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Job Opportunity: M?ori Community Health Worker – Starship Community:Maori Pacific JobsJob description:Job DescriptionThis position requires any worker to be vaccinated for vaccine preventable diseases including Covid-19»Permanent position in Maungarei Locality – fulltime (40 hours per week) »Fixed term position inWhau Locality – fulltime (40 hours per week) »Monday -Friday »Ideally fluent in Te Reo M?ori Starship Community provides wh?nau centred interdisciplinary care and cultural support to children, young people and their wh?nau living within the Auckland DHB area. The service has three locality located community teams, a central team and a hearing and ear health team. We are committedto delivering wh?naucentred care that focuses on the health and wellbeing of children and theirwh?nau. Getting to know our communities and working closely with them to improve health results and timely access to health and discapability services are key drivers for us each day. We are seeking for a M?oriCommunity Health Worker who has community health work practice and engagement with wh?nau, h?pu and iwi and community networks. M?ori Community Health Workers foster relationships of trust to enable wh?nau participation in the health and wellbeing of their tamariki and mokopuna. Starship Community provides outreach services in the home, kura kaupapa, kohanga reo, Marae and community. You will have the opportunity to apply cultural knowledge and community health work practice across the wider service including school located immunisation programme, school health, well child and child development services. We offer a comprehensive orientation programme with on-going mentoring and supervision from our supportive interdisciplinary team. You will also have access to a wide variety of educational opportunities to support your career and professional development. As an employee of the Auckland DHB, there are a variety of work perk discounts and benefits to look forward to, visitOur Benefitsto lgain more. As theM?oriCommunity Health Worker you will have an in depth cultural knowledge and be able to work collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary services to promote hauora and provide cultural support to overall improve health results for M?ori wh?nau. You will demonstrate a practical knowledge and commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. You will be confident in your cultural knowledge and approaches to appropriately engage with tamariki and their wh?nau to build strong relationships and ensure timely access to services as required. To be prosperous you will be confident or developing confidence conversing in te reo me ona tikanga. Ideally you will bring an knowledge of the M?ori approaches of health and a practical knowledge for implementing wh?nau ora. You will have strong communication expertise to be able to create and maintain working relationships with the community and external networks including M?ori providers. We would love to hear from those who: » Hold a full NZ driver's license as the prosperous employee will drive an ADHB pool car » Are ideally fluent in Te Reo M?ori » Have previous practice working within public health and/ or community setting » Have Child Health practice To gain a better knowledge about the function we encourage you to read the full position description, please clickhereto view. If you have any further queries or would like to chat to someone from the service, please feel free to contact our recruitment consultant Honey PillaionHPillai@adhb.govt.nzto lgain more. If you are ready to apply today, please submit an online application via our ADHB careers website. Job Listing reference:GRE00338This position is a Core Children’s worker under the Children’s Act & requires full safety checks completed before any new employee starts. How to submit the application:APPLY HERE. Applications close 24th April 2022.Skills:
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