How We Help

Equip provides a range of services that help people who experience mental health issues. We can provide varying amounts of support, and in most cases, our service can come to you.
Our Team Support Approach

We work as a team to support you, helping you maintain what is already working in your life.

In addition we provide support to achieve your goals, celebrate your successes whilst making barriers easier to get around.

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Evidence Based Practice

We are committed to using evidence based practices and all staff are trained and supervised in the use of the tools of Professor Charles Rapp’s Strengths Model.

Flexible Access to What You Need

In most of the services the hours of support can be flexible and adjusted from week to week. Our team will work with you to access essential resources within your community to increase your opportunities and choices.

Collaborative Approach

Support Workers collaborate closely with a clinical key worker and / or whānau family where appropriate. Recovery, hope and an improved quality of life are more likely to occur when services and people who use them, work together.

Responsive Assessments

We regularly collate and review outcomes of the work that is being done and adjust the way we support people in response to this feedback from people and their families using the service.
Kevin’s Story

“Kevin’s family love having him closer to them again.”

When Kevin first came to Equip he didn’t really have any social contacts and this wasn’t helped by him having no phone or means of communication. Kevin’s first goal was to get a cell phone which he has now and is used to keep in contact with his family.

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Community Support Hours

Intensive and flexible mobile support service for adults aged 18 years and over who experience mental illness

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Adults 65+

Intensive and flexible mobile support service for Older Adult’s who experience mental illness.

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Koromiko House

Exceptional, homelike community respite service providing 24-hour support on Auckland’s North Shore

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Awhi Ora

Short-term support to help individuals improve their confidence in managing life’s challenges.

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Tōtara club

Community dementia day care providing interactive care for people diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia mate wareware. Tōtara Club supports individuals and their whānau through an individualised programme to meet their specific strengths and needs
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Whānau support

Individual and group support, education and connection for family, whānau of individuals who experience mental illness
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Other Services We Offer

Dietitian Support

Equip has a registered Dietitian who is available to meet with you to help with managing weight and eating well on a limited budget.

Housing Facilitator

Our designated Housing Facilitator assists people to find and secure private and affordable accommodation.

Spirituality Co-ordinator

Get assistance with finding a spiritual home in the community of your choice and explore your own spirituality.

Programmes

Community programmes to support individuals and their whānau to improve mental health. We provide a range of face-to-face and online programmes at either no or low cost. See our Event’s Page for what’s coming up.  

Waves

For adults bereaved by suicide to explore the impact of bereavement, suicide and stigma, aspects of your grief, living with loss and care strategies for yourself and others.

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Sessions to help people living with dementia mate wareware stay mentally and socially active for longer.

Whānau / Family Connections

Education and support for people in a relationship with somone who struggles to regulate emotions. Includes skills training based on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)