Consumer Taangata Whaiora Advisor, Mental Health & Addictions

Full time, permanent

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

As a Consumer Taangata Whaiora Advisor, you will use your lived experience of mental health and / or addiction recovery to empower others and reshape the mental health system from the ground up.

Your voiceand the voices of the people you walk alongsidewill help influence policy, design service initiatives, and hold the system accountable to the communities it serves.

This role is all about :

• Amplifying the voices of taangata whaiora, aiga, and whaanau
• Ensuring equity, especially for Maaori, Pacific, disabled, youth, and rainbow communities
• Supporting co-design, project work, hui, and fono that shape the future of care
• Embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and honouring Maaori-led wellbeing initiativesWhat Youll Bring
• NZQA Level 4 qualification in mental health, addictions, social sciences or related fields
• Personal lived experience or experience supporting a close family / whaanau / aiga member through mental health and / or addiction and recovery
• Knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity principles, and Maaori and Pacific worldviews
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to speak Te Reo Maaori or a Pacific Island language
• A full clean NZ drivers licenceWorking at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.

We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

We welcome applications from our diverse Maaori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 19 November

To view the job description, please click here.

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At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us.

We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community.

To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities.

We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan.

Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability.

Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga.

If these are your values too, then join us today.