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Women's Support Motueka
Social Service, Abuse and Violence Support
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Description
Women’s Support Motueka is a non-profit organisation specialising in family harm. We offer support, counselling, advocacy, crisis response and community engagement.
We want all women and their families within our community to be safe, well and empowered to meet their full potential.
We celebrate women of all ethnicities, incomes, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages and abilities.
Staff
We are a small, close-knit team of case managers, counsellors, manager and community engagement coordinator. All our staff are highly skilled, fully qualified and have ongoing professional development.
Ages
Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
How do I access this service?
Contact us
You will be treated with kindness and respect in a private, non-judgemental and safe setting. Phone or email Women’s Support Motueka for free support, information and advocacy on any issue. We are here to support you.
Make an appointment
Referral
We welcome self referrals and agency referrals.
Walk in
All women are welcome to drop in.
Website / App
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Fees and Charges Description
Free
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
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Languages Spoken
English
Services Provided
Women’s Support Motueka offers free counselling, mostly working with women who have faced family harm and violence. We also support women dealing with addictions, depression, and other life challenges. Counselling to help women address challenges, whatever they are, and find ways of dealing with them more positively.
Women’s Support Motueka offers free counselling, mostly working with women who have faced family harm and violence. We also support women dealing with addictions, depression, and other life challenges. Counselling to help women address challenges, whatever they are, and find ways of dealing with them more positively.
- Counselling
- Education programmes
- Family violence intervention
- Information and support
- Referral to specialist services
- Support groups
- Victim support
Women’s Support Motueka offers free counselling, mostly working with women who have faced family harm and violence.
We also support women dealing with addictions, depression, and other life challenges. Counselling to help women address challenges, whatever they are, and find ways of dealing with them more positively.
Staff are able to support and advocate for you in areas they identify would assist you. We can come with you to see lawyers and help guide you through the process of obtaining a protection or parenting order. We can attend appointments at W.I.N.Z., Doctors, Police, Oranga Tamariki etc, and can liaise with these services on your behalf if you want.
Staff are able to support and advocate for you in areas they identify would assist you. We can come with you to see lawyers and help guide you through the process of obtaining a protection or parenting order. We can attend appointments at W.I.N.Z., Doctors, Police, Oranga Tamariki etc, and can liaise with these services on your behalf if you want.
Staff are able to support and advocate for you in areas they identify would assist you.
- We can come with you to see lawyers and help guide you through the process of obtaining a protection or parenting order.
- We can attend appointments at W.I.N.Z., Doctors, Police, Oranga Tamariki etc, and can liaise with these services on your behalf if you want.
Immediate help, Support and counselling
Immediate help, Support and counselling
- Immediate help
- Support and counselling
We provide a therapeutic art programme called In Bloom -Art Therapy is a gentle way of tapping into our feelings. When words fail, getting creative can help us work through our problems and grow into the person we want to be. Our Dealing With Disclosures workshop offers a space to learn how to respond to disclosures and how to create boundaries to keep everyone safe. You will gain the skills to safely refer people on for further support and how to find support for yourself as well. Open to anyone who would like to join. Great for anyone working in social services or any customer facing role. We started offering a women's adventure therapy wokshop Elevate. Women’s Support Motueka has teamed up with Canyoning Aotearoa to run this workshop. This one-day workshop, repeated over two days will cover how to wear a harness, clip into safety lines, and abseil down the side of a rock face. This Adventure Therapy workshop will be run by a trained Counsellor and a Level 2 NZOIA (New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association) Canyoning Instructor.
We provide a therapeutic art programme called In Bloom -Art Therapy is a gentle way of tapping into our feelings. When words fail, getting creative can help us work through our problems and grow into the person we want to be. Our Dealing With Disclosures workshop offers a space to learn how to respond to disclosures and how to create boundaries to keep everyone safe. You will gain the skills to safely refer people on for further support and how to find support for yourself as well. Open to anyone who would like to join. Great for anyone working in social services or any customer facing role. We started offering a women's adventure therapy wokshop Elevate. Women’s Support Motueka has teamed up with Canyoning Aotearoa to run this workshop. This one-day workshop, repeated over two days will cover how to wear a harness, clip into safety lines, and abseil down the side of a rock face. This Adventure Therapy workshop will be run by a trained Counsellor and a Level 2 NZOIA (New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association) Canyoning Instructor.
- Skills courses
We provide a therapeutic art programme called In Bloom -Art Therapy is a gentle way of tapping into our feelings. When words fail, getting creative can help us work through our problems and grow into the person we want to be.
Our Dealing With Disclosures workshop offers a space to learn how to respond to disclosures and how to create boundaries to keep everyone safe. You will gain the skills to safely refer people on for further support and how to find support for yourself as well. Open to anyone who would like to join. Great for anyone working in social services or any customer facing role.
We started offering a women's adventure therapy wokshop Elevate. Women’s Support Motueka has teamed up with Canyoning Aotearoa to run this workshop. This one-day workshop, repeated over two days will cover how to wear a harness, clip into safety lines, and abseil down the side of a rock face. This Adventure Therapy workshop will be run by a trained Counsellor and a Level 2 NZOIA (New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association) Canyoning Instructor.
Disability Assistance
Wheelchair access, A longer appointment time, Quiet, low sensory environment, Support to make decisions
Additional Details
Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi, Speak with women / wahine, LGBTQIA+ friendly, Phone, Online / virtual / app, Child / Tamariki friendly
Parking
Parking at Decks Reserve carpark
Region
Nelson Marlborough
Website
Contact Details
Motueka Community House, Decks Reserve, Motueka
Nelson Marlborough
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Phone
(03) 528 8161
Email
Website
Community House
Decks Reserve
Motueka 7120
Street Address
Community House
Decks Reserve
Motueka 7120
Postal Address
PO Box 350
Motueka 7143
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This page was last updated at 3:47PM on March 6, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Women's Support Motueka.