Occupational Therapist/Kaiwhakaora Ngangahau

ORGANISATION INFORMATION
Organisation	Auckland City Mission
Area, City	Auckland City
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact person	Lave
Contact website and/or email	Website: https://aucklandcitymission.qjumpersjobs.co/jobs/details/Occupational_Therapist_Kaiwhakaora_Ngangahau-1040026 Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact telephone	027 880 2084
VACANCY DETAILS
Permanent/temporary	Permanent
Full/part time	Part time
Closing date for applications	19-03-2021

JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Mission:

Together we stand with those in desperate need.

We provide immediate relief and pathways to enable long term wellbeing.

About Auckland City Mission

Auckland City Mission has, for 100 years, been enabling positive change among, and on behalf of, those in desperate need. Through integrated service delivery and effective advocacy, the Mission has adapted to changing needs within the Auckland community, whilst consistently maintaining and building a strong reputation as a reliable and non-partisan voice on behalf those in most need.

Our Residential Services
Te Whare Hīnātore & James Liston Hostel

Te Whare Hīnātore and James Liston Hostel are part of the Residential Services of Auckland City Mission. Te Whare Hīnātore aims to assist wāhine (or those who identify as wāhine) that are experiencing homelessness and/or are rough sleeping, to improve their social and psychological wellbeing through providing a quality kaupapa Māori service within a cohesive therapeutic, and ethical framework. The recently refurbished James Liston Hostel is a transitional housing hostel operating 24/7 that supports up to 50 clients who previously were homeless/rough sleeping. The service provides a safe base from which support is offered to access services and aid transition into permanent housing situations.

The Role
Kaiwhakaora Ngangahau /Occupational Therapist

This is a unique opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to make a significant contribution. You will, in conjunction with our dedicated Residential Services Teams, develop and deliver meaningful activities that engage our resident whānau with their community to a standard that ensures services are compliant with professional standards and professional code of ethics.

Day to day, this key role involves supporting our residents with a kaupapa Māori and trauma informed focus including conducting comprehensive assessments, developing goal-centred treatment plans, active encouragement and support when reviewing progress and applying Te Ao Māori practice models. The role requires strong person-centred practice, a strengths-based approach, and the ability to work as part of a resilient team.

About You

You are a NZ Registered Occupational Therapist with current annual practicing certificate
Have experience working as an Occupational Therapist providing Vocational Rehabilitation and developing extensive treatment plans
Have proven ability working with people with a range of long-term conditions and intellectual impairments
Have excellent clinical reasoning and the ability to work both autonomously and as effective team player
Have an understanding and commitment to Tikanga Maori
Have fantastic relationship building and engagement skills, and established networks in the community

If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding role in an organisation striving to meet the needs of its community, apply today!

Our Values are

Manaakitanga
Manaakitanga is behavior that acknowledges the mana of others as having equal or greater importance than one’s own, through the expression of aroha, hospitality, generosity and mutual respect.

Justice (Manatika)
Committed to equity, and seeking dignity for all we will fearlessly advocate with and for those who are going without.

Partnership (Rangapū)
Firstly, the Auckland City Mission recognises the principle of partnership within Te Tiriti O Waitangi.

Application available through Auckland City Mission website here.

Posted on: February 11, 2021

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What do you need from an OT?	Explanation of the service.
Home and Community Environment assessment	Assessment of a person’s ability to access and move around their home or community environment and ability to perform everyday tasks in their home. Strategies for independence or safety may be taught. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended.
Rehabilitation	Enabling a person’s participation in life’s activities and achieving their goals. Rehabilitation of physical or cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, spinal injury musculoskeletal injury or other medical condition or event.
Technology solutions	Recommendation of equipment and technology that will enable access to and participation in activities. Might include technology for learning, visual impairment or controlling the environment.
Activities of Daily Living – Assessment and Treatment	Assessment of the way everyday tasks are performed. Recommendations about better and safer ways to manage are made. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended. Recommendations for funders regarding level and type of personal support may be supplied.
Older Person’s Health and wellbeing	Assessment of a person’s ability to manage their everyday activities in their living situation. Recommendations for safe and easy ways to do activities and equipment and home modifications may be provided. May include provision of a treatment plan to support and enable the person to achieve their goals.
Child health, Learning and Development	Assessment and therapy services for children (and their families/whanau) with a variety of diagnoses whose ability to play, learn or perform daily activities is interrupted. Includes assessment and working with clients (usually children) with Autism Spectrum Disorders. May include working with people to develop skills for handwriting and other tasks that required fine motor skills.
Mental health and wellbeing	Assisting participation in chosen activities in people who experience social or emotional distress or mental illness. Supporting wellness, self management, lifestyle changes and recovery. May include support with stress management, life enhancement, family therapy, psychotherapy spirituality and sexuality.
Driver assessment and vehicle modification	Specialised assessment of a person’s fitness to drive and conditions which should be placed on a person’s license. Assessment for modifications required to vehicles to enable driving.
Worker safety, assessment and rehabilitation	Assessment and treatment of the injured worker and advice to insurers regarding the needs of injured workers. Design and support of return to work or work rehabilitation programmes. Can include recommendations for injury prevention. May include ergonomic assessments of workplaces and tasks. May include Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s) to determine a person’s general work tolerances and abilities. May include vocational counselling through determining a person’s background, skills and abilities that can be transferred to alternative employment.
Workplace Health, Safety Design and Training	Evaluation of work environments, their design and practices in order to maximize safety, health and welfare of workers. Can include provision of workplace training for the prevention of injury, including moving and handling training. May include working with designers and architects to optimize healthy human-environment interaction.
Participation at home and community	Enabling a person’s participation in their chosen life activities and/or occupations. Includes people who have an age related disability, physical disability, mental health issue or intellectual disability .
Living well with Long Term Conditions	Enabling participation in everyday activities and roles in the presence of persistent challenges. Supporting self management and effective coping strategies. Includes Pain, fatigue, chronic health issues and disability. May include managing the changing needs caused by a palliative condition such as cancer and treatment so that a person can continue to do the everyday tasks that are important to them.
Managing Vision Impairment	Specialists who assess and treat the functional implications of vision problems. Includes managing symptoms (Glare sensitivity or migraine), teaching strategies for safety and independence with everyday activities, recommendations for modifications to home and work and special equipment, tools or aids.
Hand therapy, Splinting and Scar management	Specialists who assist people who have difficulty using their hands as a result of injury, a disease process or deformity.
Community/Organisational Strengthening and Culture Change.	Working with groups in community or organisational settings or policy development to enable participation for all people. May include review of Aged Residential Care or other residential facility to enable occupation for residents.
Mobility, wheelchairs and seating	Assessment of a person’s needs for specialized wheelchair and cushions, seating, and positioning. May include assessment of needs for mobility scooters.

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