WINZ
We're here to help you financially if you're on a low income or not working, support you into work, and help you with housing.
ACC
Through ISSC, our Integrated Services for Sensitive Claims, we provide support for anyone in New Zealand, including visitors to the country, who has experienced sexual violence. We may also be able to help if you're a New Zealand resident and have experienced sexual violence while travelling overseas. It doesn't matter if the event happened recently or a long time ago.
If you've experienced sexual violence, use the Find Support website to see the organisations that have therapists who can support you. This support for survivors is fully funded and you can start whenever you're ready. There are also services available for your family and whanau.
Te Haika
Te Haika is a mental health and addictions contact centre for people in crisis or experiencing moderate to severe mental health or addiction problems. It is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by mental health and addiction professionals 0508 432 432. Our service is for everyone from Wellington, Porirua, Kāpiti, the Hutt Valley and the Wairarapa.
NZ Police
Sexual assault can happen to anyone regardless of gender, age, or personal circumstances. You may have been assaulted by someone you know or a stranger. When you report a sexual assault Police will investigate your complaint and work alongside other services to make sure that you are offered:
Medical help and advice - Counselling - Help with your recovery
EarthLink
At Earthlink, the well-being of our Community and Environment is paramount.
Our programmes are designed to help our clients reach their goals and fulfil their potential.
We offer a positive, no-stress experience of encouragement and support, while promoting work that makes a positive contribution to the health of our Environment.
Community Mental Health
An appointment will be arranged for you to come in and see us. One of our clinicians will meet with you and have a conversation about what has brought you to mental health services, what you've already tried and what options may be useful for you. This initial appointment can take up to an hour.
If we agree that we are the service that will best meet your needs, we will develop a treatment plan and our team will work with you in implementing that plan.
If we agree that another service will better meet your needs, we can support you to access that service. Or, we may advise you on some on actions you can take at home that may help you to address the issue that you have come to our service about.
Therapy we provide: We have a team of professionals who can help you in numerous ways.
Medication prescribing and monitoring
Group work - e.g. anxiety management, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), bipolar education group, Leap into Work, relaxation, individual therapy - e.g. CBT, schema therapy, mindfulness work recovery focused work with care managers - relapse prevention planning - support, care and treatment during acute episodes of unwellness.
As well as providing direct treatment, we can provide specialist support and advice to your GP to enable them to best help you with any mental health needs you have now or may have in the future.
In some ways having an advocate to be a voice for you in times of need when dealing with i.e. WINZ, Community Mental Health could save you a lot in un-necessary stress and/or, anxiety as you are less likely to be re-hospitalized and spend time in in-patient care facilities.
A huge benefit of talking with other people that have similar experiences is that they may know some helpful information that you haven’t heard before. This could be anything from a therapist having a unique way of explaining techniques to help with anxiety to mindfulness or meditations that are useful coping strategies for a peer
We can provide support when survivors are struggling to deal with government or other agencies. As survivors sometimes we struggling to present our case well which can lead to anger and frustration. As an advocate we can help progress negotiations to a better result.
We provide advocacy help with Housing Corp, WINZ, GP’s, which can avoid conflict and achieve positive results.
Kokiri Marae Hauora Services
Essential community social services have been offered from Kokiri Marae from early in its inception until the present day. The earliest services offered targeted those most at risk within the Māori community using tikanga Māori such as manaakitanga, whānaungatanga and whakapapa.
Teresea Olsen who is the current Manager of the Kokiri Marae Hauora, formalised this service in 1980 by offering support, counselling and advocacy for and on behalf of Māori individuals and their whānau. This service has grown over the years to a point where Kokiri Marae now offers a wide range of social services to at risk Māori and their whānau.