Nurture the baby early
Atawhaitia Ngā Pepe
Nurture Taranaki helps prepare and upskill first time parents.
About Us
Nurture Taranaki helps prepare and upskill first time parents. We provide specific parenting education, empowerment and support to help create an optimum home environment for baby.
Nurture Taranaki is offered to first time pregnant women, where social and family circumstances challenge the health and well-being of the child, or extra support and guidance is sought..
The service provided is free, long term and home based, which promotes healthy child development within a nurturing family environment.
Families participate on a voluntary basis and are provided with specific guidance and education by professionally qualified and well-supervised Parenting Coach / Kaiawhina.
What We Do.
We help boost parents confidence at the very beginning of their parenting journey.
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Enhance Family well-being
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Promote physical, social and emotional well-being of infants and children
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Teach healthy child development and build strong attachments
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Monitor child and home safety
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Provide parenting Education, Encourage participation in Early Childhood
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Initiate participation in Local Parenting Groups, Offer suggestions for local family activities
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Provide support through crisis & Strengthening family supports
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Teach healthy food options, Link engagement with household budgeting advice
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Support the transition to return to work & Boost parent confidence
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Offer support with sleeping and eating routines
Monitor & refer for ...
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Smoke free home environment / Smoke cessation
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Maternal/Paternal depression mental health
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Advocacy, home skills
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Relationship issues, Family violence & Addictions
How We Do It.
Nurture Taranaki is a weekly home visiting support service for families who are expecting their first baby.
Families living in the Central and North Taranaki area are eligible for this long term home-visiting service. We can work alongside you and your family until your child goes to school.
Criteria
Eligibility for this programme is for first time pregnancies and any of the following:
Teenage pregnancy
Limited support
Minimal antenatal care
Economic disadvantage
Lack of essential resources
Compromised social skills
Little or no formal educational qualifications
Limited experience or skills in parenting
Mental health eg: depression, anxiety, undiagnosed concerns
Involvement in the Criminal Justice System
Addictions - drug, alcohol, gambling
Relationship problems - family violence, conflict, lack of support
Any queries regarding this programme can be made by contacting:
Emma Kalin: 027 555 1763, email: emma@tepuna.nz
Snr Constable Paul Lampe: 027 260 8851, email: Paul@tepuna.nz
Parenting Education
Parenting education is a core component of the programme and flows from the beginning of our visits through to when the child goes to school. We use programmes that have been successful internationally and are widely researched.
PIPE (Partners in Parenting Education) is a research informed curriculum. It is based on neuroscience & the importance of the first 1000 days of a Childs life.
This programme captures the imagination of new parents and inspires them to LOVE LISTEN & PLAY with their babies for optimum lifelong outcomes.
TAKAI – New Zealand Parenting Information and Resources for whānau supporters
Kia matua rautia - Conscious parenting
Te mana o ngā tīpuna - Tepuna parenting
Te hinengaro mīharo - The amazing brain
Te mana o te moana - Pacific parenting
Te ao tākaro - The power of play
Tautāwhi taiohi - Supporting young parents
Oranga - Looking after you
Poipoia te kākano kia puāwai
Nurture the seed and it will blossom