An Aotearoa in which all disabled people have equal opportunity to live good lives.
To help maximise the potential of the people we support.
At Spectrum Care, ours is no ordinary job. Many of our customers are non-verbal, but they have plenty to say if you know how to listen. More than a few have substantial physical challenges to meet.
Many of the families we work with have been tested to the limits before we even meet them. Their strength, their resilience and their love for the people we are asked to support is without question, as is the respect we have for them.
What’s our work? To help identify the unique potential in every one of the people we support, then lend a hand to help them realise it. No matter how complex someone’s challenges may be, they are worthy and they are of immense value. In our books, to not see this is the true disadvantage.
Since we began our service over twenty-five years ago, we’ve had a bit of practice at jumping hurdles alongside the people and whanau we support. After all these years, our experience and commitment could now be considered well earned.
Spectrum Care, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spectrum Foundation, is now a leading provider of services for New Zealanders who live with disability. But it’s the strength of our commitment to the people we support that we’re most proud of, as size alone doesn’t realise potential in people the way passion and positivity can.
Often we’re in partnership with people and their whanau for their lifetimes – offering support, guidance and wholehearted optimism with every step. Through each stage of someone’s life, we face the challenges together and empower their capabilities. We believe there is no greater disability than the inability to see more in a human being.
In July 2021, we renamed our parent body Spectrum Foundation (formerly Spectrum Care Trust Board) which, as well as having group responsibilities across our two subsidiaries, aims to provide opportunities for disabled people and their whānau to live a good life by breaking the barriers to achieving equitable outcomes in health, housing, education, employment and self-determination.
Spectrum Care is now the ‘services’ subsidiary of Spectrum Foundation, and aims to maximise the potential of the people it supports by being a trusted partner and delivering customer-led support options that empower choice, freedom and independence.
Similarly, Homes of Choice is now the ‘housing’ subsidiary of Spectrum Foundation and provides great homes which enable choice and affordability for people with disabilities.
Its focus is on housing people better, housing more people and growing through partnerships and funding.
