Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 19, 2016 17:34:08 GMT 12
NEW INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO GROW CULTURALLY COMPETENT WORKFORCE
A programme led by a Taranaki health provider is aiming to get its strategic principles off plaques on the wall and into practice.
Tui Ora, a kaupapa Maori health service, has launched its own cultural competency programme for its 300-strong workforce around the region.
Over the course of 18 months, a series of workshops will be held around the concepts of manaakitanga, kotahitanga, whanaungatanga, tino rangatiratanga, wairuatanga and tikanga o Tui Ora. The initiative is also designed to teach the basic concepts of Maori culture, language and customs.
Wano said of Tui Ora's workforce, 55 per cent were Pakeka, 40 per cent Maori and the other 5 per cent were from overseas. The client base was a 50/50 split of Maori and Pakeha......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/84400285/new-initiative-designed-to-grow-culturally-competent-workforce
A programme led by a Taranaki health provider is aiming to get its strategic principles off plaques on the wall and into practice.
Tui Ora, a kaupapa Maori health service, has launched its own cultural competency programme for its 300-strong workforce around the region.
Over the course of 18 months, a series of workshops will be held around the concepts of manaakitanga, kotahitanga, whanaungatanga, tino rangatiratanga, wairuatanga and tikanga o Tui Ora. The initiative is also designed to teach the basic concepts of Maori culture, language and customs.
Wano said of Tui Ora's workforce, 55 per cent were Pakeka, 40 per cent Maori and the other 5 per cent were from overseas. The client base was a 50/50 split of Maori and Pakeha......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/84400285/new-initiative-designed-to-grow-culturally-competent-workforce