Youth Consumer Advisor at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Southern, Otago

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Permanent 0.8 FTE (32hrs per week) opportunity

Mō te tūranga | About the role

The primary purpose of the role is to effectively represent the interest of youth consumers (aged 0 - 24) with the Mental Health Services by providing a youth consumer perspective in the planning process for development of mental health services and their delivery and to provide advice to clinical and management staff on issues affecting client care.

To provide advisory services for youth consumer concerns to Mental Health Directorate Leadership Group in the planning, provision and review of Mental Health, Addictions, and Intellectual Disability Services in the Southern region.

Mōu ake | About you

Essential:

• Personal lived experience of a mental illness (and the mental health sector/system)
• Relate, identify, and connect with youth.
• High standard of interpersonal and written skills including correspondence and report writing
• Has good computer literacy
• Effective time management
• Ability to prioritise and organise
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships
• Committed to quality and accuracy
• Professional presentation
• Openness - the person must have a natural, open manner and a level of self-confidence which helps generate trust and good working relationships.
• Innovative - to succeed, Southern DHB needs people that are prepared to be innovative and prepared to push the boundaries by trying new initiatives.
• Fairness - the person must demonstrate a natural inclination to be fair with all parties they deal with. This recognises that a successful sustainable team will be created by ensuring relationships are built and strengthened by dealing with people on a win: win basis
• Commitment - you must have an absolute commitment to make a difference and to achieve the objectives set for the southern DHB. The drive and commitment to make a difference is an essential attribute in an environment resistant to change

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Painga | Benefits:

• Beautiful coastlines and a family-friendly community
• Continuous support for career development
• Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance
• Access to staff fitness facilities and banking offers
• Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Mō mātou | About us

Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

Utu whānui | Salary range

This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between Step 1 ($59,035 p.a) and Step 8 ($85,992 p.a pro rata) of the Degree-Based Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

Rā mōnehu | Closing date: Sunday, 4 June 2023.

Due to the fast-paced nature of what we do, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don't delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible. 

Tono ināianei | Apply now

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/ 

For further information please contact James Boyd Recruitment Advisor, all conversations will be confidential in nature James.Boyd@southerndhb.govt.nz

If you currently work for Te Whatu Ora- Health New Zealand - Southern , please apply for this role via our internal careers site, found here:  Pulse > Applications > Corporate > SuccessFactors

Pre-employment checks

In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following:

• Occupational health assessment
• Police vetting/Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)
• COVID-19 vaccination

To apply

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/