Refugees as Survivors New Zealand (RASNZ)
Mental Health & Addictions Service
Today
Description
RASNZ is New Zealand's leading provider of mental health and wellbeing support services for people from refugee backgrounds.
A charitable, non-profit NGO, RASNZ was established in 1995 to address the need for specialist mental health services for refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of torture.
Services offered include specialised assessment, treatment and liaison in order to meet the mental health and wellbeing needs of former refugees. The service works closely with health services and other agencies working with refugee background communities. A mobile mental health support service is also provided for people from refugee backgrounds living in the wider Auckland region. This service aims to provide increased access to mental health assessment and treatment and includes the provision of clinical services in appropriate community settings.
RASNZ Youth is the arm of RASNZ focused on children and youth. This service offers free school holiday programmes, youth leadership camps, sports teams and social events for young people aged 5-25 from refugee backgrounds living in Auckland.
RASNZ employs more than 40 staff, including psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, community health workers, cross-cultural advisors, counsellor-advocates, and body therapists. RASNZ is the only mental health agency mandated to work with asylum seekers and convention refugees.
Programmes
National Refugee Resettlement Centre at Mangere - RASNZ Mental Health Assessment and Treatment Team
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Refugee / migrant
- Regions
North Auckland, East Auckland, Central Auckland, West Auckland, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Child / tamariki, Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Criteria for Eligibility
Adults, children and families from refugee backgrounds who experience mental health related issues.
The Mobile Team provides refugees with high accessibility to quality, culturally-responsive specialist mental health…
Description
RASNZ is the lead mental health agency for all incoming United Nations quota refugees entering New Zealand. Under international humanitarian conventions, the RAS Clinical Team additionally delivers specialist mental health…
RASNZ Auckland Regional Refugee Mobile Team
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Refugee / migrant
- Regions
North Auckland, East Auckland, Central Auckland, West Auckland, South Auckland
- Age Groups
Child / tamariki, Youth / rangatahi, Adult / pakeke, Older adult / kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Criteria for Eligibility
Adults, children and families from refugee backgrounds who experience mental health related issues.
Description
Resettlement can be a long-term process and there is often a need for continued mental health and wellbeing support once refugees begin to rebuild their lives in the community. The…
Capacity Building
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Training - mental health
Description
The Refugee Mobile Team also consults, trains and collaborates with mainstream mental health services, to assist them in working more effectively with refugees from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In…
Staff
RASNZ employs more than 40 staff from a range of professions including psychologists, mental health nurses, social physiotherapists, psychiatrists, community health workers, cross-cultural advisors, counsellor-advocates, and body therapists.
For a more detailed list of the RASNZ team please view the Refugees as Survivors New Zealand website.
Charges
All RASNZ services are fully funded for clients from refugee backgrounds. Funding is generously provided through government contracts and philanthropic donations.
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
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Languages Spoken
Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Burmese, Dari (Afghan Persian), English, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Iranian (Iranic or Aryan), Kikuyu (Gikuyu), Malay, Nepali, Pashto/Afghani, Persian, Shona, Sinhala, Spanish, Swahili (Kiswahili), Tamil, Turkish, Urdu
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This page was last updated at 2:51PM on May 12, 2022. This information is reviewed and edited by Refugees as Survivors New Zealand (RASNZ).