NG POU TUARONGO Delivering a whnaucentric response to

NGĀ POU TUARONGO- Delivering a whānaucentric response to family harm for Māori and Pasifika in South Auckland

NGĀ POU TUARONGO ‘ma te kotahitanga whai kaha ai tatou’ – in unity, we find strength.

NGĀ POU TUARONGO KAUPAPA ARATAKI ■ Referrals via Whāngaia Ngā Pa Harakeke ■ Maori and Pasifika parents ■ With tamariki ■ Whole of whanau consent ■ Residing in South Auckland (Mangere, Manurewa Papakura & Clendon)

NGĀ POU TUARONGO REFERRAL PATHWAY REFERRAL Whangaia Nga Pa Harakeke PATHWAY Weekly hui ENGAGE Co-visit up to 7 times NEEDS ASSESSMENT Te Kawa o te Marae WHANAU PLAN One overarching plan

Engage ■ CONSENT & CONFIDENTIALITY ■ PRIVACY & COMPLAINTS PROCESS ■ RISK & NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR - TAMARIKI - TĀNE - WAHINE

Whanau Plan Based on the Whanau Needs Assessment

NGĀ POU TUARONGO SINCE 1 JULY 2018… 366 267 85 14 referrals • Wwe whanau engaged with intervention whanau with intensive intervention non contact/ located

What does intensive support look like? EXAMPLE: Post assessment Barnardos was lead for 32 whanau plans requiring intensive support… ■ 62 tamariki have completed a Children’s Safety Programme ■ 24 sets of parents have engaged and completed parenting programmes ■ 40 whanau members have received social work support focusing on unmet social needs ■ 21 mums have completed Women's Safety Programmes as part of their tamariki plans Relationship and individual counselling Building Awesome Whanau Triple P Budgeting Incredible Years Advocacy: HNZ and W& Mental health services Parent in Charge Alcohol & other drug services Parenting Through Separation Food parcels Housing Brainwave child development workshops

NGĀ POU TUARONGO Tohu korero ■ HARD TO REACH, HARD TO ENGAGE WHANAU ■ UNMET SOCIAL NEEDS ■ INTERGENERATIONAL PARENTING STYLES ■ SOCIAL SUPPORT AVOIDANCE AND/OR RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SERVICES 92. 1% whanau engagement ■ TRAJECTORY OF STATUTORY INTERVENTION FOR TAMARIKI ■ SILOING OF SERVICES AND MISTIMED INTERVENTION SO… HOW DO MAXIMISE ENGAGMENT TO SUSTAIN LONG TERM CHANGE? ? ?

NGĀ POU TUARONGO CASE STUDY ■ ■ Family were initially referred in Oct 2017. Nga Puhi; 3 tamariki Whanau reluctant to engage with any services prior 44 previous Family Violence incidences prior to referral to Nga Pou Tuarongo ■ Parents declined initial engagement with Nga Pou Tuarongo. Practitioners persisted with subsequent re-referrals – incidences were increasing in frequency and severity. Statutory agencies (Police and Oranga Tamariki) intervened. A further incident resulted in another referral to Nga Pou in October 2018. The Nga Pou panel consulted and engaged a senior Maori worker with kaumātua status to focus direct engagement with Dad. The initial visit resulted in Dad consenting to engage in support.

NGĀ POU TUARONGO By May 2019 the following outcomes for the whanau have been achieved: 2 further incidences post engagement as a result of initiating safety plans Last incident date: 9 November 2018 Dad engaged with, and completed: o 4 week parenting programme o Tāne Support Programme o Alcohol and Drug harm reduction programme o Social work intervention support o Brainwave child development workshops ■ Mum engaged with and completed: o Actively participating in an intensive social work safety and support plan o Gained a Protection Order o Completed a 4 week intensive parenting programme o Attended grief counselling

NGĀ POU TUARONGO 6 months later… The children have shared changes in the way their parents are responding to their needs through the different strategies they have learnt in the parenting programmes. No further police call outs in 6 months. There is still a lot of work for the family as individuals and as a whole whanau but safety issues at this stage have been minimized, creating the space to enable families to build more positive communicative pathways to resolve issues and more importantly for parents to begin healing and role modelling these strategies to the children.