Wellness Advisor

2 weeks ago

Upper Hutt, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Wellness Advisor. Expect the unexpected.
- Permanent
- Reports to Police National HQ
- Wellington District: Covers Wellington /Lower Hutt Area
- Band H - Starting range $87,401.00
- JR 4523086

About the role

NZ Police Wellness Advisors provide a variety of services including individual assessment interventions and education to minimize the impact of trauma and build resilience.

We are looking to ensure our team reflects a diverse range of culture ,experience and backgrounds so if you are a Registered Social Worker, Nurse or Occupational Therapist or Counsellor with relevant professional body membership, 3-5years experience in mental health and are looking for change and a challenge where no day is the same then we are keen to hear from you.

**The role includes**:

- Provision of psychosocial assessment and brief interventions
- Providing psychological first aid and screening for the impact of trauma
- Completing referrals if needed to NZ Police contracted psychologists
- Providing advice to supervisors on a range of topics related to managing staff wellbeing
- Building resilience and promoting psychological health through education to adults as individuals and groups
- Providing trauma support to areas or workgroups who are experiencing the impact of national emergency events or critical incidents

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**You will**:

- Be confident in triage, case management and your mental health assessment skills and knowledge
- Enjoy working with a wide variety of staff and situations ranging from mental health risk assessment to providing psychoeducation to adults/groups
- Be calm under pressure with an organised and flexible approach that can accommodate a range of tasks despite unexpected demands
- Be able to working autonomously and still be a team player
- Self-assured but approachable in style with a sense of humour that will mean you find it easy to make ,build and maintain relationships

**Special Requirements**:

- Professional qualification (Registered Social Work, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Counselling with Professional body membership)
- Must have current Professional registration and practicing certificate and /or professional body membership where required.
- Must have a minimum of 5 years post grad clinical experience.

**Additional Information**:

- Must reside in the Wellington area (your base is at Wellington Police Station)
- Full time, 40 hours per week
- NZ Police pays for your annual practicing certificate, a standby allowance for on call, allowances if travelling overnight and monthly external professional supervision
- You will need a full NZ driver’s license. Travel within your District (a vehicle is provided) is expected. On occasion travel outside of your District may be required.
- You will need to contribute to the on call roster and on occasion deploy out of hours.
- An orientation will be provided along with ongoing collegial support.
- Your Team Leader is based in Wellington and your team are dispersed across the Lower North and South Island, so it is essential that you are comfortable with using technology to join with meetings (or being willing to learn).

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.
We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business - Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor.

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time.

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Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

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