Programme Areas

Crisis / acute, Kaupapa Māori, Maternal mental health or addiction, Mental health

Programme Type

Counselling and support, Eating disorders, Intake / assessment, Kaupapa Māori mental health, Maternal counselling and support

Regions

Tairāwhiti

Age Groups

Child / Tamariki, Youth / Rangatahi

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

All referrals including self referrals can be made through Te Waharoa, a Hauora Tairāwhiti and Te Kupenga Net Trust Joint venture.  Alternatively, access to Mental Health and Addictions services for tamariki, rangitahi, their whānau; children and families can be made in the following ways:

• Self-referral or by a whānau member through Te Waharoa
• Through your GP
• By schools or tertiary education providers
• Through agencies or services within our community
• By hospital services

Description

We are an infant, child and young person focused service that assists to create a positive change in various emotional, psychological and psychiatric health imbalances that impact wellbeing.

At Te Whare o Te Rito we use a variety of approaches depending on the infant’s, child’s or young person’s emotional, psychological and psychiatric health needs such as:

• Various types of counselling
• Various types of therapies
• Medication treatment
• Indigenous approaches 

This service covers the Tairāwhiti district up to the Anaura Bay turnoff just north of Tolaga Bay.

Ngāti Porou Hauora covers the area from the Anaura Bay turnoff up to the northern Tairāwhiti boundary.

The ICAMHS team members provide urgent assessments for children and adolescents during normal working hours. The Psychiatric Assessment Triage Team (PATT) provides this service outside of hours.