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About 45 years ago, parents and special educators formed the Special Class After Care Society (SCACS). Their aim was to provide social contacts and support for students who had attended the segregated special classes of the day after they had finished school. This grew into SCACS providing supported accommodation using a rented property on the corner of York and Stuart Streets. A weekly social/games evening was held on a Friday night at the "Y".
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The After Care Society remained a small organisation largely funded through
the Department of Social Welfare and service clubs. It employed a part-time
social worker to provide support for around a dozen people with an intellectual disability. Changes to
funding arrangements for people with intellectual disabilities in the
early 1990's meant that the Aftercare Society had to restructure into
a Trust. A psychologist was appointed and two houses in the community
were established for people with intellectual disabilities. Further changes
to mental health and disability funding meant the Trust was able to contract
with the Health Funding Authority to provide services for people with an intellectual disability who
needed 24 hour support leading to two new services being established in
Otago.
In the period from 1995 to the present day the Trust has grown from a small organisation of two staff and a handful of people with an intellectual disability, to a staff of about 100 supporting around 100 people with an intellectual disability in Dunedin and Invercargill..
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The CCT is one of a number of organisations including Atanui, IHC, Hawkesbury Trust and CCS who provide residential and supported living options for people who have intellectual disabilities.
In recent years the CCT's Board of Trustees decided that in addition to providing support for people who have an intellectual disability, the Trust would also specialise in providing support for individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
In all of
its services, the CCT is totally committed to community integration and
the use of non-aversive procedures.
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