Social Work

Wai Ora’s four-pronged intervention structured process that provides therapeutic intervention for individuals and families who have difficult and challenging behaviour issues, such as violence, drug dependency and mental health concerns. 

1. Mentoring
2. Supervision
3. Training 
4. Integrated support

Services are provided to schools, iwi, community groups and govt organizations such as OT, Health, Youth Justice and Education.

Our goal is to address the needs of rangatahi aged 13-18 by targeting specific outcomes:

• Decreased stand-downs, suspensions, and expulsion rates in schools where our program is implemented.
• Reduced re-offending among first-time youth offenders within the court system.
• Enhanced emotional well-being among individuals and whanau we engage with.
• Equipping of teachers and whanau to better understand and address negative behavior patterns, benefiting not only at-risk rangatahi but also impacting a broader community.
• Promoting productive lives within our community as a tangible outcome of our efforts.

Our skilled social work team also offer training opportunities for support workers managing complex and challenging behaviors - eg teachers and teacher aides.