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Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora

Social Worker

Dargaville

FULL TIME & PART TIME

December 3, 2024

Community Mental Health & Addiction Services

Based in Dargaville, Kaipara
Permanent, part-time working 36 hours per week (0.9FTE)
Day shifts – no nights or weekends!

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role
We have an opportunity for a motivated Community Mental Health Social Worker to join our General Adult Team at the community site based in Dargaville, Kaipara.

About the Team/Service/ Location
The community mental health service provides community-based assessment and treatment services to people, including those presenting with alcohol and drug issues, through both community follow-up and outpatient clinics. This service also provides the crisis response for mental health, dual diagnosis and clinical rehabilitation.

About you
Working with a passionate, multi-disciplinary team who place great value on putting people first, you will have the standard of clinical practice and expertise necessary to effectively provide for tāngata whaiora and whānau needs within the service here in Northland.
Key requirements:

Registered Social Worker with a current practicing certificate
Experience in acute and community mental health practice
Knowledge and/or experience working with people who have coexisting mental health and substance use problems
Current full driver's licence
Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.

Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply
To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 16 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Michelle Apetera at jobs@northlanddhb.org.nz
Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

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