Intellectual disability services
Our intellectual disability service provides treatment and rehabilitation for adults and rangatahi (young people) with an intellectual disability who are involved in the criminal justice system. We also provide services to people with an intellectual disability who have a mental health condition.
Contact us
Community mental health intellectual disability team (RIDCAS)
This team is also known as RIDCAS.
Regional intellectual disability secure service (Haumietiketike)
To contact the Haumietiketike unit and step-down cottages:
- phone: 04 918 2640
- email: Haumietiketike@mhaids.health.nz
National youth intellectual disability secure service (Hikitia Te Wairua)
- phone: 04 978 2971
- email: Hikitia@mhaids.health.nz
National individual service unit (Manawai)
- phone: 04 918 2640
- email: Haumietiketike@mhaids.health.nz
Where to find us
Our adult inpatient services are located at:
Rātonga-Rua-o-Porirua campus
Upper Main Drive
Porirua
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Our services for rangatahi are located at:
Kenepuru Community Hospital
16 Hospital Drive
Porirua
How to get to Kenepuru Community Hospital
Community teams work out in the community across the lower North Island.
Services we provide
Community mental health intellectual disability team (RIDCAS)
The RIDCAS team provides specialist advice to local adult mental health teams that need support in caring for a person with an intellectual disability who has a mental health condition.
The team also provides advice to people with intellectual disabilities who are required to live with community providers under Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act.
Regional intellectual disability secure service (Haumietiketike)
Our Haumietiketike unit is an 11-bed secure facility. The unit provides treatment and rehabilitation services for men and women aged over 18 with an intellectual disability who usually have either:
- been involved with the criminal justice system (including police, Corrections or the courts)
- been transferred under the Mental Health Act and who show behaviour that poses a serious risk of physical harm to themselves or others.
People may also have a mental health condition.
National youth intellectual disability secure service (Hikitia Te Wairua
Our Hikitia Te Wairua unit is a 6-bed secure facility. The unit provides treatment and rehabilitation services for rangatahi aged 12 to 17 with an intellectual disability who usually have either:
- been involved with the criminal justice system (including police, Corrections or the courts)
- been transferred under the Mental Health Act and who show behaviour that poses a serious risk of physical harm to themselves or others.
Rangatahi may also have a mental health condition.
National individual service units (Manawai)
Manawai is a specialist service for people with an intellectual disability or mental health condition who have very high and complex behavioural needs. People may be referred to us after they have been living in a secure hospital unit for at least 7 years. Admission to the unit is considered by a national panel of experts.
The unit provides long term care for people in 6 individual apartments.
Referral information
People are usually referred to us through the Forensic Coordination Service for Intellectual Disability (FCS ID).
The FCS ID is a highly specialised service that assesses the needs of people with an intellectual disability who have been involved in the criminal justice system. They also coordinate the services involved in the person's care. The service is provided by Compensation Advisory Services. You can find out how to contact them on the Disability Support Services website.
Disability Support Servicesexternal link
Our local adult community mental health teams can refer people to our community mental health intellectual disability team.