Advice – ADCOSS http://www.adcoss.org.nz Auckland District Council of Social Services Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.5 Citizens Advice Bureau Glen Innes http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-glen-innes/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-glen-innes/ 100 Line Road, Glen Innes.

PO Box 18 194, Glen Innes 1743.

CAB Glen Innes is open 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and for booked legal advice service appointments on Saturday morning at 9.30am.

OUR SERVICES

We offer free, confidential, advice, support and information, helping with forms and contacting government departments. We can offer options about consumer rights, family matters, financial issues, employment rights, government department concerns, housing, health services, and information about local organisations and services. If you need us to speak to someone on your behalf, or assistance with writing a letter, we can do that too.

As well as face-to-face, telephone and email help, we offer the following services:-

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am

A JP Service Desk operates within the CAB. No appointments. JPs are warranted by the Governor-General to: Witness documents; certify copies; take declarations, affidavits and affirmations

FREE LEGAL ADVICE

  • Saturday morning, 9.30am. Brief legal advice with a lawyer. Appointments necessary; call in or phone us on 09 528 3682
  • Wednesday morning, Auckland Community Law Centre legal advisor is available at the CAB by appointment: booked through Auckland Community Law, ph. 09 377 9449.BUDGETING SERVICES

 

  1. There are 2 Budgeting Services offered at the CAB:
  1. Auckland Central Budgeting: Monday, Tuesday & Friday mornings. Contact the CAB to arrange a time. Sometimes clients can drop-in without an appointment, but this cannot be guaranteed.
  2. Tamaki Budgeting: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons. Call them on 09 570 9023 to make an appointment.

BURMESE LANGUAGE SERVICE

Mondays 12.30 – 4pm. Ven. Sumana Siri offers a CAB service to clients in the Burmese language

Glen Innes FOODBANK

Provides emergency food assistance to residents of Glen Innes and Pt England. There are limits on the number of food parcels per year, and proof of identity & address required. Enquire in person between 9am and 3pm, Monday – Friday.

Donations of food are very welcome.

 

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Citizens Advice Bureau Remuera/Eastern Bays http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-remueraeastern-bays/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-remueraeastern-bays/ CAB is an organisation, staffed by volunteers, who provide information and advice about how to deal with life’s difficult times: family problems, employment problems, housing issues, financial difficulties and questions, immigration matters, questions about education or health services and many others. If you don’t know who to ask or where to go for assistance, we can help.

Legal Clinics:   Thursday – 6pm to 7pm

These are brief (15 minute) legal consultations with a qualified lawyer.
Appointments must be made in advance and confirmed before the appointment date.

Family Clinic:    Every second Wednesday – 4pm to 7pm

These are private 45 minute consultations with an experienced family mediator, who can explore family relationship matters with clients, assist them to identify options, and identify the specialist services they might need. These are not mediation sessions.
Clients calling the CAB about complex family issues may be offered these appointments.
Appointments must be made in advance and confirmed before the appointment date.

Legal Ear: on request

If you have a legal problem that can’t be answered by one of our interviewers, we may be able to refer you to a legal ear. These lawyers provide very brief advice by telephone.

Justice of the Peace:

A JP service operates Tuesday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, all day Thursday and Friday afternoons.

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Citizens Advice Bureau Waiheke Island http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-waiheke-island/ Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:05:42 +0000 http://www.adcoss.org.nz/?post_type=ait-item&p=1357 CAB is an organisation, staffed by volunteers, who provide information and advice about how to deal with life’s difficult times: family problems, employment problems, housing issues, financial difficulties and questions, immigration matters, questions about education or health services and many others. If you don’t know who to ask or where to go for assistance, we can help.

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Age Concern Auckland http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/age-concern-auckland/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/age-concern-auckland/ Support Services, Information, Advice and Personal Advocacy: Responding in person/phone to a range of queries from older people and their carers eg. Advising where to obtain a service, what is available. Providing confidential support and empowerment to older people.

Information Resources: Providing written materials eg. pamphlets and resources eg. videos and books.

Accredited Visiting Service:  Auckland has two Visiting Service coordinators who cover Central and West Auckland.  Volunteer Visitors are checked, trained and matched with lonely, older people living independently in the community, for regular, weekly visits.Accredited Visiting Service Central Auckland – Phone 820-2714

Accredited Visiting Service West Auckland – Phone 820-2713

Education: Holding education seminars for the public eg. positive ageing, Enduring Power of Attorney, WINZ.

Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention Service: Providing confidential support, advocacy and information for people facing elder abuse and neglect.

Total Mobility Scheme: Providing assessment for people with a disability and provision of a Total Mobility card for discount taxi fares.

In-home Support: Referring on to recommended services (eg. trade services) that can provide for the necessary maintenance work to be done in client’s homes.

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Auckland Community Law Centre http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/auckland-community-law-centre/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/auckland-community-law-centre/ We provide free legal advice, assistance and information to those experiencing financial and personal hardship. Our free education seminars are open to the public.

The legal areas we deal in our services are:

  1. Family Law
  2. Domestic Violence
  3. Immigration
  4. Employment
  5. Social benefit payments
  6. Tenancy
  7. Civil
  8. Minor Criminal
  9. Disputes with neighbors (over tree, fences etc.)
  10. Consumer debts, reposessions etc.

Please call us to know how we are able to assist. Our website for more information is www.aclc.org.nz

9 AM to 11.30 PM Outreach clinics (without appointment)

1. Avondale: at the Age Concern Building (57 Rosebank Road)

2. Mt. Roskill: Wesley Community Centre (740 Sandringham Road)

3. Glen Innes: GI CAB office (100 Line Road)

4. Panmure: Panmure Community Centre (5-17 Pilkington Road)

5. Orakei: Orakei Marae (Tumanako House)

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Auckland Latin American Community http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/auckland-latin-american-community/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 23:17:45 +0000 http://www.adcoss.org.nz/?post_type=ait-item&p=1784 Provides Social Services to migrants from Latin America and other parts of the world as needed. Also encourages participation by providing educational workshops such as language classes, and foster cultural development such as family events. It also provides the library Letras Latinas , Makehue Dange group and other initiatives. ]]> Auckland Women’s Centre http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/auckland-womens-centre/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/auckland-womens-centre/ The Centre offers the support of a women-only environment, promoting empowerment and well-being for all women.

Free, non-judgemental information, support and advice.

Counselling (low cost).

Support for women questioning their sexuality and for single mums.

Courses in personal growth, separation etc.

A single mums postive parenting project.

Women’s library.

Low-cost massage.

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Catholic Social Services http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/catholic-social-services/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/catholic-social-services/ Catholic Social Services exists to respond particularly to families and couples in need of counselling, social work and/or parenting assistance regardless of their spiritual belief.

CSS has a long standing commitment to the wellbeing of people in our community.

Many of those we assist work against great odds to make positive changes for themselves and their families. We are privileged to work with them.

Many families ring our agency for assistance. We accept referrals from other social service agencies but ask that people contact us directly.

Our counselling and social work services are founded by values of responsiveness, care and professionalism.

We value our ability to respond to families regardless of their material circumstances.

The support we receive from a wide range of people and funding organisations enables us to respond as an agency. We greatly appreciate any donations people give to enable our work to continue.

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Chinese New Settlers Trust http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/chinese-new-settlers-trust/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:09:13 +0000 http://www.adcoss.org.nz/?post_type=ait-item&p=1472 To work towards meeting the needs of the Asian seniors, children, youth and all other new settlers, and to facilitate the successful integration of Asian new settlers into wider New Zealand society.

Our services include

  • Social Work & Counselling
  • Employment & Enterprise
  • Settlement Support
  • Asian Community Services
  • CNSST Education Institute
  • Social Housing
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Citizens Advice Bureau http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau/ Search our community directory

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Citizens Advice Bureau Central http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-central/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-central/ CAB is an organisation, staffed by volunteers, who provide information and advice about how to deal with life’s difficult times: family problems, employment problems, housing issues, financial difficulties and questions, immigration matters, questions about education or health services and many others. If you don’t know who to ask or where to go for assistance, we can help. We also offer specialist clinics: a JP clinic Mondays-Fridays 12 noon-2pm and Saturdays, 10am-12 noon. Our legal advice and family issues clinics are free by appointment on Monday evenings, 5-8pm.

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Citizens Advice Bureau Eden/Albert http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-edenalbert/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-edenalbert/ N: Has ite mimage

CAB is an organisation, staffed by volunteers, who provide information and advice about how to deal with life’s difficult times: family problems, employment problems, housing issues, financial difficulties and questions, immigration matters, questions about education or health services and many others. If you don’t know who to ask or where to go for assistance, we can help.

J.P. 10-11.30 and 1.00-2.30 Mon-Fri

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