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Local Service Lead - Hutt South
Location: Wellington District – Lower Hutt- Home Based
Contract: Permanent Full Time (1 FTE)
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
MHAIDS is undertaking a change in the way we deliver mental health and addiction services across the district. We are looking for people who are innovative and passionate about leading people and have a strong grounding in mental health and addiction services in a New Zealand context. As part of this change, we are looking for a Local Service Lead for our Lower Hutt (Hutt South) home base. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a changing environment, believes in integrated care, local community development and can demonstrate experience in working closely with tāngata whaiora and whanau to deliver person-directed specialised mental health and addiction services. You will be able to demonstrate a commitment to equity and improving outcomes for people that focuses on the vision of care closer to home. You will enjoy achieving and driving for results, and working for a service that has a sharp vision and purpose. Supporting staff and working closely with internal and external stakeholders will be a key part of your work, alongside the day to day running of your home base service and functions while managing any issues and risks that may arise. You will be supported by a dedicated project team and will be working with like-minded people who are passionate about the change.
About the Team/Service Location
The Local Adult Specialist Mental Health and Addiction Service is implementing a vision, principles and future model of care that is integrated, culturally responsive, equitable across the district and aligned with national and local directions. Our focus is on local delivery across the district – ‘one system, one service, locally delivered’.
Our principles
Principle 1: Grounded in Te Tiriti ō Waitangi | Whakapapa ki Te Tiriti ō Waitangi
- Tino rangatiratanga
- Equity
- Active protection
- Options
- Partnership
Principle 2: Informed by peers and those with lived experience | Ka whakamōhio e nga hoa me te hunga whai wheako ora
Principle 3: A welcoming, person and whānau-led approach | He huarahi manaaki, tāngata me te whānau
Principle 4: Timely access to services in the community | Te whai waahi ki nga ratonga i roto i te hapori
Principle 5: A strengths-based, trauma-informed and recovery focussed approach, using advanced therapy and evidence based holistic interventions | Mā te mōhio ka whai whakaaro
Over the next 12 months, we will be moving to a locality development. The Local Specialist Adult Mental Health and Addiction Services are delivered from three identified localities (Wellington City, Kapiti-Porirua, Hutt Valley-Wairarapa), to provide the specialist mental health and addiction treatment for tāngata whaiora who live in each locality.
The three core “streams” within which the local adult specialist mental health and addiction functions (community) are:
- Primary Care and Community Transitions
- First Response (encompassing the functions of intake, assessment, and a rapid response to crisis); and
- Local Specialist Mental Health and Addiction (incorporating the FACT model and advanced therapies).
Hutt South is one of the three home bases that make up the Hutt & Wairarapa Locality. Based in Central Lower Hutt, the Local Service Lead will work in partnership with the principal clinician, lived experience lead and local service coordinator to ensure that the needs of the local community.
The Local Service Lead is responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of the home base within the locality. Ensuring the home base meets the needs of tāngata whaiora and whānau, supporting staff, and maintaining the smooth running of the functions within the locality’s home base are key components of this role. The Local Service Lead is not expected to carry a caseload, allowing them to focus on the leadership of core service delivery.
About you
You will be:
- An experienced Mental health and Addiction clinician registered with an appropriate registration body and hold a current APC.
- Committed to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori whānau.
- Have experience leading a team and a passion for service development and improvement.
- A strong advocate and role model for the services vision, principles and model of care including the importance of lived experience voice and peer workforce.
- Have a commitment to ongoing professional development – have a post graduate diploma or masters (or working towards one) preferred.
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.
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. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 28th September. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz.
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.