Local Service Lead

New Zealand Government – Wellington, North Island
Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District
Service: Mental Health Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS)
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: Nursing MECA - Senior Grade 4 or PSA Allied MECA, step 12 - 17
Are you ready to make a difference for our local district specialist mental health and addiction services?
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 Upper Hutt (Hutt North) 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 tangata 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.
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.
Principle 1: Grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Whakapapa ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Equity
Active protection
Options
Partnership
Other key principles underpinning our model of care:
Principle 2: Informed by peers and those with lived experience | Ka whakamohio e nga hoa me te hunga whai wheako ora
Principle 3: A welcoming, person and whanau-led approach | He huarahi manaaki, tangata me te whanau
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 | Ma te mohio ka whai whakaaro
We are currently in the process of 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 tangata 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)
Local Specialist Mental Health and Addiction (incorporating the FACT model and advanced therapies)
Each locality will consist of clinicians and support staff who contribute to the functions that align with their capabilities, training, and expertise. Staff are allocated to a particular home base and provide a range of clinical and non-clinical services.
Hutt North is one of the three home bases that make up the Hutt & Wairarapa Locality. Based in Central Upper 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 are met.
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 tangata whaiora and whanau, 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.
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 Maori whanau
Experienced in leading a team and have 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
Committed to ongoing professional development - having a postgraduate diploma or master's (or working towards one) is preferred
You will enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
Partnering with us to realise the vision of change with a team who are committed and passionate about the vision principles and model of care
Working in partnership with tangata whaiora and whanau in their communities, to build stronger connections across the mental health and addiction system in the localities that you work in
The ability to work more closely with your colleagues across the district, and across the distinct functions and specialities within the service
Opportunities for greater flexibility of both work hours and locations across the district
Greater opportunities for career progression and the development of specialisms in key areas of practice
Access to further training and development
Support from a dedicated project team including project and change management
Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.
Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
Me pehea te tuku tono - How to apply
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