Transition Services

what is youth transition all about

The Youth Transition Services provides supportive and robust transition support for Young people, aged 15-25yrs who are leaving our care or a youth justice residence programme and transitioning to adulthood. The Youth Transition service understand that young people moving from Care spaces to Independence face some big challenges. The Transition Support Service has been designed together with young people, using insights gathered through a co-design process, focusing on the needs of the young people.
The Young people advised that they are in need of the following:

responsive, flexible, relationship-based support
someone to be there for them
unconditional support, despite their behaviour and decisions
support that can coordinate what they need from their communities; whānau, hapū, iwi and adult services.

We want to ensure young people leaving Oranga Tamariki care have the support and opportunities they need to successfully transition to adulthood and achieve their goals.
Having a Youth Transition Worker will mean the young person will:

have a transition worker to walk alongside them and maintain regular contact up to the age of 21
be supported to either continue living or return to living with a caregiver between 18 to 21 years of age – something they haven't been able to do before
be able to request advice and assistance from us after they leave care until they turn 25.

To learn more about Transition Service click here

meet the transition team

Dannyl Heeney

PAWEL MARKOWSKI

HayLEY TE AHO

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If you are wanting or needing support with Transition Support, please contact our team here