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An important part of the role of SWiS is to equip students with the necessary tools to cope with a range of behavioural issues, both inside and outside the classroom. In the 13 schools in which Iosis operates, each SWiS worker facilitates programmes to help students have more positive experiences at school, including: Seasons of…

Iosis partners with Presbyterian Support Northern and the Anglican Trust for Women and Children to provide financial mentoring to families*. Karen is the Financial Mentor at Iosis and works together with families to help them stabilise and improve their financial situation. “Anyone is welcome to engage in financial mentoring,” explains Karen. “Some families are in crisis…

Iosis will cease to provide the Strengthening Families service in Manurewa at the beginning of September 2016. Strengthening Families is designed for situations where more than one community support organisation or government service is required to help a family meet its needs. A Strengthening Families coordinator brings together all the relevant parties to discuss with…

Iosis marked its 10th anniversary on 18 March 2016, at a morning tea with invited community representatives, supporters and a few former staff. When Iosis was formed, it merged the work of Baptist Family Services, Baptist City Mission, and the Merivale Women’s Refuge. Today Iosis has approximately 50 staff, most of whom are based at…

Iosis CEO, Tunumafono Tracey-Leigh Peters, has been appointed to the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS). NZCCSS represents six church networks in New Zealand: Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and the Salvation Army. It speaks for its member organisations in discussions with government ministries around social issues and policies. It also plays a key role…

Iosis will commence a new programme for parents following the current school holidays. The ‘Triple P’ discussion groups is a positive parenting programme run over four two-hour sessions. Parents will learn how to develop positive relationships with their children, encourage desirable behaviour, and teach new skills and behaviours. Topics covered are: Dealing with disobedience. Developing…

Iosis officially commissioned Tunumafono Tracey-Leigh Peters as its new CEO at a powhiri on 14 September. Ms Peters is a lifelong South Aucklander, with Pakeha and Samoan heritage. The hereditary matai title of Tunumafono is from her mother’s family line. She believes her mixed cultural background is a strength in leading a community-based organisation like…

Men in Iosis’s Young Fathers programme (Boyz II MenD) have written and recorded a song and produced a music video about their fatherhood experiences. The song ‘Family Love’ and the music video were officially launched to the public on Father’s Day, 6 September 2015. The men, aged from late teens to early 20s, were part…

  The Iosis Board has appointed Tunumafono Tracey-Leigh Peters as Iosis’s new CEO, effective 1 September 2015. Ms Peters has been Acting CEO for the past 10 months, following the departure of Founding CEO, Ruby Duncan last year. “In that time Tracey-Leigh has demonstrated competence, courage and wisdom. We believe she has the personal attributes…