Parent and Family Counselling Service , Whangarei

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Vision

Children will be treasured by

parents, families, communities,

society and Government.

Our Mission 

is to ..

Empower families into healthy

relationships through counselling

and education to ensure

the safety and nurture of

the children.

Value Base Underpinning the Organisation

Treaty of Waitangi

• The Agency is committed to honouring the intention of the Treaty in its work practices.  This is demonstrated in an active policy of employing Maori counsellors as part of the counselling team.
• Indicating in staff employment contracts, that all pakeha staff attend Treaty of Waitangi workshops every 2/3 years.
• Ensuring all Maori staff have access to a wide variety of quality training opportunities both Maori and non-Maori.
• Ensuring all Maori staff have cultural supervision with a Maori supervisor as well as clinical supervision preferably with a Maori supervisor.
• Maori representation on the executive commitee is an ideal.

Concerning Children

• the rights of children as described in the United Nations Declaration on The Rights of Children and the Paramountcy Principal of the CYP & F Act 1989 underpins the approach concerning children.
  In particular, children are seen as belonging within a family/whanau whose responsibility is to protect and nurture that child.