Our Central Otago / Queenstown Lakes team covers a wide area including Millers Flat, Roxburgh, Alexandra, Cromwell, Omakau, Wanaka and Queenstown.
Please note that not all services are available in each area, so please email the team for more details or download our Central Otago /Queenstown Lakes brochure for other ways to contact us.
Our Family Start programme is a free and voluntary home visiting programme which provides support to expectant parents and parents of newborn and young children.
Our focus is the health, education, safety and development of the child and supporting parents to achieve their goals.
Family Start will help:
Our workers are committed to working alongside families advocating, affirming and supporting parents in making positive choices for themselves and their children.
For more information please see the Family Start Brochure, or download the Family Start referral form.
Our Home-based Family Support programme involves working with parents/caregivers who want to improve how they are parenting their children.
Our Social Workers visit families in their own homes to:
Read more, and find out how to be referred or to refer someone, in our Home-based Family Support brochure, or download the Home-based Family Support referral form.
A community-based justice process that offers victims of a crime an opportunity to participate in addressing the harm done, and what can be done realistically by the offender to put things right. All referrals are received through the Justice system.