Care Manager - Forensic Intellectual Disability Service

Location: Porirua

Contract: Permeant Part Time (0.5 FTE)

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About the Role

The role sits in the Forensic Intellectual Disability Service working within the inpatient team. The role of the care manager is to act as the clinical manager for the care recipient (under IDCC&R Act), and to be able to direct and oversee their care with appropriate consultation and input from other health workers while the care recipient is detained. 

Alongside the day to day aspects of overseeing the care of the care recipient, the care manager will need to ensure the conditions in the care recipients care and rehabilitation plan are adhered to. 

To liaise with identified health professionals to ensure the care and rehabilitation plan remains a living document and its content evolves consistent with the needs of the care recipient. 

To work in a multidisciplinary team setting as a Care Manager, ensuring that all clinical steps necessary are taken to assist clients to achieve optimal health, wellbeing and safety through the provision of appropriate assessment, intervention and education and to achieve positive outcomes for clients. 

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Forensic Intellectual Disability Service is part of the Mental Health Addiction and Intellectual Disability Services. The service has adult, youth and community services. 

The Intellectual Disability Secure Service is a dynamic and supportive workplace where autonomous practice, research, professional development is supported. 

You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals committed to the delivery of gold standard care and rehabilitation to the population we serve. The team carry a wealth of knowledge and expertise in a number of areas relevant to intellectual disability, mental health, and behaviours that challenge. 

We are a progressive service committed to providing a culture of ongoing professional development for staff through regular clinical supervision, excellent professional development and a recognition programme (PDRP) for nursing, regular in service training and support towards external education. 

About you

To be successful in this role these skills and experience are expected: 

• Experienced Registered Health Professional; Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist with a current practising certificate.
• Experience working with Inpatient and Community Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Services.
• The appointee to the position of “Care Manager” will need to have the knowledge, skills and attitude required to allow the Care Coordinator to designate them as the Care Manager under the terms of the Act for specified care recipients and proposed care recipients. 
• Is comfortable operating within a complex environment, including meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders at the same time. 
• Have excellent communications skills both verbal and written.
• Have the ability to lead meetings and client reviews. 
• Have a current Driver’s License. 
• Works well with complexity and ambiguity.
• Works well under pressure – keeps a balanced perspective. 

The knowledge required by a Care Manager to manage the job appropriately can be seen as covering three overlapping areas. 

These are: 

• An understanding of the legal framework within which they operate. 
• An understanding of the legal process. 
• An understanding of key features of bio psychosocial variables related to Intellectual Disability and personality functioning. 

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.

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