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.
There’s still time to purchase a gift at Toyworld Henderson to make a difference in the life of a child this Christmas.
You have until this Friday, 13 December, to drop into Toyworld Henderson, buy a gift and tell the staff you’d like it to go to Visionwest’s Christmas From The Heart.
We’ll be picking up all the gifts and making sure they create smiles on the faces of children who might otherwise go without this Christmas Day.
Thanks to Raman, Sonia and all the staff at @Toyworld Henderson for your support.
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Time to give a shout out to another awesome community group – The David Ellison Charitable Trust. The trust's generosity gave a grant to help provide Housing Support Packages to whānau in Visionwest's Transitional Housing in Ōtautahi.
Whānau often arrive at Visionwest's Transitional Housing with few, if any, household goods or basic food items. This grant will mean they can be provided with some of the basic items such as bedding, pantry staples, and personal care items; and have a stable, safe and healthy home with access to consistent schooling and other opportunities.
While whānau are in Transitional Housing they are supported by a Visionwest Social Worker who journeys alongside them and connects them with other support necessary services, until they are ready to move into a long-term tenancy.
Thanks to The David Ellison Charitable Trust for joining with us to make a difference.
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Mamau te Taniwha
In September, our Waitaha Canterbury Community Housing team launched Mamau te Taniwha (MTT), a 12 session Alcohol and Other Drugs (AoD) harm minimisation programme.
MTT is available to all Visionwest tenants and to outside agencies.
The programme has been a huge success, and the feedback has been amazing.
Here are some responses from course participants about how the programme helped them:
· “This has given me the tools to stay clean and sober and off the drugs and help understand myself. It’s Awesome”
· "It’s helped me to understand how I was doing things and not caring who I was to now being an honest person who needed to be open and learn new things. I have opened my eyes to more positive things and letting people in better than I have before.”
· “Heaps, every day is a great takeaway. I have learned how to battle and defeat my demons. “
It’s always awesome to see people turning their lives around and the joy it brings to them and their whānau.
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Visionwest’s Wellbeing and Counselling Centre are hugely appreciative to Bupa and the Bupa Foundation Community Grants Programme for providing us with a grant to go towards free counselling for seniors.
Last year, our Wellbeing Centre provided 4,102 hours of specialised counselling care to our community, many of these to older adults. This grant will go a long way to supporting those who would otherwise find it difficult to access the help they need.
Thanks Bupa Foundation Community Grants Programme and Bupa NZ.
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How fantastic team!!
thank you Bulawayo and Visionwest Community Trust