Whakamanawa 2024 Day 2: Workshop Session 1 - 11-11.55am

Presented by the team from InsideOUT Kōaro

Join InsideOUT for a kōrero about engaging well with rainbow and takatāpui communities in your role. They will engage with Aotearoa-specific research about the experiences of these communities, particularly with regard to their health and engagement with social services. They will share key considerations and tips for being rainbow-affirming in your professional practice, and engaging with whānau and communities about this kaupapa.

Presented by Leslynne Jackson - Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga a Mahaki from Manaaki Tairawhiti

The purpose of Manaaki Tairawhiti is to enable all whanau to flourish. To achieve this goal, we have taken an evidence based approach to system improvement and workforce development. Urungi is a prototype of a learning system that captures whanau voice and translates it into insights to help leaders identify areas where systemic change will improve effectiveness and evidence of areas where greater investment is needed.

Presented by Lesley Donner from Corstorphine Baptist Community Trust and Judy Dodson from Oranga Tamariki

This kaupapa regarding the benefits of best practice of NGO and statutory collaborative working relationships, will address historic expectations and what was missing when agencies worked in parallel. We will delve into who is benefiting from the collaborative working relationships and what can be done to encourage other organisations to engage in a best practice model of collaborative working, to improve support for those associated with the care of young people affected by disability, trauma and neurodiversity; but also prevent Tamariki entering care. Finally sharing the future aspirations and focus to increased whanau involvement, allowing for seamless and transparent solutions.

Presented by Catherine Gallagher, Clinical Psychologist from START

A child or young person does not live in isolation and so it is really important that we do not expect them to heal from Trauma in isolation. Engaging their significant adults in therapeutic work with children and youth is vital and is associated with better and more sustainable outcomes. What this engagement looks like can vary, but the important question for clinicians is HOW do we do foster this involvement rather than SHOULD we. This workshop will explore ways in which this important work can occur.

Presented by Elizabeth Ashby and Dr Sophie Beaumont from The National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges Ngā Whare Whakaruruhau o Aotearoa

Responding to family violence risk is the bread-and-butter of our mahi – but how effective are standard ‘assessment’ approaches to risk? Women’s Refuge recently transformed how we think, ask about, record, and respond to family violence risk so that victims’ safety is always at the centre – and so we always keep our eyes on the where (or who) the risk is coming from.

In our presentation, we outline the ripple effect of family violence risk, and what opportunities we have to stop ‘risk’ from turning into ‘harm’. We reflect on our implementation of a new approach to risk and safety and what it shows about the core skills of practice in the family violence field.