The Counties Manukau Employment Forum (CMEF) work together to:
Facilitate access to employment support for individuals with a Mental Health and Addiction Diagnosis who are ready and willing.
Collate, package and distribute information appertaining to employment services covering the Counties Manukau area for Consumers that refer and / or utilise employment services with Mental Health and Addictions.
Note: All employment services CMEF member organisations also service the wider Tāmaki Makaurau region (North/ Central/ West). Contact a provider to be connected to your area.
Staff
The Counties Manukau Employment Forum consist of representatives from supported employment or employment services providers that cover the Counties Manukau area or with an interest in supporting the forum with the overarching purpose identified above.
This includes a representative from;
Individual employment agencies in the Counties Manukau area
CMH funding and planning
NGO’s Community Living Services
CMDHB provider arm
Service user forum DRIVE
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Fees and Charges Description
Employment Services offered by our member organisations are NO COST to participants and free to access.
Hours
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Mon – Fri
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Programmes
Supported Employment and Employment Service Providers
Supported employment providers seek to tautoko our people who are most disadvantaged in the labour market. Providers have a long history of working with people with mental health, addiction and other disabilities. Do you need support to find or maintain employment? If you live in Counties Manukau, these services can help. Click on the provider name under Contact Details, for more information and to contact or make a service referral. Providers may not all be funded to work with the same groups of people -- we aim to: Clarify what services are for whom and when - and how to gain access easily Work seamlessly together behind the scenes to ensure that service users access the right employment services for them quickly Be a unified resource of specialist knowledge regarding employment for Mental Health and Addictions, as and when required both locally and / or nationally
Programme Areas
Self help/ helpline,
Mental health,
Addictions - drug & alcohol,
Pacific People
Programme Type
Helpline / self-help - mental health,
Online / e-mental health,
Peer support (AOD),
Community / social support (AOD),
Pacific People (AOD),
Community based support - mental health,
Non-acute specialist mental health community services,
Disability support,
Pacific People - mental health,
Supported employment,
Training - mental health
Regions
South Auckland,
East Auckland,
North Auckland,
West Auckland,
Central Auckland
Age Groups
Youth / Rangatahi,
Adult / Pakeke
Referral Types
Self referral,
GP,
DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Participants may:
1) Self-refer to a member organisation
2) Be referred via their GP or Health Practitioner referral
3) Be referred by Work and Income
Description
Supported employment providers seek to tautoko our people who are most disadvantaged in the labour market.
Providers have a long history of working with people with mental health, addiction and other disabilities.
Do you need support to find or maintain employment?
If you live in Counties Manukau, these services can help.
Click on the provider name under Contact Details, for more information and to contact or make a service referral.
Providers may not all be funded to work with the same groups of people -- we aim to:
Clarify what services are for whom and when - and how to gain access easily
Work seamlessly together behind the scenes to ensure thatservice users access the right employment services for them quickly
Be a unified resource of specialist knowledge regarding employment for Mental Health and Addictions, as and when required both locally and / or nationally