CEO Cathy Holland’s Column in the Hamilton Press 5th May 2010 From the outset, Parentline’s focus has been on working with individual children who have been abused or witnessed domestic violence. However, it always bothered us that after having affected changes in behaviour and securing their place in the world, children were then returned to [...]
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Te Hiringa Tipua February 2010
Parentline Whānau Ora. In the many years that I have been involved in the delivery of social services, I am constantly on the look out for interventions and strategies that are proven to work for Māori whanau. Like most other community agencies in Hamilton, Maori are the most significant service users at Parentline; from1 [...]
The Art or Science of Parenting
THE ART OR SCIENCE OF PARENTING There’s that delightful advertisement of the first time mother being handed her new born baby and then reaching out for the accompanying Parenting Manual. For most of us, parenting is probably the hardest job we ever take on and there are few opportunities to learn exactly what the task [...]
Alternative Care Families
Awesome Carers needed for Parentline Do you have the heart and time for children who need a few days away from their family? Children often need a short break away for all sorts of reasons Most of us have family or friends who can help out at these times - Some just don’t!! This is [...]
Annual Report 2009-2010
CEO’ Report 2009 – 2010 was a year of consolidation; of imbedding best practice into service delivery and completing the infrastructural rebuild. Parentline is now in ‘good heart’ and at a stage where we are comfortable to open our books to all stakeholders. In March of this year, we were congratulated by the CYF Auditor [...]
We Know It’s Not OK…
NZ’s Culture of Violence Parentline, Hamilton’s leading agency for children, has launched a new project targeting New Zealand’s ‘culture of violence’. It’s “LOOK UP”, a public information database available on Parentline’s website www.parentline.org.nz. Chief executive Cathy Holland says Parentline has developed the LOOK UP service for people everywhere to see the “enormous and never-ending efforts [...]
Database Protocols
PARENTLINE DATABASE PROTOCOL Purpose To ensure that the Parentline Protocol for Data Use adheres to the statutory obligations set out in the Privacy Act 1993; That there is appropriate and compliant interface between the Privacy Principles and the collection of individual information by Parentline. Collection of Information a) Personal information of clients will be collected [...]
Our Childs Voice – White Ribbon Day 2009
By Cathy Holland – Published in Hamilton Press on 25 November 2009 There is widespread acknowledgement that most violence remains hidden, with official estimates placing 80% of family violence as unreported to Police. In spite of numerous interventions, the outcome is increasing person to person violence, in particular within families resulting in lifetime consequences for [...]
Our Childs Voice – 28 October 2009
By Cathy Holland – Published in Hamilton Press on 28 October 2009 Last week was a significant week. We launched our new logo with the motto “safe family safe child – maru i te whānau maru i te tamariki” to better reflect Parentline’s vision of keeping children safe from abuse and domestic violence. We were [...]