Haumaru Whānau Coordinator - Family Harm

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Mui Hawkes Bay

EHARA TAKU TOA I TE TOA TAKITAHI. ENGARI, HE TOA TAKITINI.

Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.
Permanent, Full-time
80 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE)
Join Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive, and people-centered health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and well-being of everyone in Aotearoa, and we have got an opportunity for you to be part of it.
An exciting opportunity for a registered Social Worker to join the Haumaru Whānau team. We are a collection of programmes that support clinicians across the Central Region, National Public Health Service Hawke’s Bay through training and consultation, policy and practice guideline development, to provide a safe and timely response to those in need in our community.
Our programmes include responses to family harm, child abuse and neglect, early intervention for vulnerable pregnant women, and coordination of suicide prevention and postvention responses. We are proud of our service’s diverse portfolios and work closely to support each other in this challenging field.

Your role will be predominantly in the family harm specialism, and will include the following responsibilities;

• Developing and delivering training to professionals
• Supporting professionals to identify family harm risk and respond accordingly
• Building networks to produce better outcomes for individuals and their whānau
• Developing equitable programmes and engaging with whānau, hapū and Iwi
• Being self-motivated and driven to identify and respond to quality improvement activities to support the team goals
• Supporting the child abuse and neglect and suicide prevention pathways

If you have a passion for building a safer supported community then we encourage you to apply for this role.
Located in the sunny Hawkes Bay we live in pure paradise. We are known for award-winning food, outstanding architecture, and warm balmy days surrounded by magnificent landscape.
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay in general encourages a workforce that is innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills and is passionate about caring for our community. As part of our team we will support, encourage and help you to develop your career with us.
We are committed to delivering and living our Health New Zealand values of He kauanuanu – Respect, Ākina – Improvement, Rāranga te tira– Teamwork and Tauwhiro – Care. You should be someone who has similar personal values.
Here at Hawke’s Bay District, we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community. Hawkes Bay District is pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
We are proud of our team’s diversity. We know the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us achieve the best outcomes for our patients and the communities in which we operate and serve

• Developing and delivering training to professionals
• Supporting professionals to identify family harm risk and respond accordingly
• Building networks to produce better outcomes for individuals and their whānau
• Developing equitable programmes and engaging with whānau, hapū and Iwi
• Being self-motivated and driven to identify and respond to quality improvement activities to support the team goals
• Supporting the child abuse and neglect and suicide prevention pathway