Group Programmes

 

Group Programmes for Self Referred Adult Perpetrators of Family Violence (Ngati Porou Hauora)

Start date & duration:

Began delivering in 2006, a 12 month contract.

What is the programme trying to achieve:

Better health and wellbeing activities for whānau.

Who are the target population for this programme or service:

Adult Male/Female Rangatahi, Tamariki, Pakeke 65yrs and over.

What is the geographical coverage for this programme or service:

Tikitiki and Rangitukia.

Who can access it:

Adult Male/Female – Rangatahi – Tamariki – Schools.

How did the programme come about:

It was because of the high incidences of family violence reported in Ngati Porou.

What approach is used for the service delivery:

The approach is based on the concept of community mobilization.  As tangata whenua the kaimahi are in a position to inspire whānau to develop stronger relationships with services. The underlying intent is to utilise the community group as a component of the management plan, particularly if the client lives in the area of that community group.  The model is the community and agencies working collectively, involving people in the decision making and in identifying their own strengths to meet their own identified needs. The service benefits the community by creating an opportunity to work toward working as a whole community. It has created an opportunity to harness local resources and discuss strategies to address our community problems and to achieve local visions. It is about fostering our community to thrive, to be strong and resilient.

What are the successes to date with the delivery of the service:

1) The development of two Maori community-led community groups;  2) The development of a community-based youth garden.

What are the measures of success for this programme:

Two tangible measures of success/indicators for this programme could be referred to the establishment of the two community groups and the community youth garden.

Has any evaluation of the service been undertaken?  If so, when and what was the outcome:

The service is evaluated and guided by the Logic Model as it is an easy way to define the work and measure it.  One of the key insights of the Logic Model is the importance of measuring final outcomes or results.  The challenge is how to measure outcomes.  Because outcomes are delayed in time and may be mixed with many other causes, it is often difficult to measure them, even though outcomes are the most important strategic measures.  This has been achieved by inserting steps – short term outcomes and mid term outcomes are then the leading indirect indicators of the long term outcomes.  Short term outcomes are achieved by customer satisfaction surveys.  The advantage of customer surveys is that they are relatively quick and easy to implement, and are properly designed to provide meaningful feedback on customer perceptions, which are relevant to the outcomes.

Who are the funders of this programme:

Ngati Porou Hauora is funded annually by CYFS to provide Group Programmes for Self Referred Adult Perpetrators of Family Violence, Group Programmes for Non-protected Adult Victims of Family Violence, Group programmes for Self Referred Youth Perpetrators of Family Violence and Individual Counselling and Group Programmes to meet the needs of children who witnessed Family Violence.