At Whānau Āwhina Plunket we believe that in the first 1000 days of a child’s life, we can make the difference of a lifetime.

Our pro-equity journey is creating exciting career opportunities – If you believe you can positively contribute to better health outcomes for whānau Māori, nau mai, haere mai.

• Are you passionate about improving health outcomes for pēpē, tamariki and whānau?

• Do you have experience working alongside and supporting Whānau Māori, hapū, and iwi?

• Are you confident with te reo Māori and tikanga Māori?

The mahi of our Kaiāwhina supports healthy pēpē, tamariki, confident whānau and connected communities and involves:

• working with whānau Māori with pēpē and tamariki up to five years of age

• focusing on identifying and enhancing whānau strengths and supporting them in achieving their self-determined pae ora goals

• applying mātauranga Māori alongside health promotion, health education, and prevention concepts in their work with whānau, hapū, and iwi.

  Whānau Āwhina Plunket is the largest service in Aotearoa supporting the health and wellbeing of pēpē and tamariki under-five and their whānau.

  We are committed to working in partnership with whānau Māori, hapū and iwi providers to ensure services meet the needs of Māori. We have embarked on a pro-equity journey where we strive to give life to Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles of Tino Rangatiratanga, partnership, active protection, equity, and options in our mahi/work to ensure healthy pēpē and tamariki, confident whānau and connected communities.

  This is a permanent role, 0.8 FTE, four days per week in Waitaha (Canterbury).

  We offer

• A place in a great team where we all care about making a difference for pēpē and tamariki and their whānau, hapū, and iwi

• Flexible work hours

• Tablet, and Phone to support your mahi

• Fully funded New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) (Community Health Work)

• All public holidays off.

What we’re looking for someone who has

• An understanding of how the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi helps achieve equitable health outcomes for whānau Māori is desirable

• A commitment to live our values; kia māia – to be courageous, kia Māhaki – to be humble, kia manaaki – to care and kia tūhono – to stand in relationship.

• Be competent with technology.

Apply now to join us in our mahi

To view the position description or to apply for this role please refer to www.plunket.org.nz/careers. For further information please contact; Deb Coughlan, Team Leader, Whānau Āwhina Plunket Phone 021 243 3024

Applications to be made online www.plunket.org.nz/careers and close 5pm Friday 11th February 2022

Whānau Āwhina Plunket has an Immunisation Policy regarding required or recommended vaccinations for all Plunket people (related to COVID as well as other infectious diseases). All our kaimahi are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in line with our Immunisation Policy, and under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021.

As a part of the recruitment process, we will ask about your COVID-19 immunisation status for all roles and will ask you to provide proof of vaccination if successful. If you are concerned, have questions, or have a medical contraindication that you would like to discuss, please feel free to discuss this with our recruitment team or the hiring manager for this role.