Therapy Assistant - Tupu Ora - Regional Eating Disorders

• Assist team members to provide well organised and well supported therapeutic groups to people involved with the Tupu Ora service.
• Permanent, part-time 0.8fte (32 hours) per week, Monday to Friday, based in Greenlane Clinical Centre.

 Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are seeking a Mental Health Assistant to join our service at Tupu Ora.

 Tupu Ora is a regional specialist service providing assessment and treatment for, children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Tupu Ora also provides consultation to and liaison with community services and hospitals in the Metro Auckland and Northland region.

Tupu Ora has a continuum of services including community/outpatient, day programme and residential options. The Tupu Ora community team provides specialist treatment to children, adolescents and adults presenting with moderate to severe eating disorders in the community and outpatient setting. Our community team has both child and adolescent and adult sub-teams. Consideration to the successful 

The purpose of this position is to provide support for therapeutic groups delivered by Tupu Ora. These groups are attended by clients and/or whānau and the role will assist by working alongside the multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals to ensure that effective and high-quality clinical service is delivered in an organised and cohesive way.

 For further details, please refer to the position description https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VoI90qbX4vTHcHpSmmoGirGJptEwL5uy/view?usp=sharinghere.

 Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

• You will have previous experience within mental health and/or eating disorders services
• You will have a commitment to biculturalism and to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori.
• A qualification (certificate/diploma) in Mental Health Support work is essential for this role.
• This is a Community based role, so a full Driver Licences is required.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

 We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. 

 We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

 We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

 He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Reshma Amin - Recruitment Consultant at Reshma.Amin@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz or 021574042 to discuss how we can best support your application.