Family & Parenting

Accredited Oranga Tamariki provider, offering specialised mobile parenting and family developing program. Delivered to families in their home to suit their schedule. Topics include:• Behaviour management for children, stress management, self-care, co- parenting, family organisation and routines• High level of flexibility including evenings and weekends• Respects and considers the culture, values and uniqueness of families

Anglican Trust for Women & Children provide the free Family Start programme which is an early intervention, home visiting service targeted at vulnerable families with children aged zero to three years. Family Start is voluntary and requires families' consent. This programme encourages families with young children to access a range of welfare, health and other services they may need. Referrals can be made by professionals or from individuals.

ALACINC provides nationwide support services under the principles of El Buen Vivir (Well-being) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, for families undergoing stressful resettlement issues.

Barnardos provides Early Childhood Services and Child & Family Services: • LEAP (targeted and intensive) support for vulnerable families; • Parenting Programmes• Family Violence Safety programmes – Women’s safety and Children’s safety programme • Children's Supervised Contact • 0800 What’s up• Parenting through Separation

Brave Hearts NZ provide phone, online and face to face support including group meetings for whanau with an addicted family member.

Care For Kids provides supervised contact and changeover services for children so that they can maintain or renew relationships which are important to them, in a safe child-focused environment. The service is available for parents, whanau or families from any area of Auckland and beyond.

Carers New Zealand provides information, advice and support for people who are supporting whanau who have extra needs.

Caring Families are there to support caregiver families who open their homes and hearts to children and young people in need of care and protection. They do this by providing training, encouragement, advocacy, information, publications & support services to caregiver families, so that the placement has the best possible chance of success.

Dayspring has been working with vulnerable families for over 30 years and has a long history of positive involvement with mothers and their babies who are living with post-natal depression or an ongoing mental illness.They have first hand experience of the impact mental illness has on the mother/baby bonding processes. Services and programmes are designed to support women and their families.They offer maternal mental health community support, counselling, lifestyle and parenting programmes including craft, sewing, exercise. Creche available.

De Paul House provides housing and support services for those most vulnerable in their community, focusing on families with dependent children. De Paul House:• Provide transitional housing accommodation for families, focusing on those families with low income and dependent children• Offer social work advocacy• Provide Family support services such as second-hand clothing and household goods• Host practical courses in their learning centre• Have an early childhood centreTo be eligible for services clients must have dependent children, NZ residency or Permanent residence for 2 yrs plus. Entry to all services is based on a needs assessment.

The family court is a division of the District Court, which aims wherever possible to help people sort out their own problems by way of mediation, programmes, or advice.Their services include: • Mediation• Parenting through Separation programme• Family Legal Advice

Family Works Northern builds strong families that learn, grow and thrive. Their social services help make Aotearoa New Zealand the best place to raise children. As part of Presbyterian Support Northern, they're committed to creating a better life for everyone.

GrandFriends NZ busts social isolation and loneliness by linking Kiwi's together to create new family circles. Social isolation and loneliness are serious issues in New Zealand on a daily basis and not just for our older generations. By connecting families with grandfriends and grandfriends with our children; we can fight social isolation and loneliness. Working together, New Zealand can be a more caring and connected nation.

Helensville Birthing Centre is a community facility offering pregnancy and parenting classes, birthing and post-natal care, situated in the heart of the rural community of Helensville.Pregnancy and parenting classes are available to women in the local area only.

Their organisation provides independent, comprehensive and extensive wrap-around support and services to grans and whanau caregivers that are parenting fulltime on the Hibiscus Coast and all surrounding areas. The support programme they offer is designed to engage with them on many different levels, to encourage connectedness and break the isolation, and to support both them as individuals and as a family unit, in any way that they can. If they cannot provide it themselves, they will find someone who can.

Homebuilders Family Services provide free support for families in North Rodney. Their services include:• Help with parenting or relationship issues• Help with Work & Income etc• Mindfulness courses• Parenting courses• Youth and children counselling

Immerse is a registered not-for-profit Charity that endeavours to INSPIRE, TRAIN and SUPPORT individuals and families to become lasting foster parents. They recognise that children can experience holistic wellbeing and improved outcomes when they are immersed into safe and nurturing therapeutic environments. Immerse delivers Trust-Based Relational Intervention TBRI® training, designed to help foster parents meet the unique needs of children who have experienced complex developmental trauma.

KidsLink is an online resource available to parents to find a range of services (some services will incur a cost) that specialise in working with children, teenagers and their families with issues that affect their learning, development and well-being.

La Leche League welcomes mothers and pregnant women to their meetings for encouragement, support, information and discussion on a wide range of breastfeeding and parenting topics.Please visit their website to find a group close to you. Online Facebook meetings are also available.

Parent Aid North West is a not for profit organisation that provides free practical home help to families with babies and children under 5 years old within the North West Rodney region. Their vision is supported, connected and thriving whanau.Their focus is addressing the needs of parents that are experiencing postnatal depression, anxiety, overwhelm, stress, sleep deprivation, general hardship, accident, recovering from caesarean section or needing postnatal support following the birth of a child.