682 Whangaparaoa Road Stanmore Bay Whangaparāoa Auckland 0930
Postal Address
PO Box 50 Whangaparaoa
Description
The Change Place, based in Whangaparaoa, provide services across the Rodney area focused on stopping family violence by providing psycho-educational programmes and counselling to those who are users of violence as well as to the victim-survivors of family violence, including adults, youth and children.
Our services and programmes support:
Women who have experienced any form of abuse within their relationship, such as emotional, psychological, financial, sexual, physical violence. This may include behaviours that are controlling in nature and may cause isolation.
Men who recognise that their behaviour is causing harm to their partners or children, and who may struggle to manage their anger in the context of intimate partner relationships and within their family. Men who are looking for different ways of communicating and relating.
We use play therapy and counselling with children and young people from 4 to 18 years of age who have been exposed to and experienced family violence/abuse.
We also offer safe, confidential and professional counselling services to women and men who have experienced any form of abuse in a relationship.
Emergency Notification
The Change Place are not a crisis service. Please see our website for information on local services who can respond to more immediate safety issues.
Staff
Our staff are all highly qualified, knowledgeable and professional. We have a multi-disciplinary team, consisting of counsellors, social workers, facilitators, psychotherapists and play therapists. All our staff have specialist family violence training and work in a trauma and violence informed way.
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Fees and Charges Description
All of services are free of charge
Hours
Mon – Fri
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Public Holidays: Closed Waitangi Day (6 Feb), Good Friday (3 Apr), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Easter Monday (6 Apr), ANZAC Day (observed) (27 Apr), King's Birthday (1 Jun), Matariki (10 Jul), Labour Day (26 Oct). Christmas: Open 22 Dec — 24 Dec. Closed 25 Dec — 28 Dec. Open 29 Dec — 31 Dec. Closed 1 Jan — 4 Jan. Open 5 Jan — 9 Jan.
Languages Spoken
English
Services Provided
Women’s Programme – ‘Living Free”
Children's services
Men’s Respondent Programme – ‘Men Making Change’
Counselling (for women, men, youth and children)
Abuse and violence support
Additional Details
Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi,
Child / Tamariki friendly,
Speak with women / wahine,
Speak with men / tane,
LGBTQIA+ friendly
Travel Directions
Our women's groups run in Warkworth, Wellsford, Helensville and Ōrewa.
Our men's programmes run in Whangaparaoa.
Our children's services are available in Whangaparaoa, Helensville, Warkworth and Wellsford.
