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About us

Pathways is New Zealand's largest provider of community-based mental health and wellness services. Over 22 years we have - in partnership with people using our services, family/whanau, our team and the wider health sector - developed our services to include a diverse range of supports. These include:

  • peer support
  • mobile community support
  • residential services
  • respite
  • housing facilitation through Keys Living Choices
  • employment and training facilitation, in partnership with Workwise Employment Agency
  • support to connect with family/whanau and the community
  • support to live a healthier life.

At Pathways we have a fundamental belief people can shape their own futures and live well. When planning our work, we keep the following principles front of mind - because people who use our services, their family/whanau and our team have asked us to. We are mindful that:

  • people are citizens, not 'consumers'
  • everyone has the right and ability to work
  • people need a real income and have the right to create and manage their own money
  • people have the right to make choices
  • peer support specialists are a key part of today's and tomorrow's workforce
  • we all must understand the issue of poverty, challenge internal stigma and advocate for change
  • we must deliver services in a focussed and purposeful way, wherever people are
  • community development must continue to form part of what we do
  • we must continue to build alliances with those who assist our vision of eliminating poverty.

Pathways is the founding member of the Wise Group - a family of community entities working in the health and social service sector. The benefits of being part of this family and sharing resources are huge. As a collective, the entities in the Wise Group are able to work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and expertise to create fresh possibilities for the wellbeing of people and communities.

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