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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 16, 2020 4:20:37 GMT 12
ORANGA TAMARIKI SOCIAL WORKERS' TE AO MĀORI KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONEDThere are concerns that universities are churning out social workers who have not been taught the skills to work well with Māori. Judge Becroft found that Māori mothers experienced unprofessional social work practice which he said was disappointing and causing harm. Oranga Tamariki said its social workers worked hard in challenging and complex environments and were trained to understand colonisation and their Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities. However, Massey University lecturer in social work Dr Paule Ruwhiu said university programmes lacked cultural capacity training. "There were one or two papers specialising in Māori content but it wasn't scaffolded throughout the degrees," she said....... www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/419060/oranga-tamariki-social-workers-te-ao-maori-knowledge-questioned
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 16, 2020 4:24:01 GMT 12
CROWN NOT FIT PARENT FOR MĀORI PĒPIMāori health worker Lady Tureiti Moxon says has praised the action of Te Whānau o Waipareira social workers and community members in stopping uplift of two pēpi . Last Friday the social workers and west Auckland community members blockaded the entrance to Waitākere Hospital to stop Oranga Tamariki enforcing uplift order. "It's got to stop. We can't carry on like this and we've got to support families to look after their own babies and stop thinking the crown is a better parent," she says...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ3NDQ/Paakiwaha/WNEWS-15.06:-Crown-not-fit-parent-for-Maori-pepi
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