He kete rauemi: Working alongside tāngata whai ora

This e-learning helps kaimahi to understand what engaging and being with people means in their role. Approx. 60-80 mins of self-paced learning.

Written resource (16 pages) for kaimahi and organisations to create safe and supportive spaces.

Free workshops for learning how to support someone experiencing mental health challenges or addiction. Options include in person workshops (full day) or online (three 2-hour sessions).

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

Le Va offers a cultural competency programme for non-Pacific kaimahi at Ministry of Health-funded services. The programme consists of online learning and a full day in person workshop.

Collection of resources to help kaimahi build knowledge and skills in working with ethnic communities. Includes enhanced and leadership resources.

Collection of resources to help kaimahi build knowledge and skills in working with takatāpui and rainbow communities. Includes enhanced and leadership resources.

Te Pou offers a range of e-learning modules about supporting autistic and neurodivergent people, deaf and hard-of-hearing people, and people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

This training package includes an e-learning module (40-60 mins), implementation guide (2 pages) and other resources to support kaimahi in using sensory modulation.

On this page you will find information, learning resources, training, and opportunities for support workers.

This e-learning describes trauma-informed approaches for the mental health and addiction workforce. Approx. 90-120 mins of self-paced learning.

These e-learning modules support kaimahi in applying the Mental Health Act. It covers cultural considerations, supported decision-making, and least restrictive practice. Each module (essential, advanced, specialist) is approx. 3 hours of self-paced learning.

This e-learning provides introductory information about co-existing mental health and addiction problems and other complex needs (CEP). Approx. 60 mins of self-paced learning.

This free workshop helps to increase kaimahi knowledge, skills, and confidence in recognising and responding to intoxication and withdrawal when working in a clinical or community setting. Options include in person workshops (full day) or online (three 2-hour sessions).

Enhanced-level indicators tailored to workforces supporting older people accessing mental health and/or addiction services. Includes a collection of resources to help kaimahi build knowledge and skills.

Written guides to support kaimahi to form effective therapeutic relationships and adapt therapies to meet the specific needs of Māori,
Pasifika, Asian, older adults, new migrants and people with refugee backgrounds. (Note. Most of the guidance are still relevant, but links and resources may be outdated).

Ko Awatea LEARN offers an e-learning for Health NZ kaimahi to learn about a collaborative and strengths-based formulation process of developing an understanding why a person may be presenting in this way, at this point in time. Approx. 80 mins of self-paced learning.

eCALD offers e-learning modules to help kaimahi develop cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) competence. Topics include the principles of cultural competence, cross-cultural approaches to assessment and treatment, and working with interpreters. Modules range from 2 to 4 hours of self-paced learning.

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.

Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika provides a vision for what kaimahi need to know and do when supporting tāngata whai ora and whānau. This guide can help you bring this vision to life in your service.

Written guidance (12 pages) that supports leaders to plan, implement, and sustain an organisation-wide trauma-informed approach.

Written guidance (15 pages) for people leading and managing organisational change in the mental health and addiction sector.

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.

Written guidance (30 pages) on how to authentically engage with the mātau ā-wheako consumer, peer support and lived experience (CPSLE) workforce through co-design activity.

This tool supports leaders and managers to regularly review their progress in shifting towards least restrictive practices through identifying key priorities and supporting ongoing quality improvement and systems change (56 pages).

The KPI Programme provides the sector with information about whānau engagement in services. They also host in-person forums and benchmarking breakouts (online networking discussions) to support data-informed decision-making.

A network for innovators, influencers and leaders in mental health and addiction services to share great ideas about what works. It supports creative collaboration and builds connections to transform services.

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