Clinical Key Worker Social Worker | Fixed Term
Job Location:
Rotorua - New Zealand
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Job Summary
About Us
Guided by a dedicated team ofPoumahi we embody and uphold the values ofmanaakitanga whanaungatangakaitiakitanga pono metetika and manamotuhakein all that we do.
TeTaumatais a leadership organisationestablishedby and for Ngāti Whakaue working across educationtereoMāori housingdevelopmentand social wellbeing.
Today our work reaches hundreds of whānaurangatahitamariki andkōhungahungathrough high-quality whānau-centred programmes and services.
The Role
Te Taumatas Housing and Wellbeing team is rebuilding and growing and clinical capability is central to that. Were expanding our clinical team to three. This social work role is replacing an amazing kaimahi that has recently left the team and it sits alongside our existing Registered Nurse and a new Mental Health and Addiction Specialist were recruiting at the same time.
Its a real opportunity to help shape what clinical practice looks like here: bringing technical strength into the team and coaching and guiding our Key Workers in their day to day work with whānau.
Addiction is the thread running through most of what our team deals with and youll bring the social work lens to it. Safeguarding family harm whānau systems the statutory interface and the practical advocacy that makes treatment possible when housing income or care arrangements are in the way.
Key Workers hold the relationship and the plan. You strengthen what the team can recognise respond to and refer safely and you step in where complexity or risk calls for it.
At its heart this role is about relationships walking alongside whānau in a way thats grounded in kaupapa Māori trauma informed practice Housing First principles and mana enhancing support.
Youllneed:
- A relevant tertiary qualification in social work
- Current registration with the Social Workers Registration Board and a practising certificate or eligibility and a commitment to register
- Experience with alcohol and other drug harm and with safeguarding or family harm. Formal AOD training or DAPAANZ affiliation is a plus
- A current full New Zealand Driver Licence
Youllbe working with vulnerable whānau so the right skills and experience really matter.
Fixed-term positions through to June 2028 available full-time or part-time based in Rotorua.
Contact Lauren on or to learn more about the role.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
RYHR are HR, people and recruitment specialists working with organisations (mainly small to medium) throughout New Zealand.
