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Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika health sector stories

See how other organisations are using Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika

Te Whatu Ora, NGOs and professional bodies across the health sector are using Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika to grow their health workers and improve outcomes for people and whānau with mental health and addiction needs.

If you would like to share your story of using Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika in your health setting, please contact our Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika Programme Lead, Trish Gledhill.

Please note, while these stories feature use of Let's get real rather than the updated framework Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika, the lessons remain relevant and useful to the application of the framework across the health sector.

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Learn how Odyssey, Auckland uses Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika values workshops to bring their diverse teams and services together to understand their common purpose and take action. Odyssey is building a workplace where their people are best equipped to support New Zealanders with addiction needs.
Get inspired by how the Salvation Army partnered with Te Pou and software provider, Centranum, to build an online professional development tool incorporating the Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika seven Real Skills to grow their people capabilities and tailor their individual learning pathways.
Hear from Te Whatu Ora Waitematā about how they use Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika to adapt to changing demographics, as well as building their collective capacity to best respond to culturally diverse communities.

Find out how using Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika has enabled Grace Ryu from Te Whatu Ora Waitematā and Dave Burnside from Odyssey to transform their people processes to improve workforce engagement and culture.

Hear about how using Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika in tertiary education programmes has equipped Jane Barrington, Professional Teaching Fellow Course Coordinator at The University of Auckland to ensure the emerging health workforce is equipped to respond to people and whānau with mental health and addiction needs.

More from Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika champions

We talked with Evelien Post, mental health service manager, PACT Lower Northern Region

Toni Tinirau, previously clinical operations manager, He Waka Tapu, shares her insights about what it takes to introduce Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika through leadership into a kaupapa Māori service

Chris Hocken discusses her work with Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika in her roles with Te Whatu Ora MidCentral and NGOs.

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