Why Te Rau Matatini was developed

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Why Te Rau Matatini was developed

• Mäori are under-represented across the range of
  health disciplines
• A Moving Forward objective is to increase the
  Mäori mental health workforce by 50 by 2005
• The Ministry of Health wishes to encourage the
  development of a strong Mäori mental health
  workforce as recommended in Tuutahitia te Wero
  meeting the challenges.
• Officially launched in March 2002
• Contracted until June 2004

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ropu whakahaere

• An independant Trust with a Governing Board (16
  Mäori members spanning the wider Mäori mental
  health sector)
• Contracted by the Ministry of Health
• Core staff
  Director
  Programme Manager
  Clinical Coordinator
  Administrator
• Office based at Te Pütahi-ä-Toi

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TE RAU MATATINIFRAMEWORK
Wider Environment Mental health need Treaty of
Waitangi Self determination Mäori service delivery
Guiding Principles Community alignment
Integrated development Best practice Industry
congruence
Programme Outcomes Polices Service
profilesWider Sector capacityAlignment training
service needs
Collaborations Government Health sector Tertiary
education Professional bodies Workforce
programmes
Project Themes Workforce expansion Workforce
extension Workforce excellence Workforce
navigation
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Project Themes
Workforce Expansion
Workforce navigation
themes
Workforce excellence
Workforce Extension
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Workforce Projects

• Over the next two years, Te Rau Matatini will
  support the Mäori mental health workforce in a
  number of ways
• Training
• Strategic plan
• Promotion of Mäori mental health careers
• Closer alignment of education and health
• Clinical career pathways
• Core competencies
• Primary healthcare
• Website
• Mäori child and adolescent mental health
  workforce development

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Te Rau Ararau extension

• Overall aim is to develop career pathways for
• Mäori community mental health nurses (2003)
• Community support mental health workers (2004)
• Foundation for career pathways
• Review the use of the Mental Health Core
  Competency Framework (Nat MH Workforce Dev
  Co-ordinating Committee, 1999)
• Develop Mäori mental health core competencies
• of central importance
• Cultural Competencies
• Clinical Competencies
• Development of competencies is a research goal
  for 2003

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Te Rau Whakawhanui Extension

• Past failings of the primary health system to
  intervene at early stages of mental illness among
  tangata whaiora Mäori
• Aims to increase early detection and timely
  referral of mental illness by Mäori primary
  health workers
• Aims to increase the dual competence of Mäori
  primary health care workers enabling more
  effective mental health care of tängata whaiora
  Mäori.

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Te Rau Whakawhanui Extension

• 2002
• Conduct assessment of training needs of Mäori
  primary health care workers
• 2003
• Develop training package
• Test training
• Evaluate test training
• 2004
• Extend mental health skill base to other areas of
  the health sector, e.g
• AE and Midwifery

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Te Rau Piataata expansion

• First part of recruitment strategy
• Purpose
•  raise the awareness of Mäori mental health need
  
•  remove the mystery and stigma of working in MMH
•  promote Mäori mental health as a challenging
  and rewarding career  
• Target Audience
• Rangatahi Mäori (secondary and tertiary)
• Pakeke Mäori (job seekers or career transitioners
  in health or related sectors)

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Te Rau Piataata expansion

• Launched in November
• Will be distributed to
• Secondary schools
• Relevant tertiary/training institutions
• Career guidance services
• Runanga throughout the country
• Will be made available to
• Mental Health providers

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Programme Outcomes

• National policies that lead to increased Mäori
  participation in the mental health workforce
• Representative levels of Mäori participation in
  DHB and NGO mental health services
• Inter-sectoral and intra-sectoral responsiveness
  to Mäori mental health need
• Alignment of Mäori training and service needs

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Te Rau Tukutuku

• Purpose
• Provide access to relevant and up to date
  information and contacts to providers,
  prospective Mäori mental health staff and
  students
• Assist in greater co-ordination and networking
  amongst providers and related organisations
• TE RAU MATATINI WEBSITE
• www.matatini.co.nz
• Will be launched in November of this year

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Te Rau Tukutuku

• Will include
• General information on Te Rau Matatini
• Quarterly newsletter
• Mental health provider contact details
• Specialist Mäori mental health services
• Generic mental health services
• Mental health related training options
• Mäori mental health career spotlights
• Preview of MMH career information videos
• Relevant job vacancies
• Links to other sites
• FAQ section
• Feedback/comments option