He kete rauemi: Working within communities

This e-learning provides kaimahi with opportunities to explore and reflect on working within communities. Approx. 2 to 3 hours of self-paced learning that can be completed in stages.

The Centre of Māori Suicide Prevention offers a free suite of wānanga developed as a way of addressing Māori suicide. This is for anyone who work with Māori, especially those who work in NGOs, community-based groups, Hauora providers, iwi, marae and whānau champions.

Le Va offers free training on suicide prevention especially designed for people who work in communities or in frontline community roles. Options include e-learning (2.5 hours) or in person workshops (full day).

Let’s End Loneliness outlines actions for kaimahi working within communities that can lead to people feeling included and taking part in community activities.

Recovery capital refers to the internal and external resources that individuals can access to support their recovery from addiction. This involves supporting people to identify and build their personal strengths, social support, and community resources. Healthify He Puna Waiora provides short videos (4-6 mins each) to help kaimahi learn about recovery capital.

New Zealand Drug Foundation provides useful information to introduce kaimahi to harm reduction values, initiatives, and programmes.

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission offers e-learning for kaimahi to learn about engaging tāngata whai ora, whānau, and communities in co-design processes. Approx. 20 mins to complete each module.

Kaimahi can use the Access and Choice directory to find free and local mental wellbeing support for tāngata whai ora and whānau. The directory includes Kaupapa Māori, Pacific-led, and youth services.

Kaimahi can use the Healthpoint directory to find local support for tāngata whai ora and whānau. The directory includes specific areas such as Kaupapa Māori, Pacific, gambling harm, smoking cessation, and maternal services.

Kaimahi can learn more about harm reduction principles and approaches that centre on equity, cultural integrity, and lived experience through these He Aka Hui presentations (90 mins) from the Whāriki Addiction Series.

Kaimahi can learn more about gambling harm in our communities and the initiatives and services available to support people though these He Aka Hui presentations (90 mins) from the Whāriki Addiction Series.

New Zealand Drug Foundation provides written guidance on implementing harm reduction with different communities, such as Māori, Pasifika, Asian, youth, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Kaimahi can connect tāngata whai ora and whānau with LinkPeople, a service that specialises in supporting tāngata whai ora in secondary mental health, addiction, and forensic services into stable housing.

Kaimahi can connect tāngata whai ora and whānau with Workwise, a service that specialises in supporting people who are facing personal or health challenges to return to work or stay in employment.

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.

An infographic outlining the values and approaches that support effective collaboration in the mental health and addiction sector.

Work Counts provides expert support and training for organisations to develop and deliver Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment support programmes within their 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.

New Zealand Drug Foundation provides a service reflection tool to help your service reflect on harm reduction. The tool can help your team reflect on your current harm reduction practices and brainstorm ways harm reduction could be developed or expanded.

Inspiring Communities offer training (cost applies) about community-led development, which is an approach to improving hauora of the local community.