Starship Community is a multidisciplinary team of professionals providing nursing, allied health (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language therapy, dietetics), technical and cultural support to children, young people and their families living within the Auckland DHB area.
Starship Community provides one coordinated service that operates in the five DHB locality areas (See ADHB Locality map below for further details).
LOCALITY BASED SERVICES
The Starship Community Locality teams provide the following services (see details below under "Services" heading):
- Community Nursing
- Health Promotion
- Child Development Services
- Complex Medical Issues
- Refugee and New Migrant
- Culturally Appropriate Social Support
The team is made up of:
- Administration support
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Co-ordinator
- Community Health Workers
- Community Paediatrician
- Dietitians
- Health Promoters
- Needs assessment and respite support for medically fragile children
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioner
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Social Workers