Sudi Prevention Coordinator

**Where you'll be working**: The Whatu Ora Waikato Māori Health Services

**The details**: Permanent Full time - 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE) - Some weekends

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
The Te Whatu Ora Waikato Hapū Wānanga Team are on the lookout for someone with experience in women's health, passionate about Kaupapa Māori SUDI Prevention. This is an exciting proactive role full of variety in coordinating and delivering the Safe Sleep programme. If you are looking for a role that will make a difference to families living within vulnerable communities and you are wanting to work in an empowering way then this is the position for you.

You will be a confident presenter with great relationship skills, linking in with the national SUDI Prevention programme service specifications. Supporting both secondary and primary maternity carers, PHOs', communities, whanau, hapu and iwi - caring for whānau in pregnancy and with under five year olds, to providing positive parenting awareness and screening for SUDI risk factors to increase the appropriate use of safe sleeping interventions for wāhine and whanau.

**This is such a rewarding opportunity**:
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to make a genuine difference to priority wahine and their whanau

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to be a part of the national SUDI Prevention and Safe Sleep program

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to break barriers in offering and delivering Safe Sleeping interventions

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Mōu | About you
Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:
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Sound accountability and reporting skills

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Excellent communication skills

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Capability to work strategically and collaboratively with communities, primary maternity carers, inpatients and community based services to reduce health inequities

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Ability to influence and build relationships to empower the message of prevention and safe sleeping

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart

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Whakamana - Give and earn respect

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Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me

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Mauri Pai - Fair play

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Whakapakari - Growing the good

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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