Whānau Ora - Youth Services


Whānau Ora Youth Services advocates for promoting pro-social and crime-free attitudes in youths, building resilience in both youths and their families. Additionally, there's a need to invest in future opportunities and encourage positive choices for young people, thus enabling and empowering them to have a voice and exercise their rights while achieving desirable outcomes for themselves and their families.

We provide a range of services catered to help rangatahi

To help build the resilience and achieve positive outcomes for our young people and their families we offer a wide range of services that support them through different areas of concern. Here are some of the services we provide.
 

Fresh Start Youth Justice Programmes

Our Tu Ake Rangatahi Section Youth Justice Programs operate based on Oranga Tamariki referrals. Our Intervention and Prevention intensive programs include Supported Bail, Social Work with Supervision, and Youth Development initiatives. These programs aim to prevent youth who are on remand from violating their bail conditions or re-offending, while also striving to reduce overall levels of offending
 

Tu Ake Rangatahi: - Out of School Program

We're all about helping young people thrive with our group and one-on-one programs. From intermediate to secondary school, we have everything to ensure rangatahi find their best selves.

Here’s how we can help:
  • Creating awesome opportunities for kids to engage with their communities.
  • Building strong bonds between youth and their whakapapa and keeping families together.
  • Helping young folks develop positive attitudes and build great relationships.
  • Encouraging self-awareness and self-responsibility
 

SWISS Programme

TROTAK – Whānau Ora Youth Services secured the Social Workers In School contract with Oranga Tamariki which provides the opportunity to implement key social work, and intervention support for students and their families within the school setting. Te Hunga Tauwhiro i te Kura - Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) is a primary and intermediate school-based community social work service for at-risk tamariki to improve their safety, wellbeing, and educational outcomes.