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Working with families and whānau

Supporting the workforce to meet family and whānau needs

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Matua Raḵi works alongside other workforce development centres to ensure the addiction workforce is capable of meeting the needs of the family and whānau of people with addiction issues.

This work includes the Supporting parents, healthy children initiative – building the capacity of the addiction and mental health workforces to respond to the needs of children of parents with a mental illness and/or addiction. 

Resources

Parenting through challenging times

A new Matua Raḵi resource for parents who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges.

Creating Spaces guidelines

These guidelines aim to promote best practices for alcohol and other drug workers to engage with whānau, to maximise wellbeing and the capacity for positive change.

Family inclusive practice supervisors guide

Matua Raḵi has supported Kina Trust in developing this material for supervisors in the alcohol and other drug sector, aimed at equipping supervisors in their work to promote and support family inclusive practice.

Living Well: Life strategies for family, whanau and friends of people using alcohol and other drugs

Kina trust in collaboration with Matua Raki have just released the updated version of Living Well. This is a resource for family, whānau and friends of people using alcohol and other drugs.

We welcome families, whanau and children here (poster)

This poster was designed for services to display in waiting rooms and other areas to indicate they are family inclusive in their practice.

What is opioid substitution treatment booklet

An information booklet for family, whānau and support people of people receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST).

Other initiatives

DHB family whānau advisors

Facilitating the family, whānau and aiga perspective and collaborating with you to develop mental health and addiction services that promote wellbeing for us all.