Kidz First Child Development Service

Kidz First - Community Health

Contact Details

Phone (09) 263 0792 (ext 53202)

Street Address

95 Wiri Station Road
Manukau 2104

Postal Address

Private Bag 93311
Ōtāhuhu
Auckland 1640

Description

We are a community based service team, providing therapy and social work to assist children with special needs and their family/whānau achieve their full potential in their daily lives.  We work with children in schools, kindergartens, home, community, clinics and recreation centres. 

Children under our service have diagnoses including but not limited to cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, chromosomal abnormalies, spina bifida, children with plagiocephaly who also have a disability, premature or low birth weight infants who are 'at risk'.

We are an interdisciplinary, allied health team which includes:

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Speech Language Therapy
  • Social Work
  • Visiting Neurodevelopment Therapy

Referral Expectations

A child and their family can be referred to the service through doctors and allied health professionals such as:

  • General Practitioners
  • Neonatal Services and Paediatric Medical and Surgical Services
  • Community Health Services e.g. Plunket
  • Other Health Funding Authority contracted Health and Disability Services
  • Education Funded Services e.g. Special Education, CCS Disability Action
  • Children Youth and Family Services
  • Needs Assessment & Service Coordinator Agencies e.g. Taikura Trust

Hours

Mon – Fri 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Procedures / Treatments

Occupational therapy (OT)
Physiotherapy
Social work
Neurodevelopmental Therapy
Speech language therapy
Kidz First Child Development Team

Visiting Hours

N/A

Parking

Limited parking spaces for visitors.  Street parking also available on Plunket Avenue and Mana Place, Wiri, Manukau, Auckland.

Pharmacy

N/A


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