About Us
Vision | Purpose | Objectives | People | Our programmes
Our Vision:
Children and Families in Life-Giving Relationship
Our Organisation:
Parent Trust Auckland Inc. was founded and incorporated in 1996 as Anger Change Trust Inc. The motivation to provide group programmes for parents who are concerned about the distress and frustration in the parent-child relationship was carried forward by a small group of workers after Child Abuse Prevention Society Auckland folded in 1995.
In May 1998 the Trust was approved by Child Youth and Family Services as a Level 2 provider under Section 403 of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989.
Our name was changed from Anger Change Trust Inc. to Parent Trust Auckland Inc. in February 2006.
Parent Trust has been an affiliated member of Jigsaw (formerly Child Abuse Prevention Services) since 1996. The Jigsaw national office is in Wellington and has 42 affiliated members across New Zealand.
Parent Trust is also a member of Social Service Providers Aotearoa and all our group therapists are associate or full members of the Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association.
We are committed to following the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in our organizational procedures and processes. All our group programmes are informed by the Psychodrama method, which was founded by Dr J.L.Moreno.
While our work clearly sits within the basket of child abuse prevention, our approach is by way of restorative parent development. Child wellbeing, parent wellbeing, and the wellbeing of the family, are considered side by side.
Parent Trust is a Charitable Trust and derives its income from a pool of funders (Trusts, businesses and Government), and contributions from clients.
Our objectives:
- To prevent child abuse and neglect through resourcing parents and caregivers of children;
- To educate, encourage and resource parents and caretakers by the provision of educational and therapeutic groups and individual counselling for the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and family violence;
- To provide a safe place where parents and caregivers can talk openly about themselves, their children, relationships and families, and their desire to develop healthy parenting;
- To strive towards a culturally relevant approach to these objectives.
Who we work with:
People who come to Parent Trust programmes are parents and caregivers who want to enjoy parenting more. They may already be doing pretty well in their parenting. They may want to develop more loving relationships with their children.
Most parents who attend our group programs are self-referrals; some are referred through other social services in out community. All who come are motivated to make changes, whether large or small, to some aspect of the parenting relationship with their children.
In the year ended 30 June 2010 Parent Trust ran 40 groups, with 238 attendees, from Whangaparaoa to Papakura. The age range of participants was from 19 to 60+ years, and the age of participants’ children ranged from in-utero to early adulthood. 49% of participants were NZ European, 18% Maori, 11% Asian, 9% European, and 8.5% Pacific Island.
Our Programmes:
Parents sometimes take their stress and frustration out on their children, emotionally, physically, or through witting and un-witting neglect. Parent Trust provides an accepting and supportive environment where parents can develop their ability to understand, manage, and resolve the strong feelings that can surface in the parent-child relationship.
Parent Trust offers short term and longer term assistance for both Mums and Dads. The group programmes are therapeutically oriented and we currently have three types of groups to meet the differing developmental needs of our clients. We also offer one-to-one sessions where necessary, to supplement the group work.
Being the Mum You Want to Be
This programme is for mums who want to learn new ways...
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Being the Dad you Want to Be
This group programme is for dads who awant to be nore confident. If you are...
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Parenting from the Inside Out
The follow-up group is for Mums or Dads who have previous ...
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