​Supporting parents – Healthy Children ​

​Able Minds holds the Supporting Parents Healthy Children (SPHC) contract, as the primary link between Te Whatu Ora’s SPHC programme and our community.

Did you know: ​

  • Up to 30% of children have a parent who has experienced mental illness
  • 50-70% of people who are experiencing mental illness are parents.
  • Children whose parent is suffering from mental illness are at increased risk of poor health and social outcomes, with increased rates of suicidal ideation later in life
  • These children have remained an invisible population within New Zealand. 
​Supporting Parents – Healthy Children (SPHC) aims to mitigate these sobering facts, by achieving better health outcomes for children and their parents.  
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Able Minds works with core agencies (e.g. schools and other social services ) to highlight best SPHC practice, how to recognise potential vulnerabilities within a family unit, supporting parenting skills and capabilities, and ultimately for children to build resilience. ​
This service works towards key outcomes such as: 

The Children: ​

Better understand their parent’s mental illness​​|
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Can communicate with parents about the mental illness (shared family understanding)​
Know they are not to blame / are not responsible​
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The Parent: ​

Gains insight, awareness of early warning signs & capacity to manage mental illness​
Receives treatment, support and greater parenting capacity
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If you would like Able Minds’ SPHC coordinator to visit your workplace, please email [email protected]
Read more information on the Ministry of Health Supporting Parents – Healthy Children guidelines