Whakamanawa 2024 Day 2: Workshop Session 3 - 1.45-2.45pm

Presented by Amber Rowe from Ara Poutama Aotearoa - Department of Corrections

Neurodiversity is a hot topic, but what is it? This session is designed to give a quick overview of what neurodiversity is and the importance of neuro-inclusivity in our mahi, given the over representation of neurodivergent people within our social services. This session aims to provide practical applications and considerations we can make to ensure our practice is meaningful, engaging, supportive, and collaboratively producing the best possible outcomes to all those we work with.

Presented by Dave Wood from Visual Practice Now

In this interactive session participants will explore strategies for using hand-drawn visuals to empower clients navigating services. Based on the latest neuroscience and grounded in the premise that hand-drawn graphics enhance plain language communication, this session will cover techniques to break down complex information into digestible visuals. Attendees will practice hands-on drawing exercises to simply illustrate processes and concepts. Overcoming "I can't draw," participants will discover how basic shapes and stick figures can revolutionize engagement and participation. This session aims to facilitate levelling of the playing field for clients , challenging public services to be more engaging, understandable, and fair.

Presented by Anderson, Reona
Ko Reona Anderson taku ingoa, No Tauranga Moana ahau. Te Iwi o Ngāti Ranginui me Ngāiterangi, Te Hapū o te Pirirakau, Te Puna

and Rudolph, Lolina Ko Emi te maunga, Pupuke te awa, ko Whangaroa Te hāpu ko Ngāti Kahu te Iwi, ko Lolina Rudolph ka noho ana ahau Turanga nui a kiwa from Te wananga o aotearoa

Social work practice has always sat under a westernised framework steeped in imperialism, colonialism and hegemonic practices that have not served Māori, the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand well. Since the 1980s, Māori indigenous bodies of knowledge (matauranga) has increased and is now a preferred way of engagement when working with whanau Māori. One practice that is becoming increasing popular is the framework of Nga Takepū (Pohatu, 2008). Within the social work education space, this framework enhances akonga (student) matauranga (knowledge) and are preferred ways of engaging with whanau Māori within social work services (Pohatu, 2004). This presentation focuses on the importance of the six Nga Takepū that all play a pivotal part within the shaping of new Māori and non-Māori Bicultural Social Work practitioners. Akonga learn that when activating Māori worldviews, this places Māori knowledge at the centre of their learning and so they begin to understand the importance of a principled position within not only their career as an up-and-coming social worker, but more importantly of who they are as Māori and as non-Māori engaging in a Māori indigenous space.

NB This workshop will be held from 1.45-2.15pm in the same space as Social Work in a Rural Setting

Presented by Ronnie Eketone
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tara-tokanui

from Parenting Place

Building Awesome Whānau is a facilitated parenting course for those raising tamariki aged 2-13.

Packed into the Building Awesome Whānau kaupapa are principles and values drawn from mātauranga Māori, including tikanga and te reo Māori. Delivered through a well-being lens, key concepts in the course include the mana and tapu of tamariki, with significant emphasis placed on aroha, manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.

Building Awesome Whānau 'A Hapori approach' is a response to the unique challenges that exist within all communities. This event is an opportunity for us to share our collective 'mātauranga' to explore what a Hapori approach could look like.

NB This workshop will be held from 2.15-2.45pm in the same space as Building Awesome Whānau: 'A Hapori Approach'

Presented by Mike Mann, NZ Niuean from Coromandel Independent Living Trust

The presentation will reflect the Community supports and services provided by a small a small NGO Coromandel Independent Living Trust (CILT) in rural NZ.
The focus of the presentation will be on the the Social work services the challenges and strengths
of being in a rural community.

We will cover the community demographics.

Specific rural challenges:
What its like to live rural and isolated with no public transport, the lack of local services.
The police Integrated Safety response system(ISR) links to the work of Cilt Going into homes and seeing the world from their eyes.

The Recova group
The presentation will discuss the work of a local Drug and Alcohol recovery group supported by Cilt that has been running for the last eighteen months, weekly.
The effectiveness of the group, how it operates.

Strength of Community.
Connection to local community linking clients to local community eg those on probation, 501 clients.
Cilt organizing father and son fishing trips to connect families.

Presented by Anni Watkin from Actis - Aranui Community Trust and Kallysa Hollis - Ngati Hauiti from Christchurch Methodist Mission

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari, he toa takitini.’

‘My strength is not that of mine alone, but of the many.’

Kāhu Matarau is a collaborative initative piloted in Ōtautahi - Christchurch

East in the Ngāi Tūāhuriri rohe which was co-designed with the iwi, local community and whānau with lived experience of the system.

Five community agencies were chosen by whānau to work with the Oranga Tamariki Christchurch East and mana whenua to form the collaborative model. The service provides intensive, intentional, and practical support to whānau.

In this workshop we share our journey highlighting what the voices of whānau tell about enablers of change.