Te Rito Collaborative Networks
Te Rito Collaborative Networks are community-based family violence networks that come together to prevent family violence in 31 communities across New Zealand. They strengthen a community's ability to effectively prevent and respond to family violence by enhancing existing systems, increasing community ownership and the service response wrapped around families and whānau.
The Networks aim to:
- raise awareness about family violence and encourage the community to get organised to prevent it
- carry out prevention and early intervention work in this sector including training, building relationships outside the family violence sector and promoting the services of its members
- provide an opportunity for groups to work together in complimentary ways in response to family violence
- support crisis response to family violence through information sharing and collaborative case management.
They improve inter-agency co-ordination, collaboration and communication between groups and encourage the development of whole of community strategies to prevent family violence.
Locations of Networks
Te Rito Collaborative Networks are set up in the following locations: Northland, Whangarei, Rodney, Auckland, Waitakere, South Auckland, Waiheke Island, Hamilton, Hauraki, Tauranga, Whakatane, Rotorua, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu, Wairapara, Porirua, Kapiti, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim/Marlborough, West Coast/Buller, North West Christchurch, Ashburton, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Dunedin, Queenstown, Invercargill/South Island.
Practice Guidelines
Service specifications, which used to be part of the contract, have now been repackaged into easy to read guidelines. These are to be read alongside contracts as best practice ways to deliver each service.
