Occupational Therapist

2 weeks ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility location

  • Join a valuebased organisation committed to advancing health equity for Māori
  • Focus on humanising and healing
'Kotahi anō te kaupapa, ko te oranga o te iwi' - 'There is only one purpose to our work: the wellness and wellbeing of our people.

Ara Poutama Aotearoa Health Services lead the delivery of patient-focused primary health care services to tangata within corrections facilities across Aotearoa.

Hōkai Rangi, our over-arching strategic direction, places the focus on health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.

Building our frameworks from a Mātauranga Māori basis is our focus to drive and support equity for Māori, which in turn will contribute to achieving our outcomes of reducing reoffending.

Mō te tūnga | About the role
We are seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our new hauora hinengaro (mental health) team based in Wiri, Auckland.

You'll be working as part of our Intervention & Support Practice Team, dedicated to providing high quality mental health support and treatment to the most vulnerable people in our care.

Your role as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, is to provide quality assessment and deliver safe and clinically effective interventions to enhance the mental health and wellbeing of people in our care that are aligned to best practice mental health service provision.

This new position will suit an Occupational Therapist who demonstrates a strong commitment to culturally safe practice and partnership.

Our teams are committed to modelling expert clinical practice and ensure a strong focus on Humanising and Healing - respecting the human dignity and inherent mana of all people in our care, and their whānau.

You'll be motivated to promote the delivery of holistic and recovery-oriented health services across the prison environment, including kaupapa Māori practices that align to Hokāi Rangi.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

  • NZ Registered Occupational Therapist with current annual practising certificate
  • Member of Occupational Therapy New Zealand
  • Professional Association (desirable)
  • Strong practice in mental health such as community, acute, forensic care, or recovery and rehabilitation
  • Knowledge about mental health models for example the recovery model, risk assessment and management
  • Can operate effectively in a Māori cultural setting and has an understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and how it relates to health and wellbeing
  • Able to provide mental health assessment, case formulation and treatment based upon evidence of what constitutes best practice in a Correctional setting
  • Strong, people engagement, relationshipbuilding and collaborations skills
  • Ability to be flexible and adapt behaviour to reflect diverse situations and people, and deal positively with difficult situations and people
The salary range for this role starts from $60,606 to $80,716 based on demonstrable skills and experience
Mō mātou | About us

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whānau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.

To apply, please submit a CV and a tailored cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience.

Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success - we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.

Disclaimer
For international applicants, please confirm your eligibility to register as an Occupational Therapist in New Zealand. You must be registered or registerable before we can consider you for appointment as per New Zealand law. The OTBNZ will advise you of your eligibility to register, please review this Registration link in the first instance.

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