Sixth Children's Team launched in Tairāwhiti
Thu 15 Oct 2015
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley launched the Tairāwhiti Children's Team in Gisborne on 9 October 2015. Children’s Teams bring together ...
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley launched the Tairāwhiti Children's Team in Gisborne on 9 October 2015.
Children’s Teams bring together practitioners and professionals to develop a single plan to support a child.
Minister Tolley said "Children’s Teams represent a new way of working to intervene early in a co-ordinated way to keep at-risk kids safe from abuse and neglect, allowing them to thrive and succeed. To do this we need government agencies, iwi services, NGOs and the community agreeing to work together to share information and co-ordinate the services which can change the lives of these children."
Gisborne is the sixth location to establish a Children's Team. About 430 children who are ineligible for statutory care, but who have multiple unmet needs, will be eligible to access support offered by the Tairāwhiti Children’s Team.
Children's Teams are currently being developed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Whanganui, Christchurch and Clendon/Manurewa/Papakura. Teams have already been established and are accepting referrals in Whangarei, Rotorua, Horowhenua/Ōtaki, Marlborough and Hamilton.
The Hamilton Children's Team is currently trialling the Vulnerable Kids Information System (Viki), the Approved Information Sharing Agreement (AISA) and The Vulnerable Children's Hub.
For more information visit the Children's Action Plan website.
Media
Nurses say Children's Teams under-resourced, Radio NZ, 18.07.2016
Claims kids at risk under Team, Hamilton News, 02.06.2016
Canterbury latest Children’s Team to go live, Beehive, 03.12.2015
Marlborough Children's Team: One year on, Marlborough Express, 18.11.2015
Whanganui Children’s Team launched, Press Release: National Party, 16.11.2015
New team to help at-risk youth, Wanganui Chronicle, 14.11.2015
Whanganui launches eighth Children’s Team, Beehive, 13.11.2015
Eastern Bay of Plenty Children’s Team goes live, Beehive, 30.10.2015
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