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Clinical Training Agency
in New Zealand

Hauora Māori Support Funding


Note: Hauora Māori Support Funding Grants are for Hauora Māori Training, Nursing Entry To Practice (NETP) and CTA Postgraduate Nursing Programmes only. Māori Support Funding is for all other CTA funded training programmes.


Policy


There are a number of criteria the CTA uses in making funding decisions regarding Māori Support for trainees enrolled on CTA funded training programmes.
  1. CTA provides funding for eligible trainees of $2,000 (excluding GST) per Training Unit. Part-time training will be funded on a pro-rata basis.
  2. Māori Support funding applies to actual and reasonable costs associated with Mentoring, Cultural Supervision and Cultural Development activities.
  3. Eligible trainees must have whakapapa and cultural links to whānau, hapu and iwi.
  4. The Contracted Party must negotiate and agree a written plan (Support Plan) with the Mentor, Cultural Supervisor and Māori trainee. The Support Plan must include mentoring and cultural supervision and may include cultural development.
  5. The Contracted Party must appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced person who facilitates learning, supervises and assesses trainees continually so that the trainee achieves their outcomes at the end of the programme. Mentors motivate and encourage trainees to continue their education. Mentoring may take place on a one to one basis or as part of a group.
  6. The Contracted Party must appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced person who facilitates a process that explores and reconciles clinical and cultural issues with trainees and provides appropriate management strategies, skills and confidence for trainees to retain their cultural identity and integrity as Māori. Cultural supervision may take place on a one to one basis or as part of a group.
  7. In conjunction with mentoring and cultural supervision, cultural development may be part of the Support Plan and includes:
    1. Cultural resources
    2. Membership to Māori Health Professional Organisations
    3. Cultural activities including Kuia/Kaumatua, and peer support
  8. Mentor and cultural supervisor may be the same person as long as all components of 5 and 6 are covered.
  9. The following activities are excluded from funding as part of Māori Support:

    1. academic, clinical, cultural supervision, or mentoring, already provided as part of the training programme or as part of the trainee’s employment;
    2. mentoring, cultural supervision and cultural development funded through other sources such as scholarships;
    3. travel, accommodation and meals; and
    4. overseas conferences and conferences not specifically relating to Māori health.
  10. If the trainee does not attend the training programme as indicated in the application, Māori Support funding will cease for that trainee.
  11. Any unused Māori Support funding is to be applied to other components of Hauora Māori training.
  12. Māori Support funding is subject to financial audit.
  13. Further information can be found in the CTA Māori Support Funding Guidelines for the Contracted Party and the Programme Specific Clauses of the service agreement.


Guidelines for the Contracted Party


Purpose of the Grant


To enhance the likelihood of Māori trainees successfully completing CTA funded training programmes.

Selection Criteria


Application for Māori Support funding is open to any person who:

  • is an eligible trainee enrolled in a CTA funded training programme whose name appears in the CTA Report One Database and
  • has whakapapa and cultural links to whānau, hapu and iwi.
Further information on funding criteria is available in the Policy outlined above.

Application Process


The Contracted Party should inform trainees of the opportunity to apply for Māori Support funding and work with interested trainees to negotiate an individual Support Plan.

A description of the required contents of each Support Plan is included in the next section of this document.

The DHB will advise CTA on the funding template the number of Training Units that will receive Māori Support. Copies of the Support Plans do not need to be sent to CTA, however, note that Māori Support is subject to audit.

Support Plans


Support plans must be signed by the trainee, mentor, cultural supervisor and the Contracted Party, and kept on file for audit purposes.

Support Plans must include the following components:

Mentoring:

  • a brief description of the qualifications and experience of the Mentor
  • when and how often the mentorship sessions take place
  • an outline of the sessions
  • a breakdown of the costs associated with providing the mentoring component of the Services
Cultural Supervision:

  • a brief description of the qualifications and experience of the Cultural Supervisor
  • when and how often the cultural supervision sessions take place
  • an outline of the sessions
  • a breakdown of the costs associated with providing the cultural supervision component of the Services
Support Plans may also include Cultural Development, however this must occur in conjunction with cultural supervision and mentoring. Where Cultural Development is provided, the Support Plan must include:

  • a description of cultural activities
  • a list of cultural resources
  • identification of the membership of a Māori Health Organisation
  • a breakdown of the costs associated with providing the cultural development component of the Services
Definitions of mentoring, cultural supervision and cultural development are found in the CTA Hauora Māori Support Policy and the Programme Specific Clauses of the Service Agreement.

Funding is $2,000 per Training Unit including programme development. Part-time study is funded on a pro-rata basis.

Evaluation and Review


In order for the Ministry of Health to continue with Māori Support funding it is important that we undertake an evaluation to assess the effectiveness of this programme. Please note that successful applicants may be contacted to participate in this evaluation.

The Māori Support Policy will be reviewed by CTA on a regular basis.

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