SUPP youth support

SUPP is a place for 12 to 19 year olds to have straight up conversations around alcohol, drugs and mental wellbeing.

On this page

What SUPP can help with

SUPP supports rangatahi (12 to 19) with alcohol, drug and mental wellbeing concerns. This includes working with whānau who have concerns about a young person and other agencies who would like support with education and awareness around mental health and addictions.

The SUPP team offers:

  • brief intervention work around alcohol, drugs and mental wellbeing
  • group work
  • assessment and therapeutic interventions using motivational interviewing and harm
  • minimisation work
  • psychoeducational work on the effects of alcohol and drugs on mental wellbeing
  • consultation and liaison to other professionals working with young people
  • training on brief interventions and screening tools for young people.

Contact SUPP

You can text or call the SUPP team:

  • Sam: 021 192 8010
  • Helen: 027 290 8453
  • Paul: 021 903 335
  • Michelle: 021 192 8828

Email: supp@wdhb.org.nzexternal link

You can email a completed referral form to: icamhas@wdhb.org.nzexternal link

SUPP referral formPDF185 KB

Facebookexternal link

If you need urgent mental health support

Help is available if you are in a crisis and need urgent support.

Maternal Infant Child Adolescent Mental Health & Addictions Service (MICAMHAS)

Phone: 06 348 1901external link 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday

Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment (MHAHT) team

After-hours phone: 0800 653 358external link