Community Support and
Supported Independent Living

Community support services are for people living independently in the community who need some help with living skills and goals.

SOUTHLAND, OTAGO, WEST COAST, UPPER SOUTH, LOWER NORTH

Note: we also provide support for youth in the community through funding from Oranga Tamariki (see Child and youth).

COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SUPPORTED INDEPENDENT LIVING

We provide help for adults, who are living in the community and who have mental illness (community support) or an intellectual disability (supported independent living). We support people to reach their goals, whether that is learning a new daily living skill, tapping into social networks in the community, assisting with housing, or exploring work or study options. People set the goal – we are there to help.

We also offer specialist Māori community support in Dunedin and Pasifika community support in Wellington.

YOUTH COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Our youth community support workers get to know young people in their own home/community and support them to achieve their goals. They work alongside the young person (and their case manager where relevant) and help them maintain or improve their mental health, self-esteem and social skills. People might need support to find a job or figure out what there is to do in their community. We can help them develop routines for each day that include activities like school, sports, youth groups, craft. Our team has input and oversight from registered clinicians. Support is provided by trained mental health support workers.