Casual Community Mental Health Professionals

Casual hours - Monday to Sunday, when and as required basis
- Career development opportunities
- Work with a great team of dedicated individuals

Te Toka Tumai is for looking for casual Administrators to join the rest of our team at Temporary Staffing Bureau to provide unforeseen cover for day-to-day operation of all clerical and administrative support services across our hospitals.
Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.
We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Te Te Whatu Ora I Te Toka Tumai has four adult community mental health centres (CMHCs): Manaaki House (Panmure), Cornwall House (Greenlane), Taylor Centre (Ponsonby) and Kainga Tiaki (Mt Eden). We provide a range of high-quality therapeutic programmes with a strong multi-disciplinary focus. You'll be continually stimulated and challenged as you work with a diverse group of clients presenting a range of mental health needs.

**Within our CMHCs we have two services**:
The Care and Recovery Service is a multi-disciplinary team that provides a comprehensive range of therapeutic treatment options in collaboration with service users, their families/whānau, and local communities. This is achieved through the assessment and management of the complex health needs of service users, with the provision of effectively planned, episodic care that supports them to manage their overall healthcare needs.
The position description for the role can be found here.
The Community Acute Service provides a comprehensive range of therapeutic treatment options offering and providing intensive home support to service users and their families / whānau as an alternative to in-patient admission. As a key member of this professional, dedicated team, you'll be assessing and managing the needs of service users that are referred to the service with an acute mental health presentation and increased risk. Members of the CAS also work in our urgent response (crisis) service (including weekends and night shifts).
The position description for the role can be found here.
- Your preferred location
- Your preferred team (care and recovery or the community acute service)

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills
This is an opportunity to be a part of a team that will support excellent clinical care into the future, as well as offering the chance to develop your existing mental health knowledge and clinical skills in an established and multidisciplinary work environment. Applicants will need to demonstrate excellent communication skill as we are seeking someone who is dedicated to empowering and enabling service-users. This is ideal for a mental health professional who has experience and skills working with people from a range of cultural backgrounds.
A high level of time management and organisational skills are required. A full and clean NZ driver's licence is essential in this community-based role.
He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
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Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply