About Us
Joining the Dots is a small, highly professional, community-based social work organisation based in New Plymouth.
Mission Statement
Joining the Dots encourages children and young people and their families/whanau to make creative discoveries
as a way to overcome challenging situations. We facilitate interventions that connect children and young people to
their family/whanau, friends, education, work and community.
Vision
Joining the Dots vision is for all children and young people to have a sense of belonging
or connectedness to family/whanau, friends, education, work and community.
Core Values
- The voices of the children, young people and families/whanau we support are most important and direct any intervention plans.
- The choice of the working environment belongs to the children, young people and families/whanau and it's our responsibility to fit in.
- Joining the Dots will always work in collaboration.
- We will always adhere to the code of ethics as stated by the Association for Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZASW) and the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB).
Acknowledgements
Joining the Dots would like to acknowledge and say a big thanks to all the organisations
and individuals that have contributed to our success over the past year.
Special thanks to our volunteers:
Liz Johnstone (financial management)
Joelle Douglas (web design)
Joining the dots was established in Paraparaumu in 2006 under its legal name Jtd Solutions Ltd.
Joining the Dots become a registered charity in 2010.