Care Centre:
Dayspring Care Centre offers a regular meeting place for people who have been through crisis. Whatever the cause - health, marriage or family breakdown - people from all walks of life can find friendship and support ... with bottomless tea and coffee. Our crèche means parents and caregivers can attend our programmes. We also provide the cheapest nearly-new clothing in Auckland
Life skill programmes are run each day at the Dayspring Trust-Care Centre offering specialist parenting groups; Building Families for Life, Building Families for Single Parents, Bonding with Little Ones, and Circle of Security. A clearing anger recovery programme that facilitates healing in four stages: Restore, Resolve, Reconnect and Release, and practical life skills such as: Budgeting workshops, cooking on a budget and meal planning, nutrition, sewing, handcrafts, art and women's health.
Counselling Services:
We employ a part time counsellor to work with individuals, couples, children and those who are participating in the four-stage Clearing Anger Recovery Programmes.
We are open every week day from 9:00 am - 3:00 pmAccess: Can be self/family/whanau referred or via Community mental health teams, Community Support Work Service Teams, Child, Youth and Family, CADS Parenting and Parental Services, and similar like minded organisations.
Dayspring Trust - Mental Health Services:
Community Mental Health Services Professional support for women between the ages 18 -65, focussing on maternal mental health, whose lives has been disrupted for six months or more by a recognised psychiatric or drug/alcohol-related disability.
Mental Health Community Support Work Service: (specializing in Maternal Mental Health).
We are here to support women through their mental health challenges, in their own homes.They are living independently, but not necessarily alone, and find themselves unable to stay at work or cope with the demands of caring for babies and young children. Their relationships with their partners, family/whanau and friends are breaking down.
Supported Landlord Service:
Dayspring operates supported accommodation where women can live and be supported through mental health challenges. Under certain circumstances we can also support women with babies or preschoolers.
Women live as tenants and flatmates in our furnished, low-key home. They are expected to care for themselves and their property, while working together with others, sharing the chores. Tenants sign a contract committing themselves to keep their Dayspring home completely free of alcohol and drugs.
Access: Referral via Community mental health teams, Maternal Mental Health Team, CSW Services or self/family/whanau.
Dayspring Trusts Community Mental Health Services are for service users whose usual place of residence is within the Waitemata DHB district, covering Waitakere and North Shore Cities.Our caring, professional staff are here to help:
- Advocacy Doctors & WINZ visits
- Life skill courses
- Budgeting Personal Plans
- Accessing available services
- Ongoing support
