Single Parents Trust Auckland

This group has a wealth of knowledge. Online support and information along with support is nationwide.Auckland Single Parent's Trust is a self help group devoted to the interests of single dads, mums and their children. They cater for all single parents, regardless of child raising arrangements including step parents, foster parents and grandparents. They also provide a variety of adult and family social, recreational and educational activities and programmes.

Supporting Families in Mental Illness

I would like to ask all those supporting a family member with mental illness to consider getting outside support for yourselves. Just having an ear who will listen is important and nothing to be ashamed of. As a support person myself I understand that it is not weakness but an important part in our own well being to have others to lean on when needed. I can not recommend the support offered by 'Supporting Families in Mental Illness' enough. I am also pleased as a team member to personally be able to recommend the service.

Team member EGOR.


Social Workers Registration Board

Check to see if your social worker is working within their code of conduct.

Making a complaint against a social worker

Making a complaint against the department

Contact if your privacy has been breached.

Health and disability commissioner.

Any more links of interest can be emailed to Lovelee




 

PANICs Code of Conduct


PANICs Code of Ethics




Legal Definitions and interpretations

This information is in regard to the Confidentiality Agreement acknowledged and signed by all of PANICs team.




1. Definitions and interpretation
In this Agreement and its Introduction, unless the context requires otherwise:
Agreement has the meaning given in the Introduction to this Agreement;
Discloser means either PANIC or above team member, as the case may be, in its capacity as a discloser of Information to the other; 
Information means all information relating to the past, current or future affairs of the Discloser which the Recipient is given, has access to, or which comes to the knowledge of the Recipient in connection with the Project, and which the Recipient is told is confidential or which from its nature and content is or would reasonably be expected to be confidential, including:
(a) information relating to the business interests of the Discloser including business plans, marketing plans and supplier/customer lists;
(b) information relating to the financial position or prospects of the Discloser;
(c) all intellectual property (whether registered, in the process of registration, unregistered or unregistrable) of the Discloser; 
(d) the fact of the Project; and
(e) the existence and contents of this Agreement, but does not include information which:
(f) is or becomes publicly available other than by reason of the Recipient or any third party breaching this Agreement or any other obligations of confidentiality owed by it to the Discloser; or
(g) can be established by written record to have been:
(i) in the Recipient’s possession at the time of disclosure to the Recipient and not acquired (directly or indirectly) from the Discloser, or from any third party in breach of obligations of confidentiality owed by it to the Discloser; 
(ii) received by the Recipient from a third party who is not in breach of obligations of confidentiality owed by it to the Discloser; or
(iii) independently developed by the Recipient without the use of the Discloser’s Information; 
Project has the meaning given to it in the Introduction to this Agreement;
Purpose has the meaning given to it in the Introduction to this Agreement;
Recipient means either PANIC or team member, as the case may be, in its capacity as a receiver of Information under this Agreement, and includes any Related Person of that party; and
Related Person means, any person that is related to the Recipient and includes any director, officer, employee, agent, subcontractor or contracted adviser of the Recipient or that person.
2. Recipient undertakings
2.1 In consideration for the Information being made available for the Purpose, each party (as Recipient) undertakes for the benefit of the other party (as Discloser) that, subject to clause 3, it will:
(a) not disclose the Information to any person other than its Related Persons, and then only on a “need to know” basis;
(b) maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the Information including taking all action reasonably necessary to prevent any unauthorised person gaining access to it;
(c) not use, or copy, the Information for any purpose other than the Purpose;
(d) be wholly responsible for the conduct of its Related Persons in respect of any Information disclosed to them by it; 
(e) maintain a record of the location of the Information including a list of all the persons who will be, have been or are intended to have access to the Information; and
(f) comply with all other obligations of the Recipient set out in this Agreement.
2.2 The Recipient will:
(a) ensure that all Related Persons to whom it discloses Information are aware of and observe the provisions of this Agreement as if they were a party to it; and
(b) maintain records of all persons to whom it discloses Information and provide copies of such records to the Discloser promptly upon request.  
3. Disclosure required by law
If the Recipient or one of its Related Persons is required by any applicable law, court or authority, or by any applicable stock exchange listing rules, to disclose Information to any person, it will:
(a) give the Discloser prompt written notice of the disclosure, where practicable before it occurs, so that the Discloser has sufficient opportunity to prevent the disclosure through appropriate legal means;
(b) disclose only that part of the Information which the Recipient’s legal advisers consider is legally required to be disclosed;
and
(c) use all reasonable endeavours to obtain an assurance that the Information disclosed will be treated confidentially by the recipient.
4. Intellectual property
Neither this Agreement nor the transfer of Information under it is to be construed as granting to a Recipient any right, licence, ownership or interest in all or any part of the Information disclosed.  
5. Return of information
When the Project comes to an end, or otherwise upon receipt of a written request from the Discloser, the Recipient will promptly return to the Discloser or destroy (as the Discloser may require) all the Information (including any copies of the Information) in the possession or control of the Recipient, together with all information and documentation in any way relating to the Information, and confirm in writing that it has done so, provided that a Recipient is not required to return or destroy:
(a) its board papers, minutes of its board (or of a committee of its board) which refer to or contain Information, provided that it keeps such Information secure and makes it available solely for internal governance and audit purposes; or
(b) documents that are created or retained by any adviser of the Recipient where those documents are required to be held by law or for the purposes of compliance with any professional standards or insurance policies applicable to the adviser.