OHF provides social work services for families/whānau referred by Oranga Tamariki. These services include: Social Work Support to OT Caregivers and Kin Carers; Safety Planning Services to prevent children entering care or to lead the reunification to whānau when they have been in care. OHF also provides Supervised Contact at the request of Oranga Tamariki or the Family Court.

OHF is contracted by the Ministry of Health to provide social work services to families who have children or young people with a disability.

Service types: Advocacy, Family / whānau support, Information & support, Social work.

Even with a high level of support there are times when it becomes necessary for children and young people to leave the care of their parents. Wherever possible this care is undertaken by family/whānau. Where this is not possible, foster care can be provided for a short time as respite or for a longer term. This can lead to a permanent placement arrangement if necessary. Open Home Foundation (OHF) provides care for the Ministry of Health, Oranga Tamariki and for children and young people who are in the custody-care of OHF.

Service types: Accommodation and housing support, Advocacy, Disability support services, Accommodation, Autism support services, Disability information and advisory services, Needs assessment and service coordination (NASC), Respite, Information & support, Social work.

Oasis is a family-based, out-of-home, overnight respite care service. Oasis is there to support families and whānau to care for their children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder or with Intellectual Disability. Services are located in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington and Hawke’s Bay.

How to get help from OASIS

Your child/young person can only be referred by your local NASC (Needs Assessment Service Co-ordination Agency). A list of the NASCs can be found here.

OHF will get the referral and contact you and get as much information as possible about your child so respite breaks meet their needs as well as yours.

We need to make sure we can tell the Oasis family as much as possible about your child’s likes, dislikes, habits and preferences to ensure transition to respite is as easy for them as possible. As part of this process, we will ask your permission to speak with people who know your child outside of home, such as a teacher or therapist.

• Parenting education
• Parent wellbeing
• Family / whānau support
• Support for Dads

Home for Young Parents Rotorua

Open Home Foundation (OHF), Te Whare Kaupapa Awhina has a home for young parents. We work using Appreciative Inquiry and trauma informed approaches. We have registered Social Workers, House Parent, and Support Workers for our 24 hour 7 day a week service.

This is a voluntary entry service and there is an agreement and contract to enter into the service and a referral form. We run a modular programme, and it includes parenting, attachment and bonding with child, monitored feeding and sleeping schedule, health and well being, budgeting, and cooking.

This is based in Rotorua and covers Rotorua and Taupō and the Bay of Plenty, for young parents and their children. We encourage education including attending the school for young parents, health and wellbeing, and developing and making relationships and networks in their communities and family/whānau. Working on their future picture and plan and fulfilling the modular programme outcomes during their stay in the home.

There is a cost for this service 

• Teen Home Brochure (PDF, 5.5 MB)

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