Workforce data and information
Workforce data and information
Te Pou regularly describes the workforce delivering alcohol and drug, forensic, and mental health services. This includes information to understand the workforce size, role composition, challenges like vacancies and turnover, and characteristics like age and ethnicity.
Our reports describe:
- the overall workforce delivering services in various healthcare settings
- NGO community and Te Whatu Ora secondary workforce estimates for services to adults aged 18 and over
- the characteristics of Te Whatu Ora mental health and addiction employees based on information from the Health Workforce Information Programme (HWIP).
Te Pou also reports on the profile of health coach and health improvement practitioner trainees.
Te Pou can help understand your workforce
Wondering how to get a better understanding of your workforce and compare it with others in the sector? Te Pou can help.
We can support Te Whatu Ora providers to collate and analyse their employee information from the HWIP Te Whatu Ora employees’ dataset.
For NGOs, try out our workforce data collection template and segmentation tool
Other collections
Te Pou is one of many agencies that collect and report on mental health and addiction workforce information, others include:
- Whāraurau
- Te Rau Ora and Whare Tukutuku
- Professional bodies like dapaanz
- Te Hiringa Mahara the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

Resources
Te Pou has a wide range of evidence-based resources and tools to help the mental health, addiction and disability workforces.
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Te Pou works alongside mental health and addiction services, and disability organisations to understand their priorities and workforce challenges.
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