Matua Raki is a national workforce development programme funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

 

Our mission is the development of the addiction treatment and related workforces to support consumers/tangata whaiora and their families/whanau to reduce addiction related harm.

Vision

People with alcohol, other drug and gambling problems and their families/whanau have access to highly skilled, well supported and effective treatment and related workforces.

 

In 10 years time one-third of the dedicated addiction treatment workforce will have addiction-related graduate qualifications. Another third will have addiction-related postgraduate qualifications with the remaining third having training related to their level of clinical responsibility.

Our Focus

Our Focus is grounded in: 

• the experience of the consumer and a commitment to de-stigmatisation and celebration of the consumer journey
• the experience of the practitioner at the point of service delivery  

Our Aims

As a national programme, we aim to be:
Fair in distribution of effort and resource
Inclusive, seeking collaborative approaches to workforce development
Solution focused, delivering relevant solutions to workforce barriers and workforce development opportunities
Facilitative ? inspiring, empowering and informing
Efficient ? making quality decisions and applying project management methodology to deliver on time and on budget