Whānau Support Worker

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is a not-for-profit kaupapa Māori health organisation, based in Hauraki. Providing medical, wellness and community services in Coromandel, Paeroa, Waihi, Te Aroha and Whitianga areas. We have successfully delivered services in Hauraki since 1994 and aim to be a leading indigenous health provider by providing high-quality, whānau-centred services in the Hauraki locality.

We are looking for a Whānau Support Worker to join our Oranga Hinengaro (community based primary mental health and addictions) team. The role is required to work with whānau experiencing distress across the Hauraki rohe.

The core components of the Whānau Support Worker role are that you will:

Support whānau to gain knowledge, skills, tools, build resilience and confidence they need to better manage their mental distress to take an active part in their wellbeing journey.

Help set goals and support whānau to work towards them

Help find resources to support whānau social, emotional and physical wellbeing

We can offer the successful candidate workplace variety, a supportive team and management structure as well as a competitive salary. We are iwi-owned with a strong focus on providing high-quality affordable health care for our community.

We need someone who is highly engaged and passionate about working with our whānau in a kaupapa Māori environment. The successful candidate will need to be committed to achieving health equity and driving quality improvement to ensure better health outcomes.

Please note, only New Zealand based applicants with eligibility to work in New Zealand will be considered for this opportunity.

If this sounds like you, please apply now!

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

For a copy of the Position Description, please email your request to: [email protected]

Mauri Ora.