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He kete rauemi: Challenging discrimination

Kaimahi (health workers) can use this collection of resources to build their knowledge and skills for Challenging discrimination.

In Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika, the Real Skill Challenging discrimination aims to ensure: People working in health are strong advocates for the elimination of discrimination relating to addiction, mental health challenges, racism, and all other forms of discrimination.

There’s something here for everyone. On this page you will find a range of free resources such as e-learning modules, videos, podcasts, guidance documents, and practical tools. You can use these resources to increase your knowledge and skills, especially the gaps identified in the Real Skills assessment tool. Weave them into your individual or team development plans.

The resources are organised below into the three levels of the framework: essential, enhanced, and leadership.

Essential level (for everyone working in health)

Words can heal

A language resource (7 pages) that provides guidance to kaimahi on how to use language to uplift, validate, and tautoko people.

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He kete rauemi: Working alongside tāngata whai ora

A collection of resources to help kaimahi build knowledge and skills, including resources about engaging with Pasifika, ethnic communities, disabled people, and takatāpui and rainbow communities. Includes enhanced and leadership resources.

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He kete rauemi: Working alongside tāngata whenua

A collection of resources to help kaimahi build knowledge and skills for engaging with Māori. Includes enhanced and leadership resources.

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Guidelines for reducing prejudice, self-stigma and discrimination

Written guidance (6 pages) for kaimahi that provides definitions of self-stigma, prejudice, and discrimination, as well as ways to reduce stigma.

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Ao Mai te Rā video and podcast series

This video and podcast series from the Ministry of Health is hosted by Dr Hinemoa Elder with a focus on promoting anti-racism practice. 12 episodes that are approx. 30-45 mins each.

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Understanding bias in health care

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission offers a series of videos to help kaimahi understand bias in health care.

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Enhanced level (for everyone working in mental health and addiction roles)

The importance of language

Brief evidence update (5 pages) that provides kaimahi with information about the use of language and its influence on people and least restrictive practice in mental health settings.

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Whakanui Whaiora – Storytelling resource

Nōku te Ao provides a five-part video series about the influence of lived experience stories in contributing to hope, compassion, and inclusion. Each video is approx. 2 mins. They also offer Puna Pūtea | Social Action Grants for projects that aim to promote positive change and inclusion.

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Cultural competency training for clinicians working in a psychiatric context

eCALD offers e-learning modules to help mental health kaimahi develop cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) competence. Modules range from 2 to 4 hours of self-paced learning.

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InsideOUT Kōaro

Free rainbow and takatāpui competency training for the mental health and addiction workforce. InsideOUT Kōaro offers service-based workshops as well as workshops that are open for individual kaimahi.

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Supporting Aotearoa’s rainbow people: A practical guide for mental health professionals

Written guidance (50 pages) for mental health kaimahi to strengthen their skills in supporting rainbow people. Developed by the Youth Wellbeing Study and RainbowYOUTH.

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Leadership level (for everyone who is leading, guiding, educating and resourcing the work of others in health)

See the Arataki leadership tool and workforce planning and development webpage for information and resources to help you grow and shape the workforce to achieve service goals related to this Real Skill.

He arataki ki ngā kaimahi mātau ā-wheako

Written guide (50 pages) for employers, managers, and services who include lived experience roles or are intending to employ or work with lived experience roles.

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Co-designing with consumers, whānau and communities

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission provides information, resources and practical advice about engagement and co-design with tāngata whai ora and whānau.

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The Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT)

HEAT is a planning tool that improves the ability of mainstream health programmes and services to promote health equity. The user guide (49 pages) includes a copy of the tool, guidance and tasks to help explore the tool in detail, and case examples.

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Whiria te Muka Tangata: Anti-Racism Systems Change

Whiria te Muka Tangata is a preliminary systems change model that provides an organisational and system-level blueprint for anti-racism action in health (30 pages). Includes an implementation guide and the Ao Mai te Rā videos and podcasts.

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Toolkit for working in a culturally diverse workplace

eCALD provides written guidance (65 pages) for kaimahi working in a culturally diverse workplace to improve cross-cultural interactions. There is a specific section that provides information for managers who lead culturally diverse teams.

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Te Uru Tāngata Centre for Workplace Inclusion

Board and executive training programme about supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace (cost applies). They also provide resources and tools for leaders.

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Tips for talking to the media about mental health

Short video (5 mins) that offers five top tips for how to talk to the media to get the most out of your interview, and keep yourself and your communities safe. The video is mainly for people sharing their lived experiences, but can also be useful for leaders.

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