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Abilities Inc - New Lynn
Abilities is an Incorporated Society which was established in 1959 to employ people with disabilities in as near normal conditions as possible.
Achievement House - Cambridge
To provide sheltered work, training and job placement for disabled personnel through employment network agencies e.g. supported employment agencies.
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Age Concern New Zealand Inc - Wellington - National Office
Promotes quality of life, rights and well being of older people. Local age concern councils around NZ providing information and services for older people in their community. Provides Accredited Visiting services, elder abuse neglect, education/awareness prevention ageing issues, and a range of other services and activities.
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Auckland Protected Employment Trust - Papatoetoe
Provides workshops throughout NZ which gives people with disabilities the opportunity to learn how to develop individual abilities, to discover confidence, self esteem and independence.
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Career Services - Wellington
Career Services is New Zealand's leading provider of career information, advice and guidance. Career Services is dedicated to creating a climate where all people living in New Zealand can access the best careers information, advice and guidance to achieve their life goals. This means promoting the importance of career planning throughout each person's lifetime. Career Services is a Crown Entity.
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Carers Society Inc - Dunedin
Carers Society Otago provides a range of support and information services for unpaid family carers.
CCS Disability Action - Manawatu/Horowhenua
Provides a range of services to individuals/families with disabilities including: social work, supported living, vocational and recreational support, home to home respite care service in rural Manawatu and Total Mobility Taxi Vouchers Also provides Access Audits (Barrier Free) and Mobility Parking scheme. Covers Manawatu, Horowhenua, Dannevirke and South Hawkes Bay.
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CCS Disability Action - Rotorua & Districts
Provides a community support worker, home visits, advocacy, disability awareness, camps, total mobility and Mobility Parking. Also to provide information to empower and assist people with disabilities to be included in the community.
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CCS Disability Action - Whakatane
Provides early childhood services, community support, vocational support, recreation support, transport assistance, supported living, disability awareness, disability information and Access (Barrier Free, Mobility Parking, and Total Mobility).
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CCS Disability Action - Ashburton
Provides a range of direct client services including: social worker service, parent support group, youth group, home to home respite care, information, advocacy and support. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking Permit.
CCS Disability Action - Bay of Plenty
Provides a range of services including: community support, vocational support, disability awareness and access information
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CCS Disability Action - Gisborne
Provides a range of direct client services including: social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programme, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes and computer services. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - Greymouth
CCS Disability Action West Coast supports children, young people and adults with disabilities throughout the region.
CCS Disability Action - Hokitika
Provides a range of direct client services including: field officer, social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes and computer services. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - Invercargill
Provides a range of direct client services including: social worker services, recreation and leisure opportunities and advocacy and self advocacy programmes, support for people living in the community with flatting, ongoing education, training and employment. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - Napier
Provides a range of direct client service including: field officer, social worker services, early intervention services, recreation and leisure, advocacy and self advocacy programmes. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - Nelson/Marlborough branch
Provides a range of direct client service including: field officer, social worker services, early intervention services, recreation and leisure, advocacy and self advocacy programmes. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking
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CCS Disability Action - North Taranaki Inc
Hours of business 8.30 - 4.30pmMonday to Friday inclusive. Manages a range of direct client services including: early childhood centre, early intervention service, advocacy and self advocacy programmes. Operates the Mobility Parking Permit scheme and total mobility taxi voucher scheme.
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CCS Disability Action - Northland
Provides a range of direct client services including: field officer, social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes, living skills programmes for head injured people, residential & respite care services, training for caregivers and computer services. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - South & Central Taranaki
Hours of business 10am to 1 pm Monday to Friday. Provides a range of direct client services including: field officer, social worker services, early childhood services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy and self advocacy programmes and computer services and library for schools. It also offers a parking scheme called Mobility Parking.
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CCS Disability Action - Waitaki
Provides a range of direct client services including: social worker services, recreation and leisure programmes, adult training services, advocacy accommodation and transport assistance. Disability Support services includes; community support, supported living, vocational support, information, advocacy and awareness education.
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Centre 401 Trust - Hamilton
Peer support, self help, supported employment advocacy, peer facilitation and grassroots initiatives for past and present users of mental health services.
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Comcare Charitable Trust - Christchurch
Comcare Trust provides community services for adults with a diagnosed mental illness in Canterbury, These include housing services (finding flats, emergency housing, assistance in retaining existing housing), Community Support Services (short term or long term depending on need), Community Integration Service, the Jobconnect supported employment service, the ActiveLinks recreation service and the Warmline telephone peer support service.
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Coromandel Independent Living Trust
Provides needs assessment and service co-ordination for people with disabilities. Information and advice given to general public. We especially encourage those with health and disability issues, benefit & employment matters. We also co-ordinate the following services: mobility van, vocational support services, volunteer driver programme, heartland services & adult community education.
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CreativeWORKS Employment Service - Christchurch
Supports job seekers with a mental health diagnosis to find and maintain paid employment in Christchurch.This is a free service for both job seekers and employers.
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Emerge Supported Employment Trust
Provides a supported employment service for people with disabilities. Also provides an individualised and comprehensive range of services which includes: referral and career planning, job search, job placement, ongoing support and a transition from school to work service for students leaving secondary/tertiary training.
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Epilepsy New Zealand - Rotorua
Provides information, education, advocacy and support to anyone affected by epilepsy, this includes home visits, school education sessions, professional development to health professional and raising awareness to the wider community.
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Equal Employment Opportunities Trust (EEO Trust) - Auckland
The EEO Trust provides information and tools on EEO and raises awareness of diversity issues in the workplace. We assist employers to introduce and manage proven EEO thinking and practices as well as building understanding of the business benefits of versatile and inclusive workplaces.
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Focus 2000 Ltd - Auckland
Operate conductive education programme, mobility rehabilitation for adults and social activities advocacy & information on Cerebral Palsy. Home based supported services, community nursing and community living-supported.
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Gracelands Group of Services - Te Awamutu
Gracelands core business is to support disabled and disadvantaged people to maximise their individual potential through accessing mainstream and other employment opportunities. Gracelands is able to provide a service to any person who has life altering impairment, illness or injury or who would benefit from practical support to engage in the wider community and work environments.
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Helen Anderson Trust Vocational Service
Client hours: 9.00am - 3.00pm. The Trust was established in 1993, after identifying needs within the Christchurch area for the training of intellectually disabled persons. The trust has an open referral policy. Referrals will be accepted from any source. Criteria: client must have an intellectual disability. The trust provides support programmes enhancing community participation and inclusion.
Hohepa - Canterbury
Provides a community environment for young people and adults in need of special care (with an intellectual disability). Also day placements - vocational/training and day activities in workshops, school farms, and tutorial kitchen.
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Hohepa Home School - Napier
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Hohepa Trust Board - Main Office
Provides residential, vocational and educational care for intellectually disabled people founded on the principles and techniques of Dr Rudolf Steiner.
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Hutt Valley Disabled Resources Trust - Lower Hutt
A charitable Trust providing work training and sheltered employment for people with disabilities of the Hutt Valley region including Eastern Bays, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Stokes Valley. Also provides training programmes for people with disabilities in Engineering light assembly, woodwork, packaging, horticulture, domestic sewing, living skills and run a disabled persons advice bureau.
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Job Connections - Balmoral
Provides a full range of employment services, vocational planning, career counselling, CV preparation, work trials, interview skills and job placement for people with disabilities.
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Job Connections - Manukau
Provides a full range of employment services, vocational planning, career counselling, CV preparation, work trials, interview skills and job placement for people with disabilities.
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Katikati Community Resources Centre
Information and advisory service with an extensive health and social services directory, office, hall for rental, wheelchair access and hearing loop for hearing impaired. All conference facilities 30 health professionals, social service providers and non profit support groups use the centre on a regular basis. And school holdiday programmes also.
Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre (MARC) Disability Information Centre - Mosgiel
Provides information for the public on a wide variety of topics including disabilities and disorders, equipment and products, employment, transport, building access, local services and health related issues.Has equipment for sale and customises equipment to individual requirements. Regular displays. Open 9.30am - 4.30pm
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Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service - Gisborne
Advocacy support to people who have a complaint about a health or disability provider.
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Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service - Masterton
This is an independent confidential free service provided under the Health and Disability Commissioner (1994) Act.
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Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service - Thames
Advocacy support to people who have a complaint about a health or disability provider.
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Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service - Wellington
Advocacy support to people who have a complaint about a health or disability provider.
PatientsLikeMe
An international website that allows registered users to answer simple questions to create a shared health profile to see how you’re doing over time and to learn from other perople with the same condition.
PatientsLikeMe
An international website that allows registered users to answer simple questions to create a shared health profile to see how you’re doing over time and to learn from other perople with the same condition.
Paul Hunter Centre Incorporated - Waipukurau
Provides teaching of daily living and pre-employment skills, vocational training, employment placement and employment support.
RIW Health Ltd - Lower Hutt
A private outpatient rehabilitation and work capacity assessment service.
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Southland disABILITY Enterprises Ltd.
A provider of "Disability Employment Services", utilising real work in a real work setting. Our staff are involved with the recycling of paper, glass, plastics, computers, bale wrap and wood, and the production and sale of outdoor furniture, pallets, firewood and kindling.
Step Ahead - Christchurch
Hours: 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday - Friday, plus some weekend and evening activities. Step Ahead is an independent community based rehabilitation programme primarily for people who experience schizophrenia or affective disorders. Wide range of activities provided, determined by desires of members. Members need to be relatively independent and motivated, and maybe involved in the running of the programme, on its Trust Board or as Activity Coordinators. Step Ahead currently provides activity based services in Richmond, Riccarton, Kaipoi, Amberley, Oxford and Ashburton. The Vocational Agency assists members to return to work or study and provides opportunities for paid employment. Membership costs $10.00 per year.
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Te Roopu Waiora Trust
Te Roopu Waiora Trust is a disability support organisation serving the most disadvantaged sector in our community. Te Roopu Waiora seeks to ‘Enable through Empowerment’ by: •Creating a supportive environment for whanau to identify their own disability resource needs and aspirations •Providing health and disability information, advice, advocacy and support to whanau with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities •Engaging with community groups, agencies, providers, Iwi and Maori communities to increase the awareness of disability issues and improve engagement with whanau haua •Assisting whanau with disabilities to evaluate responsiveness, accessibility, quality throughout service provision in the community. Provision of tailor-made information regarding disability services and supports. Contact us with your enquiries, or come to one of our monthly information hui. We have a range of information packs and disability service contacts to assist whanau to make informed decisions and/or to improve their access to services. Providers and agencies are also welcome to participate at our monthly hui.
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Te Roopu Waiora Trust
Te Roopu Waiora Trust is a disability support organisation serving the most disadvantaged sector in our community. Te Roopu Waiora seeks to ‘Enable through Empowerment’ by: •Creating a supportive environment for whanau to identify their own disability resource needs and aspirations •Providing health and disability information, advice, advocacy and support to whanau with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities •Engaging with community groups, agencies, providers, Iwi and Maori communities to increase the awareness of disability issues and improve engagement with whanau haua •Assisting whanau with disabilities to evaluate responsiveness, accessibility, quality throughout service provision in the community. Provision of tailor-made information regarding disability services and supports. Contact us with your enquiries, or come to one of our monthly information hui. We have a range of information packs and disability service contacts to assist whanau to make informed decisions and/or to improve their access to services. Providers and agencies are also welcome to participate at our monthly hui.
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Whanganui Disability Resources Centre
We offer a free Disability Information Service which is open to anybody and to any organisation, and a free Supported Employment Service which people may self refer to, or be referred to. This includes Transition support for students transitioning from school. We also provide an Equipment Loan Service and Sales of Aids and Equipment. We cover Whanganui, Rangitikei and Ruapehu districts and South Taranaki.