Support Services

Counselling

Counselling service is available through Piki. Check with your GP to see if you are eligible for this free service. You can self refer www.piki.org.nz.

Community Support Workers

Sam Pedro

As Community support workers a part of the new Access & Choice model rolled out into the practice, we provide a community-based walk alongside support designed as a brief intervention service of up to three months.

The following areas we are able to assist and provide service for:

• Physical health or healthy lifestyles 

• Emotional health & wellbeing 

• Housing 

• Social engagement 

• Paid work 

•  WINZ

• Money matters 

• Family/whānau issues 

•  Managing drug use, drinking or gambling 

• Managing medications

Health Improvement Practitioner

Mandy Lewis

Health Improvement Practitioners (HIPs) support patients who are experiencing stress and other challenges which are negatively impacting upon their health and wellbeing.

HIPs support patients to explore possible changes that they could make to their lifestyle behaviours that would support them in working towards better health and wellness. HIP consults are free of charge and do not need a GP/nurse referral as patients can book in themselves to see a HIP.

Our consults are for 30 minutes and are accessible to any patient registered within the GP practice.

Pacific Navigator Community Support Worker

Tulagalua Taouma ‘Lua’

Our approach is for Pacific by Pacific, with our team working towards the best health and wellbeing outcomes for our Pacific people and their fanau.

We work with those who cannot advocate for themselves due to language barriers and these are often longterm referrals. Working through a Pacific cultural framework, our skilled team ofTokelan, Tuvaluan, Samoan, Cook Islands Maori and Tongan descent can meet the support  needs of a diverse Pacific population, delivered by a clinical lead, nurses, a social worker,  community health workers all based in Wellington and/or Porirua.