Aims: Working within the community to help children receive the care, education and support they need to grow and reach their potential. They need the best start in life.
Contact: Jillian Ridgewell
Phone: 06-753 3484
Fax: 06-753 3485
Mobile: 027 485 3977
Address: 186a Tukapa St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 4220, New Plymouth 4340
Email: taranaki.amu@barnardos.org.nz
Aims: Provide care and protection, youth justice and adoption services. Our vision is safe children, strong families and stronger communities.
Aims: Kaupapa Maori services that lead and empower life choices for all people.
Contact: Karl Broughton, Manager
Phone: 06-754 4669
Fax: 06-754 4781
Mobile: 027 495 596
Address: 8 Warre St, Waitara 4320
Email: reception@mahiamai.co.nz
Aims: Families helping families. Teen home in Bell Block for at-risk youth. Social work and foster care agency.
Contact: Robyn Edmonds
Phone: 06-758 9971
Fax: 06-758 1969
Mobile: 027 472 443
Address: 97 Gill St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 208, New Plymouth 4340
Aims: To initiate preventive projects in the community in accordance with local needs and priorities. To provide services to at-risk youth. To develop and maintain support services in the community. To implement a variety of approaches which promote the range of society support networks which cater for the needs of family groups and individuals.
Contact: Lovey Read
Phone: 06-765 7005
Fax: 06-765 7505
Mobile: 027 251 096
Address: PO Box 403, New Plymouth 4340
Email: stfsw@xtra.co.nz
Aims: A community service for naval personnel and their families.
Aims: To provide comprehensive health social work services for individuals, groups and families in the wider Taranaki region.
Contact: Maree Marchant
Phone: 06-753 6139
Fax: 06-753 7721
Address: Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth 4342
Email: maree.marchant@tdhb.org.nz
Aims: Strengthening families provides coordinated support for families who are working with two or more agencies. The agencies and family work together to develop joint solutions, rather than each agency dealing with one part of the problem and never seeing the bigger picture.
Contact: Janice Jessiman
Phone: 06-968 6639
Fax: 06-969 6018
Address: Ground Floor, Tasman Towers, Gill St, New Plymouth
Postal address: Private Bag 2005, New Plymouth 4342
Email: janice.jessiman003@msd.govt.nz
Website: www.strengtheningfamilies.govt.nz
Aims: To provide counselling, social work, supervision, education programmes, training services, as means of achieving equity for Maori. Also others who experience barriers to employment, education, health and social well-being.
Contact: Ngaropi Cameron
Phone: 06-758 5795
Fax: 06-758 6881
Address: Old Barrett Street Hospital, Morley St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 4030, New Plymouth 4340
Email: reception@tutamawahine.org.nz
Aims: Free link to finding health and social services.
Address: 262 Devon St West, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 767, New Plymouth 4340
Phone: 06-769 9160 or 0800 WEBHEALTH
Fax: 06-769 9161
Email: taranaki@webhealth.co.nz
Website: www.webhealth.co.nz