Tauawhitia te Wero – Embracing the Challenge

Tauawhitia te Wero – Embracing the Challenge: National mental health and addiction workforce development plan 2006-2009

Date of publication: December 2005

ISBN 0-478-29904-4 (book)
ISBN 0-4788-22905-2 (internet)

HP 4208

Suggested citation: Ministry of Health. 2005. Tauawhitia te Wero – Embracing the Challenge: National mental health and addiction workforce development plan 2006-2009 Wellington: Ministry of Health.

Tauawhitia te Wero provides a framework for the development of the mental health and addiction workforce over the next four years.

It is also intended as a high-level ‘umbrella’ plan providing national direction on key issues for all other workforce planning in the mental health and addiction sector. It builds on the more detailed workforce development and planning activities of the national mental health and addiction programmes and centres, District Health Boards (DHBs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the regional mental health and addiction workforce co-ordinators.

Tauawhitia te Wero maintains an emphasis on a systemic approach to mental health and addiction workforce development and contains goals, objectives and actions across five strategic imperatives:

workforce development infrastructure
organisational development
recruitment and retention
training and development
research and evaluation.

The plan will be monitored by the:

Mental Health Directorate, via its workforce and services contracts management and reporting system the Directorate monitors contracted services against Blueprint levels and reports on gaps
Mental Health Workforce Steering Committee, as part of its strategic overview role
review process for DHB regional strategic plans
six-monthly Mental Health Commission DHB provider mental health workforce monitoring reports
NGO and DHB stocktakes, undertaken as part of this plan.

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