ÿþ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/tr/html4/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en-nz"> <head> <style type="text/css"> body { font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } div.liner { margin: 0 0 5px 0; padding: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1px; background: url(http://www.newplymouthnz.com/images/template/pg/liner-bg.gif) bottom left repeat-x; } div.itemheading { font-size:10pt; font-weight: bold; color: #666;} h2 { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: normal; color: #6391d8; font-size: 18pt; } h3 { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: normal; color: #6391d8; font-size: 14pt; } </style> </head> <body style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <div align="left" style="padding-left: 10px;"> <img src="http://www.newplymouthnz.com/images/NPDC_logo_600.gif"> </div> <div align="left" style="padding-left: 20px;"> <h2>Social Work</h2> </div> <div style="font-size: .70em; text-align: left; padding-left:30px; width: 600; "> <div class='itemheading'>Barnardos New Zealand</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> 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.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Nigel Christie<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-753 3484 <br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-753 3485<br /><strong>Mobile:</strong> 021 595 956<br /><strong>Address: </strong>186a Tukapa St, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 4220, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:taranaki.amu@barnardos.org.nz">taranaki.amu@barnardos.org.nz</a><br /></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Child Youth and Family Services</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> Connecting families to services under Partnered Response Pathway by providing care and protection, youth justice and adoption services. Our vision is safe children and young people in strong families and responsive communities.<div><strong>Contact:</strong> Denise Loveridge, Differential Response Coordinator<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-968 3336<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-968 6012<br /><strong>Address:</strong> Duncan Dovico House, Gill Street, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 4043, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:denise.loveridge001@cyf.govt.nz">denise.loveridge001@cyf.govt.nz</a></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Mahia Mai-A Whai Tara</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> Kaupapa Maori services that lead and empower life choices for all people.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Sue Lichtwark<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-754 4669 <br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-754 4781<br /><strong>Address:</strong> 8 Warre Street, Waitara 4320<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:suel@mahiamai.co.nz">suel@mahiamai.co.nz</a></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Open Home Foundation, NZ Inc</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> Families helping families. Teen home in Bell Block for at-risk youth. Social work and foster care agency.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> The Manager<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-758 9971 <br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-758 1969<br /><strong>Mobile:</strong> 027 472 4430<br /><strong>Address:</strong> 97 Gill St, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 208, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Website:</strong> <a title="Opens the Open Home Foundation website in a new window. " href="http://www.ohf.org.nz/" target="_blank" pathattribute="1">www.ohf.org.nz</a><br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:ohftaranaki@ohf.org.nz">ohftaranaki@ohf.org.nz</a></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>People's Activity Centre</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> 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.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Lovey Read<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-765 7005 <br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-765 7505<br /><strong>Mobile:</strong> 027 251 096<br /><strong>Address:</strong> PO Box 403, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:stfsw@xtra.co.nz">stfsw@xtra.co.nz</a><br /></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Royal New Zealand Naval Association, Taranaki Branch</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> A community service for naval personnel and their families.<div><strong>Contact:</strong> Peter Kendrick<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-757 5248<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-757 5248<br /><strong>Mobile:</strong> 027 571 0111<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 3354, New Plymouth 4341<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:rainbowttar@xtra.co.nz">rainbowttar@xtra.co.nz</a><br /></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Social Work Group, Taranaki District Health Board</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> To provide comprehensive health social work services for individuals, groups and families in the wider Taranaki region.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Maree Marchant<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-753 6139<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-753 7721<br /><strong>Address:</strong> Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth 4342<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:maree.marchant@tdhb.org.nz">maree.marchant@tdhb.org.nz</a></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Strengthening Families</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> 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.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Janis Little<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-769 5829<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-459 4601<br /><strong>Mobile: </strong>027 279 5831<br /><strong>Address:</strong> Te Puni Kokiri, Level 1, Corner Devon Street East and Currie Street, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 744, New Plymouth 4342<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:janis.little@manaaki.tuiora.co.nz">janis.little@manaaki.tuiora.co.nz<br /></a><strong>Website:</strong> <a title="Opens the Strengthening Families website in a new window. " href="http://www.strengtheningfamilies.govt.nz/" target="_blank" pathattribute="1">www.strengtheningfamilies.govt.nz</a></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Tu Tama Wahine O Taranaki</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> Kaupapa maori service providing counselling, social work, family violence education programmes for men, women and children. Training services, children's programmes, social worker in schools service, advocates for children and young people who have witnessed family violence. Kaupapa maori mental health needs assessment and service coordination service and Kaitoko Support Workers for Families.<div><p> <strong>Contact:</strong> Ngaropi Cameron<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-758 5795<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-758 6881<br /><strong>Address:</strong> Old Barrett Street Hospital, Morley St, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 4030, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:reception@tutamawahine.org.nz">reception@tutamawahine.org.nz</a><br /></p></div></p><div class="liner">&nbsp;</div><div class='itemheading'>Webhealth Linkage Taranaki</div><p><strong>Aims:</strong> Free link to finding health and social services.<div><p> <strong>Address</strong>: 262 Devon St West, New Plymouth<br /><strong>Postal address:</strong> PO Box 767, New Plymouth 4340<br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 06-769 9160 or 0800 WEBHEALTH<br /><strong>Fax:</strong> 06-769 9161<br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:taranaki@webhealth.co.nz"></a><a href="mailto:taranaki@webhealth.co.nz">taranaki@webhealth.co.nz</a><br /><strong>Website:</strong> <a title="Opens the webhealth website in a new window. " href="http://www.webhealth.co.nz/" target="_blank" pathattribute="1">www.webhealth.co.nz</a></p></div></p></div> </body> </html>