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"Our workforce - including service users and tangata whaiora - is vital in providing leadership and improving mental health and addiction in New Zealand, and over the next 10 years will play a pivotal role in developing services and leading change towards a culture of recovery".
Te Kökiri The Mental Health and Addiction Action Plan 2006 -2015
As part of the Matua Raki team, Rhonda Robertson, Consumer Project Leader, will be co-ordinating projects that develop and support the capacity and capability of our addiction treatment consumer workforce, as well as supporting the other Matua Raki activities and projects.
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Consumer Update Winter 09 |
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Aotearoa Alcohol and Other Drug Consumer Network |
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The Matua Raki Consumer Project Leader fills a national role developing the consumer addiction perspective and supports the strengthening of that perspective in areas of peer support, career pathways for the consumer workforce and leadership training, (management and consumer advisor).
Specific actions to take place:
- Identify current best practice in the establishment and implementation of dedicated consumer roles.
- Establish a Consumer Leadership Advisory Group to meet four times annually to participate in Matua Raki workforce development planning. [Members of the Matua Raki Consumer Leadership Group: Marc Beecroft (ADANZ Christchurch), Joe Hall (PACT Greymouth), Hayley Theyer (Waitemata DHB), Michael Hitchcock (Auckland), Rhonda Robertson (Matua Raki), Vicki Kiddell (Whangarei), Sheridan Pooley (Waitemata DHB), Anaru Perenara (Counties Manukau Alcohol Other Drug Consumer Network)].
- Identify, support evaluation of, and champion the development of peer support service models.
- Quarterly updates on consumer addiction treatment and workforce development issues, that seek to inform and promote the consumer workforce on local, regional and national activities
- Coordinate and facilitate six regional consumer forums:
- Northern region (2)
- Midland region
- Central region
- Southern region (2)
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