Health Improvement Practitioner
4 weeks ago
21 January 2025
**Psychology, Counselling & Social Work (Healthcare & Medical)**:
**Palmerston North**:
**Full-time**:
- Are you passionate about the health and wellbeing of our community?
- Would you like work within a General Practice or Iwi and Māori Provider who are committed to providing high quality mental health support to tāngata whaiora and whānau?
- Working in the Horowhenua and Palmerston North region
**About THINK Hauora**:
At THINK Hauora we are committed to enhancing health and wellbeing within all communities, including Māori, Pasifika, Youth, and LGBTQIA+ communities, across our rohe. We value diversity and inclusivity, and we warmly welcome individuals from all walks of life to contribute to our vision of Connecting Communities for Wellbeing.
THINK Hauora is committed to Te Tīriti o Waitangi and is an exemplar Te Tīriti Partner whose Board and employees actively contribute to the achievement of Pae Ora (Healthy Futures for Māori) across our rohe. We maintain this by expressing and activating the five principles of Te Tīriti o Waitangi across all layers of our organisation.
- **Tino Rangatiratanga** | Self-determination
- **Mana Taurite** | Equity
- **Whakamarumarutia** | Active Protection
- **Kōwhiringa** | Options
- **Pātuitanga** | Partnership
**About the Role**:
Join the Te Ara Rau Access & Choice team to provide brief psychological interventions and hauora support in Horowhenua and Palmerston North regions with a high priority to the needs to the population within the Horowhenua region.
As a Health Improvement Practitioner, you will:
- Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions (e.g., CBT, MI, ACT).
- Promote self-management skills and coordinate mental health and addiction responses.
- Monitor physical and mental health needs.
- Facilitate access to care packages and self-management resources.
- Collaborate with General Practice Teams.
**Key Qualifications**:
- Agile and flexible mindset.
- Minimum two years’ experience in mental health settings.
- Registered health professional with a current practising certificate.
- Awareness of clinical risk and has problem-solving skills.
- Cultural competence and effective communication skills.
- Basic understanding of primary care and general practice teams.
- Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Current driver’s license.
- Willingness to provide education and training.
**Join Us**:
Work alongside a diverse team passionate about delivering primary health care and making a positive impact on community wellbeing.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received with the aim of filling the position as soon as possible.
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