Wellness Advisor

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 - it starts with you
- Based in Counties Manukau
- Band H
- Office of Constable / Police Employee
- Multiple Roles Available - Permanent and Fixed Term (12 months)
- JR 4673842

Mō te tūnga | About the role
The Safer People Group at NZ Police supports the organisation to develop a strong wellness and safety culture.
The purpose of the Wellness Advisor is to prevent harm through education and raising awareness, provide advice and professional support to our staff, and to respond to traumatic incidents through the trauma support policy.
NZ Police Wellness Advisors provide a variety of services including individual assessment interventions and education to minimize the impact of trauma and build resilience for all NZ Police employees.
We are looking to ensure our team reflects a diverse range of culture, experience and background. If you are a Registered Social Worker, Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Counsellor with relevant professional body membership, 3-5 years’ experience in mental health, and are looking for a meaningful challenge where no two days are the same, then we are keen to hear from you.

**Key Accountabilities include**:

- 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 the delivery of 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.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
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.

**To be successful in this role 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 and in situations of ambiguity
- You will have an organised and flexible approach that can accommodate a range of tasks despite unexpected demands
- Be able to work autonomously and be a team player
- Be self-assured with a relaxed, approachable style and a sense of humour that will mean you find it easy to make, build and maintain relationships

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements
- Applicants must reside in Counties Manukau.
- 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.
- You will need a full NZ driver’s license. Travel within your District(s) and on occasion travel outside of your District may be required. (A vehicle is provided).

**Additional Information**:

- NZ Police will cover your annual practicing certificate fee, an annual allowance for on-call work, allowances when travelling overnight and monthly external professional supervision
- You will need to contribute to the on-call roster and on occasion deploy out of hours
- Your Team Leader is based in Auckland and your team are dispersed across the Upper North 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”.

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Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in larg