Category: Children and young people

Presbyterian Support is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and motivated Kaimahi to join our dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary Family Works Team.

On Monday, November 12th, Presbyterian Support’s inaugural service morning tea was hosted by HomeShare in North Canterbury.

Youth Service is a national agency supporting and helping young people with our focus on education, training, work-based learning and future employment.

Presbyterian Support (Upper South Island) has announced the six 2018 winners of the Dennis Moore Memorial Scholarship. Take a look.

Alzheimer’s NZ recently contributed $27,670 to the Enliven HomeShare service in Canterbury. This contribution recognises that Presbyterian Support (USI) and Alzheimer’s NZ share the same goal of improving the quality of life for people with dementia and their care partners in New Zealand.

Sophie Havighurst is a child clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo in Norway and the University of Melbourne, Australia. Along with co-author Ann Harley, she developed the Tuning in to Kids Programme.

Tuning in to Kids is an international programme based on the research of renowned psychologist Dr John Gottman. TIK has been proven to improve parenting, parent-child relationships, children’s emotional competence, and behaviour.

Enliven and Family Works volunteers are vital to the work we do at Presbyterian Support—last year 297 volunteers donated 32,409 hours!

Men are more likely than women to become socially isolated because they have less contact with children, family, and friends.