Specialist Assessment, Facilitation, and Consultancy Services

Kea Consultancy conducts thorough assessments for both kinship and foster care placements, focusing on the safety, stability, and suitability of carers to meet the needs of children and young people.

Our process includes structured interviews with all household members, home visits, and a review of support systems, parenting capacity, and relational dynamics. We apply a strengths-based framework to identify protective factors and potential risks, and provide clear, evidence-informed recommendations to support permanency planning.

We also offer annual placement reviews to evaluate the ongoing suitability of care arrangements, monitor progress, and ensure that placements continue to meet the child’s evolving emotional, developmental, and practical needs.

We provide specialist Guardianship and Permanent Care Assessments that focus on the long-term suitability of proposed guardians to assume full legal responsibility for a child or young person.

We explore the guardian’s understanding of their legal obligations, their capacity to provide enduring care without ongoing statutory involvement, and their commitment to supporting the child’s development and wellbeing into adulthood.

Our assessment process includes a review of the guardian’s lifestyle, relationships, and long-term stability, culminating in a professional report that supports informed decision-making around permanency.

At Kea Consultancy we facilitate Family Group Conferences that empower families to lead the planning for their children’s safety and wellbeing.

Misty is a qualified Family Group Conference Facilitator who creates culturally safe spaces where families, professionals, and support networks come together to build practical, strengths-based plans. Our facilitation honours family wisdom, promotes shared decision-making, and supports long-term stability.

We co-create cultural plans that celebrate and strengthen a child’s identity, belonging, and connection to kin and community.

Working alongside families, Elders, and cultural leaders, we ensure that traditions, language, spirituality, and relationships are woven into the child’s care journey. Our plans nurture pride and lifelong cultural connection.

Misty offers culturally grounded consultation to organisations supporting Māori whānau, drawing on lived experience and deep understanding of tikanga and whanaungatanga.

We walk alongside services to strengthen culturally safe, whānau-led practice, supporting decision-making that upholds whakapapa, nurtures identity, and fosters healing through iwi and hapū connections.

Kea Consultancy facilitates Family Finding processes to reconnect children and young people with extended family members and significant adults who can contribute to their long-term safety, stability, and sense of belonging.

Using structured relational mapping and targeted engagement, we identify and strengthen natural support networks, ensuring children are surrounded by people who know them, care for them, and can play a meaningful role in their lives.

We provide child-focused supervision of family time to support safe, meaningful connections between children and their families. We facilitate regular, supported visits that allow families to maintain relationships, build positive memories, and strengthen bonds.

Our team observes interactions through a strengths-based lens and produces detailed reports that highlight what’s working well and offer practical recommendations to enhance family engagement.

We can also conduct formal reviews of family time arrangements, assessing progress and advising on frequency, supervision levels, venues, and duration to ensure visits continue to meet the child’s evolving needs.

Kea Consultancy provides in-depth reviews of complex case files to support informed, child-centred decision-making.

Our analysis identifies strengths, protective factors, and recurring patterns, while also highlighting opportunities to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.

Each review report is tailored to the specific circumstances of the case and offers clear insights to guide planning, assess risk, and strengthen practice.