Tō Oranga I Te Taha O Etahi Atu

Today all about kindness.
Small acts of kindness can make you feel good and help the people around you.

Ways to give today:
✨ Smile at a stranger
✨ Donate or volunteer
✨ Share a treat with your hoamahi
✨ Help a friend or whānau with a task
✨ Let someone merge in traffic

Let’s Top Up Together, your small act could make someone’s day.

How will you give today? 💛

03/10/2025

We acknowledge the passing of Nigel Latta.
As a psychologist, writer and broadcaster, Nigel helped Aotearoa talk more openly about parenting, family life and mental health.

At Counselling Services Centre we see every day the importance of those conversations. His work encouraged whānau to seek support, to show compassion, and to understand the impact that violence and trauma can have.

We honour his contribution and extend our aroha to his whānau.
Moe mai rā.

📷 NZ Herald

30/09/2025

Big thanks to Mandy and Safeguarding Children New Zealand for delivering such an impactful workshop, and to Trillian Trust and Wiri Licensing Trust for making it possible. Our team is now even better equipped to recognise and respond to child protection concerns, helping keep tamariki, rangatahi and whānau safe.🙌

25/09/2025

We welcome the new referral pathway to ACC Sensitive Claims Services through Safe to talk.

This makes it easier for survivors of sexual harm to:
✔ connect with ACC-funded therapists
✔ get clear information and resources
✔ receive ongoing check-ins while waiting

Safe to talk is here 24/7, free and confidential: https://www.safetotalk.nz/

You can also continue to contact Counselling Services Centre directly if you would like counselling support from us.

We’re here for you. We’ll listen. We’ll find the support you need, and we won’t judge. Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari he toa takitini. My strength is not the strength of one. It is the strength of many.

24/09/2025

✨ We’re hiring, Court Support Workers (Adult and Youth) ✨

Counselling Services Centre (CSC) is looking for two compassionate, skilled people to join our Crisis Response team in Manukau. These full-time roles provide calm, flexible and empathetic support to clients as they navigate the court process.

• One role supports adults
• One role supports tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau

We’re after client-led people who

• Understand the dynamics of sexual and family violence
• Have experience in crisis intervention and advocacy
• Can build trust and communicate with empathy, whether with adults or young people
• Hold a relevant qualification (counselling, social work, or equivalent experience)

At CSC you’ll be part of a caring, multicultural team that values your growth and wellbeing. We offer regular supervision, training leave, and a supportive workplace culture.

📍 Manukau, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
📅 Applications close 3 October 2025

Guide and support people and whānau through the court process with empathy and care, ensuring they feel informed and empowered.

17/09/2025

Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 🌿 and Aotearoa Social Workers Day 💙 today at CSC!
To our social workers, you bring more than skills, you bring commitment, aroha, and heart.
You walk alongside clients at their hardest times, nurturing and supporting every step of the way. 🙌
We also practised te reo Māori, shared kai 🎂, and celebrated the power of language and connection in healing.

17/09/2025

Today at CSC we celebrated two important kaupapa, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Aotearoa Social Workers Day.

To our amazing social workers, the work you do is unique. You bring more than professional skills to CSC, you bring commitment, aroha and heart. You nurture, you support, and you walk alongside clients through some of their hardest times. We’re grateful for everything you do for our clients and community.

We also took time together to practise te reo Māori, share kai, and reflect on the 50th anniversary of Māori Language Week, a reminder of the power of language and connection in healing.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa 💙

16/09/2025

Tēnā koutou katoa CSC whānau,

This week we celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025, 50 years since the first Māori Language Week was established.

Te Reo Māori is a taonga, and we’re proud to join the celebrations and encourage everyday use of the language.

Here’s a phrase to practice with your friends, whānau or colleagues:
“Kei te pēhea koe?” or “E pēhea ana koe?” How are you?
Reply with:
“Kei te ora au” or “E pai ana au” I’m well.

Everyday phrases like these help keep te reo alive and thriving.

14/09/2025

In Counties Manukau, rates of family violence, sexual violence and trauma are higher than the national average.
Thanks to Wiri Licensing Trust, our counsellors have access to training that builds cultural competence and specialist expertise, so we can continue walking alongside whānau in healing.
Full story:

Wiri Licensing Trust is thrilled with all the community support behind its Jammies for June campaign aimed at keeping kids warm this winter.

10/09/2025

It’s a tough time to be a young person with social media dominating their lives.

Disturbing content is being pushed to rangatahi through Instagram’s “teen” accounts, including eating disorder reels and unsafe “thinspiration.”

CSC is proud to support B416 and their petition to protect young people online.

Take a few minutes to watch this powerful short film from Nadia Maxwell exposing what our kids are really seeing.

Documentary maker Nadia Maxwell set up an Instagram account as a 13-year-old girl and what she uncovered was alarming. Within days, the algorithm flooded her...

10/09/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.
It’s a reminder to reach out, listen, and check in with those around us. A simple kōrero can make a big difference. 💜

Together, we can create a community where people feel seen, supported, and never alone.

***dePreventionDay

03/09/2025

Join us at the Bunnings Manukau Father’s Day Family Event tomorrow! 💜

📅 Thursday 4 Sept
🕔 5 – 7pm
📍 Bunnings Manukau

There’ll be activities for the whole whānau. Come and find us. We’ll be helping kids create their own Father’s Day coupons to gift their dads or special father figures.

A free community event, we would love to see you there!