Community Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton Full time

**Where you’ll be working**:Wairoa CBD, 87 Alexandra Street, Hamilton

**The details**:Permanent
- 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- **Be part of the national transformation in Health**
- **Exciting opportunity to join a Mental Health and Addiction Service for tamariki, rangatahi and whanau.**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

This role offers great opportunities to work in a team to support tamariki and rangatahi in the acute phase of their recovery, improve the lives of whānau who experience serious mental health issues, and to achieve equity for Māori. The team has a strong emphasis on whānau involvement in the recovery of their loved ones care. As a community-based service, we are open Monday to Friday.

**Click here** to view the position description.**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)_

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

We are the Te Whatu Ora, Waikato Infant Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Addiction Service - Hamilton (ICAMHS). We provide specialist services for infants, tamariki and rangatahi experiencing serious mental health challenges. If you enjoy wide open green spaces, cycle trails, têxtile learning, waananga, whakapapa research or connection and much more, then living and working in the Waikato would suit you.

**Mōu | About you**

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

- You are someone committed to working in a whānau centred way that includes providing services in a way that meets the needs of all tamariki, rangatahi, whānau, hapu and Iwi.
- This position would suit a person committed to doing their best to achieve overall whānau wellbeing.
- Being active in the local iwi or hapu and an awareness and understanding of te iwi maori me oona tikanga, (maori culture and values) and being able to connect with the whanau on all levels would be an asset to this role.

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the remarkable Maungatautari Ecological Reserve.

Waikato is the home of the Kiingitanga and rich in Māori culture. Waikato Hospital sits on whenua gifted by Waikato iwi, situated on the banks of the mighty Waikat

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