The Howpak Wrap-Around Charitable Trust, Inc. 2002 Michele Judy Zackey

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

The Howpak Wrap-Around Charitable Trust

The Howpak Wrap-Around Charitable Trust has for the last ten years provided Early Intervention Educational programming, Counselling and Consultancy services.

The work of ‘The Howpak Wrap-Around, is at the cutting edge of service provision for young people. They [The Trust] hold an impressive level of professionalism. In

particular their innovative use of multi-systemic approaches offers the young people they work with unique advantages and opportunities' .

Unitec, 2007.

New Zealand.

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

A Ministry of Education, Innovations Funded Project: Piloted 2002 - 2004

This Wrap-Around ‘multi - systemic approach’ has now gained national recognition and considerable roll out.

This is evidenced through specific Policy development and implementation:

•2012 - The Ministry of Social Development’s White paper for vulnerable children addressing systemic failure in the Care and Protection of Children and Young persons.

•2011 - The Ministry of Education – Special Education Intensive Wraparound Services for the intensive behavioural support of children and youth with Special Educational Needs

•2008/9 – Having run a trial for Te Puni Kokiri – The Howpak Wrap-Around’s multi-systemic approach was implemented into the teen pregnancy units, funded by Te Puni Kokiri.

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

Moving from the NGO Funded model to a social enterprise and expert witnesses

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

The need for capacity planning which reflects energy efficiencies and areas of impact

Options include high dollar contracting and do good for the remainder of the available time – in pursuit of purpose, new working paradigms and balancing life and family

Model created by Enspiral where professionals donate their time – means that ‘time becomes the model of enterprise’.

Enjoy the spirit of co-learning and co-creation to optimise learning

Acknowledging that The Howpak Wrap-Around can both cause & create change – whichever model is implemented.

Can know it but until you actually do it – To know and not to do is not to know! 

Learning’s for new and old start ups

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

• Address issues of Intellectual Property before accepting funding for individual or contracted positions

• Implement a Memorandum of Understanding – which addresses the detail around ‘Commercial in Confidence’

• Ensure that the Board has the capability to strategically plan

• NGO’s and other community models struggle to achieve sustainability.

Spirals of ‘knowledge creation’

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

In closing …

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002

There will always be the need to do things differently

There will always be a need for people of all ages and walks of life to make sense of their world and to co-construct knowledge and genuinely connect

The Howpak Wrap-Around has during the past ten years been very fortunate and had many brilliant opportunities to connect and provide vital space – to encourage pure, ‘essential space’ between things, creating the opportunity for ‘purposeful pauses’ …….

Creating opportunities for children, youth, their families to reconnect, provide opportunities for communities to heal and have voice.

Many thanks to all who have contributed to the Howpak Wrap-Around’s journey.

Many thanks to the NZCSI for the great opportunity afforded me and ultimately the community.

Many thanks to my family and close friends

‘Knowledge is the change maker’

Michele Judy Zackey

Howpak Wrap-Around, inc 2002