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Kokiri Marae Health and Social Services

KAITOKO WHANAU POSITION

Position: Full Time - 40 hours per week

This is a challenging, new and exciting position for a social or community worker who has a background in working within Maori communities and whanau.

The Kaitoko Whanau worker will work within Maori communities to broker, facilitate services for whanau requiring appropriate health, education and/or social services.

• Work with whanau as opposed to individual whanau members to strengthen whanau capability and capacity.
• Identify and work with Maori whanau experiencing multiple significant hardship and those at risk of entry into the criminal justice system.
• The ideal candidate will have to demonstrate that they have a excellent work ethic.
• Smoke and drug free.
• Self motivated and the ability to work unsupervised.
• Have a clean drivers licence, computer literate and excellent report writing skills.
• Have the ability to work not only with whanau but to facilitate and advocate with government agencies for appropriate services for whanau.

Contact Teresea or Dayna if you would like more information or a copy of the job description.

Closing date is Friday 5 February 2010.