About Presbyterian Support South Canterbury (PSSC)

People Helping People 

Nga tangata e awhina Ana I nga tangata

 

Presbyterian Support South Canterbury is the largest provider of a broad range of social services in South Canterbury.  Our services include Enliven residential care, home care, community home-based care and support, day/activity programmes, and a wide range of social services through our Family Works division.

Presbyterian Support has been providing care and support in South Canterbury since 1918 – over 100 years of dedicated community service.

Our Mission:

Supporting people with quality care 

Read our vision, Mission and values here

Presbyterian Support Nationally

Nationally, Presbyterian Support is a federation of seven autonomous not-for-profit organisations providing a range of social services to children, youth, families and older people throughout New Zealand.

Services include counselling, social work, parenting courses, budgeting, home-based and residential care for older people.

In most regions these services have been operating for around a hundred years, under the parent brand of Presbyterian Support.

Presbyterian Support New Zealand

Presbyterian Support New Zealand (PSNZ) provides administrative support and advocacy to to the seven operating regions.

PSNZ is governed by a National Council, made up of the chair persons from each Presbyterian Support region.

The PSNZ National Executive Group consists of the Chief Executives of the seven regions, working together to ensure the policies and strategic direction set by the National Council are implemented. The small national office team and and Service Groups consisting of serivce managers from across the country come together to share information and ideas, and deliver on the agreed national and collaborative projects.

Presbyterian Support New Zealand Website

Residential Care

Our retirement and aged care facilities provide the full range of options, from retirement village complexes through to rest homes, hospital care and specialist dementia care. PSSC rest homes are; The Croft (Park Lane Timaru), Margaret Wilson (Seddon St Timaru) and Wallingford (Cass St Temuka).

Our services for older people are audited regularly against the Health & Disability Standards by external auditors, to ensure we fully comply with these standards. As a result of the high level of quality care we provide and our ongoing commitment to service improvement, we continue to maintain our 3 year certification.

Home Support, Community First & Enliven

Our Home Support services enable quality of life and independence with restorative packages of care, with eligible clients receiving funded support for personal cares and household tasks.

Community First provides in home care for clients assessed as eligible for rest home, dementia or hospital level care.

At our Enliven Te Pokapū (the Hub), day activity programmes enable elders living in the community to enjoy socialising with others, building new friendships and sharing old times. This is also an opportunity for families and carers to take time out.

Designed specifically for clients diagnosed with dementia, our Saturday Club Day Activity Programme is run by staff qualified and experienced in this field. Family members and friends are welcome to join in at any time during the day.

Family Works

Family Works provides strengths-based services offering support and opportunities for change. Social work and counselling services include family focused social work, social workers in schools, counselling for young people and adults, and a child and family psychologist.

Programmes offered include parenting programmes for parents of young and teenage children, programmes for children, anger change for women and children, parenting through separation programmes and a buddy mentoring programme.

Our support services include support for grandparents raising children, strengthening family’s co-ordination, the Christmas angel project, family start, and a foodbank.