Te Pou Takawaenga

Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health

• Would you like to make a positive and purposeful impact on tamariki and their whānau?
• Are you interested in supporting transformational change in a dynamic, innovative and challenging clinical context?
• Permanent, Fulltime (40 hours per week)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Starship Community provides multidisciplinary care and cultural support to children, young people and their whānau living within the Auckland DHB area.

The service has three locality based community teams, a central team and a hearing and ear health team.

Our nursing, allied health and technical staff are responsible for delivering health care services to children, young people, their families and whānau in their home, school and community settings.

We are committed to delivering whānau -centered care that focuses on the health and wellbeing of children and their whānau.

Getting to know our communities, working closely with them, removing inequities and barriers to health care for priority populations, are key drivers for us each day.

We are currently seeking an experienced Te Pou Takawaenga to join our team.

You will act as kaitakawaenga to support the positive engagement of tamariki, rangatahi and whānau with health and social services.

A working knowledge of whānau ora practice forms the foundation of this mahi.

A demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong networks with iwi and urban Māori health and social service agencies will be essential to the success of this role.

Ideally you will have child and family social work experience including child protection.

For further details, please refer to the
Position Descriptionhere

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

The successful applicant will:

• You must have a strong sense of team and leadership
• You will be committed to providing cultural support and improving health outcomes for children and their whānau
• Be a qualified registered Social Worker and will have a NZ registration with SWRB
• Have a current annual practicing certificate (APC)
• Current New Zealand driving licence
• Previous experience working in a health setting and in child protection would be an advantage
• Experience working with Maori and Pacific communities is desired

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service.

We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand.

Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.

Te Toka Tumai | Starship Child Health is the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency, and urgent care to children and their whānau.

We seek to lead New Zealand in paediatric service delivery through the building of our reputation as a national centre of excellence in child health care.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.

We offer:

• A competitive salary
• Access to professional development budget
• Supervision
• Partner benefits and discounts
• Free Te Reo classes

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
To view details about our recruitment process, click here.

Advertising Closes:3 September 2023

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