Elderly Support Practitioner
7 months ago
**Experienced Elderly Support Professional**:
- ** Kawerau based organisation**:
- ** Modern working environment with supportive management team**
Our client Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora are looking for a trustworthy, confidential, well-organised Social Work Practitioner to join their team. Established in 1995, our client provides quality health, social and education services for all who reside within the rohe of Tuwharetoa Ki Kawerau and Eastern Bay of Plenty.
**He aha te tūnga | About the role**
**Key responsibilities of the role include**:
- Successfully implement interventions and strategies that reduce the risk of social isolation, neglect and/or abuse
- Building rapport and working collaboratively with uri and their whānau including caregivers to develop goals and strategies to keep uri well
- Identifying and monitoring any health and wellbeing issues
- Preparing referrals to ensure kaimahi respond to immediate crisis as soon as possible
- Ensuring the client is fully informed and involved in decisions
- Working collaboratively with whānau and caregivers to empower and support uri
- Identifying needs and preparing referrals to external agencies for additional services
- Providing education and health promotion to strengthen uri well-being and resilience
- Completing reporting requirements, ensuring strict client confidentiality
- File management, capture date and update progress details
- Ensuring all documentation is accurate and are managed and filed as per protocol
- Be a Registered practitioner/social worker with a current practicing certificate
- A minimum of three years’ experience, in a similar role
- Proven experience working in a kaupapa Māori environment
- Knowledge of TKKH and the Eastern Bay of Plenty Communities
- Strong relationship and network management
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent computer literacy skills, with proficiency in all Microsoft Office functions
- Be positive, adaptable to change and resilient
- Knowledge of Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau tikanga and kawa is desirable
- Competency in Te Reo Māori and a good understanding of tikanga Māori is desirable
It goes without saying that you will be professional, trustworthy, confidential and have excellent attention to detail. Having strong leadership and vision and respect for diverse backgrounds, cultures and individual values are essential qualities too.
**Why Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora?**
With a vision of Ko te noho ōranga o te whānau o te tīnana o te hinengaro o te wairua e tai ai te mauri mō ngā tāngata katoa, Whānau wellbeing is the unity of body mind and spirt the life force for all people and drives what they do.
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