Day Activity and Living Skills Services
(Services are provided throughout the Waikato and Taranaki District Health Board regions).
Include services that:
- Are provided in a community-based setting;
- May be long term;
- Promote recovery and community involvement by including socially inclusive activities in community mainstream settings;
- Ensure you determine the content of the programmes and the way in which activity services are managed for you;
- Provides a flexible and varied programme of activities determined largely by your needs and aligned with your individual goals;
- Provides a safe environment for mutual support, information exchange and socialisation.
- There is an emphasis on supporting and developing your strengths and your family/whanau and significant others. Mental health workers will work with you to reach desirable outcomes for all.
- If you are Maori or Pacific Islands, programmes and activities take into account your cultural needs.
- Improve your participation in community life;
- Develop and maintain your work skills and routines;
- Support a greater stability in lifestyle;
- Increase your social 'connectedness' and sense of belonging;
- Enhance your fulfillment of self-expression in arts and creative/recreational pursuits.
- Community Support Facilitators
A Community Support Facilitator receives your referral, arranges to meet with you and supports you to develop a plan that will help you reach your goals. They also work with you to plan suitable activities that will help you reach your goals.
Entry Criteria: You can access this service if you are eligible under the Ministry of Health's guidelines for the provision of health and disability support services. If you are not sure, please contact Progress to Health, Freephone: 0800 77 57 57 for assistance.
Access: We welcome referrals directly from a potential service user, GP's, other health professionals, community mental health services, or community support services and family/whanau.
Cultural support can be available e.g. access to Kaumatua or interpreters.