Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 13, 2024 16:34:08 GMT 12
Lindsay Mitchell: ORANGA TAMARIKI BEHIND THE SCENES.
Another baby known to Oranga Tamariki has died. It is bad enough that a life is lost when it has barely begun. But it is worse when there were opportunities to intervene not taken.
Oranga Tamariki is very preoccupied with process. Perhaps dangerously preoccupied.
They are currently immersed in changing their Practice Approach which involves moving from viewing practice through a western lens to a Māori lens. According to Oranga Tamariki the purpose of the NEW PRACTICE APPROACH IS TO MOVE FROM "PRIVILEGING TAUIWI BELIEFS, VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE (ONGOING COLONIALISATION)" TO "PREFERENCING TE AO MĀORI BELIEFS, VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE."
Social workers also describe the approach as shifting from "a risk-focused approach to a more holistic, whānau centred one."
In plain English, babies are not removed; families are worked with. This may be a successful approach in some cases. In others, it might fail. The risk to the dead 10-month-old was not assessed well enough to save his life.
Oranga Tamariki workers are being schooled in the new Practice Approach with a variety of "tools, models and resources" depicted in the following diagram:
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/06/lindsay-mitchell-oranga-tamariki-behind.html
Click to view
Another baby known to Oranga Tamariki has died. It is bad enough that a life is lost when it has barely begun. But it is worse when there were opportunities to intervene not taken.
Oranga Tamariki is very preoccupied with process. Perhaps dangerously preoccupied.
They are currently immersed in changing their Practice Approach which involves moving from viewing practice through a western lens to a Māori lens. According to Oranga Tamariki the purpose of the NEW PRACTICE APPROACH IS TO MOVE FROM "PRIVILEGING TAUIWI BELIEFS, VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE (ONGOING COLONIALISATION)" TO "PREFERENCING TE AO MĀORI BELIEFS, VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE."
Social workers also describe the approach as shifting from "a risk-focused approach to a more holistic, whānau centred one."
In plain English, babies are not removed; families are worked with. This may be a successful approach in some cases. In others, it might fail. The risk to the dead 10-month-old was not assessed well enough to save his life.
Oranga Tamariki workers are being schooled in the new Practice Approach with a variety of "tools, models and resources" depicted in the following diagram:
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/06/lindsay-mitchell-oranga-tamariki-behind.html
Click to view
