NURTURE TARANAKI
Nurture the
Baby Early
ATAWHAITIA NGA PEPE
About Us
Nurture Taranaki helps prepare and upskill first time parents. We provide specific parenting education, empowerment and support to help create an optimum home environment for baby.
Nurture Taranaki is offered to first time pregnant women, where social and family circumstances challenges the health and well-being of their children.
The service provided is free, long term and home based, which promotes healthy child development within a nurturing family environment.
Families participate on a voluntary basis and are provided with intensive support and assistance by professionally qualified and well-supervised Parenting Coach / Kaiawhina.
What We Do
We help boost parents confidence at the very beginning of their parenting journey
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Enhance Family well-being
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Promote physical, social and emotional well-being of infants and children
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Teach healthy child development and build strong attachments
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Monitor child and home safety
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Provide parenting Education
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Encourage participation in Early Childhood
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Initiate participation in Local Parenting Groups
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Offer suggestions for local family activities
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Provide support through crisis
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Strengthening family supports
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Teach healthy food options
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Link engagement with household budgeting advice
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Support the transition to return to work
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Boost parent confidence
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Offer support with sleeping and eating routines
Monitor & refer for ...
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Smoke free home envrionment/ Smoke cessation...
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Maternal/Paternal depression mental health
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Advocacy, home skills
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Relationship issues
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Family violence
- Addictions
How We Do It
Nurture Taranaki is a weekly home visiting support service for families who are expecting their first baby.
Families living in the Central and North Taranaki area are eligible for this long term home-visiting service. We can work alongside you and your family until your child goes to school.
Together we make a plan and work to achieve it.
Criteria
Eligibility for this programme is for first time pregnancies and any of the following:
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Teenage pregnancy
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Limited support
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Minimal antenatal care
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Economic disadvantage
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Lack of essential resources
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Compromised social skills
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Little or no formal educational qualifications
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Limited experience or skills in parenting
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Mental health problems eg: depression
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Involvement in the Criminal Justice System
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Addictions - drug, alcohol, gambling
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Relationship problems - family violence, conflict, lack of support
Any queries regarding this programme can be made by contacting:
Jo Patterson – 027 896 1666
Snr Constable Paul Lampe - 06 7598854
Parenting Education
Parenting education is a core component of the programme and flows from the beginning of our visits through to when the child goes to school. We use programmes that have been successful internationally and are widely researched.
Age Birth-3 Years
PIPE (Partners in Parenting Education) is a research informed curriculum. It is based on neuroscience & the importance of the first 1000 days of a Childs life.
This programme captures the imagination of new parents and inspires them to LOVE LISTEN & PLAY with their babies for optimum live long outcomes.
Age 3-5 Years
The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world. It provides simple and practical strategies to help parents build strong, healthy relationships, confidently manage their children’s behavior and prevent problems developing.
Our Team
GET IN TOUCH
All Enquiries
Phone: (06) 759 8854
Email:
Postal Address: PO Box 344, New Plymouth 4340
Street Address: 95 Powderham Street, New Plymouth 4310
Office Hours
Mon-Fri 9am-5
Contacts
Snr Constable Paul Lampe - Project Leader
Phone: (06) 759 8854
Jo Patterson - Programme Supervisor
Phone: 027 896 1666