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Developing a Culturally Competent Workforce that Meets the Needs of Pacific People Living in New Zealand
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Author(s): Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann (Independent Consultant, New Zealand)and Monique Faleafa (Le Va, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 16
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Workforce Development Theory and Practice in the Mental Health Sector
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark Smith (Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui: National Workforce Center for Adult Mental Health, Addiction and Disability, New Zealand)and Angela F. Jury (Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui: National Workforce Center for Adult Mental Health, Addiction and Disability, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1874-7.ch008
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Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of innovative Pacific workforce development initiatives. Pacific people have higher rates of mental illness, substance abuse, and suicide attempts, as well as lower rates of service access compared to New Zealand's general population. Pacific families also tend to have high and complex mental health needs, traditional cultural worldviews that are different from the dominant western mental health paradigms, and a workforce with severe under-representation of Pacific people. National non-government organization (NGO) Le Va, was established to reduce ethnic disparities in the access to, and quality of mental health and addictions services, through a targeted workforce development strategy to achieve better outcomes for Pacific people. This chapter specifically describes three of Le Va's programmes designed to increase Pacific workforce capacity and capability, and cultural competency of the “mainstream” workforce. These include cultural competency training, effective upskilling and growth through scholarships and support, and leadership development.
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