Wai Ora - Christian Community Trust
Wai Ora Christian Community Trust Inc - PO Box 5014 Aramoho Wanganui - 06 343 5015 - admin@waiora.org.nz
A large part of what we do at Wai Ora revolves around support for our students and their families and high-care youth at risk.
Social Work
We currently employ a full time social, worker whose primary role is to assess the social needs of our alternative education students and their families and to develop and implement a plan to address theses issues. This position is funded in part through a contract with Child Youth and Family Service, and partially through grants from Lottery New Zealand and the J R McKenzie Trust.
The Whanau support assistance takes many forms, but the two ' most requested types of assistance are support and advocacy. A lot of our youth lack parental or Whänau support at Court, and at Restorative Justice / Police Youth Aid Hui.
Our social worker tries to engage the parents and the families to support their youth, but when that fails, as it sometimes does, then we act as de-facto Whanau support for our youth. We also work with high-care youth
The Whanau support assistance takes many forms, but the two ' most requested types of assistance are support and advocacy. A lot of our youth lack parental or Whänau support at Court, and at Restorative Justice / Police Youth Aid Hui.
Our social worker tries to engage the parents and the families to support their youth, but when that fails, as it sometimes does, then we act as de-facto Whanau support for our youth. We also work with high-care youth
offenders who are refered to us by Child Youth and Family.
A variety of programmes are delivered to this group of youth, which include work experience, skills training and foundational education. Wai Ora works' cooperatively with other social service providers and communal organisations to ensure that the needs of those most disadvantaged in our communities are met.
A variety of programmes are delivered to this group of youth, which include work experience, skills training and foundational education. Wai Ora works' cooperatively with other social service providers and communal organisations to ensure that the needs of those most disadvantaged in our communities are met.