We create pathways for vulnerable whānau to rise out of poverty, isolation, homelessness, and joblessness by providing comprehensive wraparound services. Our team supports children, young people, families, people with disabilities and the elderly with an unwavering hope for a better tomorrow.
To fulfil our mission, we seek to attract people with compassionate hearts, creative minds and a serving attitude. If you would like to be part of the team, contact us now. We would love to get to know you.
Become our next team member!
We are looking for people with the desire and drive to make a difference in our communities. Therefore, as a purpose driven organisation, character and attitude are just as important as credentials.
Our values hold us and will hold you as you begin your journey with Visionwest. They have their origins in our faith foundations and Kaupapa Māori journey. Consider these values closely before applying as they are living principles that we seek to embody in our day to day work.
Aroha
the ability to show compassion and love to the whānau we serve and each other.
Mana
the ability to value whānau and staff with extraordinary respect.
Manaakitanga
We demonstrate kindness, hospitality and generosity to all.
Whanaungatanga
the ability to create a safe place of belonging for whānau and staff.
Apply now, and find a new purpose at work
Become a Volunteer Team Member
Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills, be part of the team, and give back to your community. Click here to find out more about volunteering with a Visionwest support service.
We want to give a big shout-out to One New Zealand who run the One Good Kiwi website. This month, One Good Kiwi turned two years old!
That means, for two years, One New Zealand has been supporting youth organisations across Aotearoa, including Visionwest.
We want to say a big thanks for this awesome generosity. With the money given to Visionwest, we’ve been able to provide homes for rangatahi (young people) who were previously homeless or in unsafe housing situations.
Thanks One Good Kiwi and thanks One New Zealand.
Read more about the One Good Kiwi story here - media.one.nz/ogk2years.
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If you haven’t downloaded the app yet get it today on the App Store here: shorturl.at/gbWug, or Google Play here: shorturl.at/5ARe7, so you can be a part of something epic and help choose where the next $100k will go (In October, you can give your tokens to the youth work at for Visionwest).
#visionwest #onegoodkiwi @OneNewZealand
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WORLD HOMELESS DAY
Today is World Homeless Day.
Stats NZ defines the state of homelessness as a living situation where people, with no other options to acquire safe and secure housing, are:
Without shelter – for example, sleeping rough or living in a car.
Living in temporary or emergency accommodation – such as night shelters, refuges, hotels/motels, motor camp sites and boarding houses.
Living in uninhabitable housing, such as dilapidated dwellings or those not intended for human habitation, like garages.
Analysis of the most recent Census found that 18,417 Aucklanders and over 41,000 Kiwis meet this definition.
Find out more about how you can help, including how you can provide bedding for someone who is experiencing homelessness – www.visionwest.org.nz/donate.
#visionwest #housingfirst #worldhomelessday2024
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WORLD HOMELESS DAY
Tomorrow, Thursday 10 October, is World Homeless Day.
Visionwest is a foundation member of the Auckland Housing First Collective. A five-year research study by University of Otago into the impacts of the Housing First programme delivered by The People's Project (TPP) in Hamilton was released in May 2024 and found:
· 44% drop in hospitalisations.
· 74% drop in residential mental health bed-nights.
· 43% drop in criminal charges.
· A rise in income from both benefits and paid work.
Decent housing makes a difference and transforms both lives and communities.
#visionwest #housingfirst #worldhomelessday2024
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According to Stats NZ, the youth unemployment rate in Aotearoa New Zealand currently sits at 20.7% (for 15 to 19-year-olds) – we want to do something about it, and YOU can help, it will cost you nothing.
Help us gain a share of $100,000 and we’ll use it to support young people out of unemployment and journey with them along the pathway to a brighter future.
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Apple users can download the free app here onegoodkiwi.nz/ios.
Android users can download the free app here onegoodkiwi.nz/android.
Or you can go online at www.onegoodkiwi.nz
You only get so many tokens to toss our way so please share this with your friends and whānau.
Thanks to One New Zealand .
#visionwest #onenz #onegoodkiwi #youthemployment #ohingatu
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This Thursday 10 October is WORLD HOMELESS DAY – a day that reminds us that housing is foundational to a healthy society and yet, according to the latest statistics, it’s estimated that, in Aotearoa New Zealand, 41,600 people are homeless – that equivalent to one in every 125 New Zealanders.
Visionwest Community Housing works to address homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand and support people like John whose life was transformed when he was provided with housing by Visionwest Community Housing.
Read John’s full story – visionwest.org.nz/john-story/.
#visionwest #housingfirst #worldhomelessday2024
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