Director – Social Work & Therapeutic Services - Get Hired Fast

The Raukawa Charitable Trust (RCT) has been a provider of quality community initiatives throughout the South Waikato since 1987.  We are proud to deliver a wide range of iwi-led initiatives in health, social, treaty, cultural, and environmental sectors, to the communities that we serve.

The Tiwai Hauora Group is on a path of growth, breaking new ground by establishing new services, and developing existing services

The Position:

The Director of Social Work & Therapeutic Services is a senior leadership role within Tiwai Hauora, supporting the Principal Advisor: Operations by leading the development and delivery of therapeutic social work services throughout the Raukawa takiwā. 

This role will have a strong leadership focus requiring well proven operational and stakeholder relationship skills. The Director of Social Work & Therapeutic Services will represent Tiwai Hauora at senior stakeholder levels, negotiating contracts and new services with stakeholders, and will champion our innovative Raukawa practice approach, ensuring service delivery and quality are responsive and at a very high level.

The Key Responsibility Areas are:

• Senior leadership which involves providing strategic support, knowledge of sector trends, and research
• Stakeholder engagement
• Practice leadership
• Quality, compliance, contract and policy management
• Annual planning, reporting and monitoring
• Service development, including project management and staff management.

We offer:

• The opportunity to work within a successful Iwi environment; and to work with teams that are making a tangible difference within the lives of whānau, tamarki and rangatahi in the Raukawa rohe
• A competitive remuneration package
• A focus on training, development and supervision
• Excellent working conditions, and a dynamic and supportive team environment
• Health Insurance for all eligible employees
• Flexible working arrangements to work around your personal circumstances
• A Workwell workplace.

The successful applicant will have a minimum of five years’ experience in the field of therapeutic services (such as Social Work, Mental Health, Counselling /Therapy) Qualifications in a related field would also be an advantage, as well as experience delivering services within a Te Ao Maori context with the ability to provide exceptional practice leadership and management of high-performing teams.

Applicants must hold a valid and full Class 1 drivers’ licence and be prepared to undergo Police vetting.

We are regularly reviewing applicants and should get back to you shortly.

Please direct confidential enquiries to Jenna Dunn on 021 347 379. Please send your applications through Seek.

Raukawa Charitable Trust operates under a Smoke-free Environment policy.  For more info about the Raukawa Charitable Trust visit www.raukawa.org.nz

Closing date:  Monday 17 June 2024