Mind Health Practitioner

About the Role

Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide culturally safe, community-focused care that helps people build resilience and achieve meaningful change.

Your work will include:

• Providing brief, evidence-based mental health and wellbeing interventions.
• Supporting people experiencing concerns such as stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, relationships, sleep, pain, parenting, trauma, long-term conditions and alcohol or other drug issues.
• Building trusting and culturally safe relationships with individuals, whānau and communities.
• Using Talanoa and Pacific-centred approaches to understand people’s strengths, circumstances, aspirations and goals.
• Supporting practical goal setting, coping strategies, self-management and behavioural change.
• Assessing needs and identifying risk within your professional scope, with appropriate escalation and referral when required.
• Providing warm handovers and connecting people with specialist, clinical, social, cultural and community supports.
• Working collaboratively with GPs, Health Coaches, Navigators, Support Workers, clinicians and other Fono services.
• Contributing to case discussions, supervision, group programmes, outreach, community engagement and health promotion.
• Supporting colleagues through consultation, education and practical advice around mental health and wellbeing.
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement and initiatives that improve outcomes for clients and whānau.

About You

We are interested in hearing from professionals with strong mental health and wellbeing capability who are passionate about equitable, culturally responsive care.

You will have:

Current professional registration or certification acceptable to The Fono and the relevant funder, such as:

• Registered Psychologist
• Registered Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse
• Registered Social Worker
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• NZAC full member o DAPAANZ-Registered Practitioner
• Or another relevant professional qualification accepted by the service

You will also have:

• Relevant experience in primary mental health, community mental health, addiction, counselling, psychology, social work, occupational therapy, nursing, health or a related field.
• Experience providing brief behavioural or therapeutic interventions.
• Knowledge of approaches such as CBT, ACT/FACT or other brief intervention models is advantageous.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and active listening skills.
• The ability to work confidently with individuals, whānau and families.
• Sound professional judgement and the ability to recognise and respond appropriately to risk.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• A commitment to professional development, reflective practice and continuous improvement.
• A genuine commitment to equity, early intervention and improving health outcomes for Pacific communities.
• Pacific cultural knowledge and capability are highly valued. We are looking for people who understand the importance of vā, whanaungatanga, spirituality, family, cultural identity and collective wellbeing, and who can bring cultural humility and responsiveness to their practice.
• A full New Zealand driver's licence is required.

Location: Henderson