Primary Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services are integrated with the Hauora Hokianga Care Services and Northland DHBs Mental Health Services.
Our Primary Mental Health & Addiction Clinician provides care co-ordination and support for people with a wide range of common mental health issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, post-trauma) including access to a limited number of counselling packages.
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Our Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) works as part of the General Practice Team to deliver brief support and intervention for all age groups. The HIP works with people to develop skills and strategies to support their own health and wellbeing needs.
Our Health Coaches (HC) are non-clinical staff who will work alongside people to enhance lifestyle and wellbeing through links to community services, groups and classes. The HC will provide links to local community resources that support wellbeing including community and peer support, marae, whanau ora services and churches.
‘Te Whare Awhina’ is a secondary mental health nursing service for Hauora Hokianga patients, this is provided by the NDHB mid north Mental Health Team, using the Hauora Hokianga facility. This team also provides access to the following services: child and adolescent, alcohol and drug, psychiatric, acute inpatient admissions and crisis response.
The Whanau Ora service and the role of a Kaiarahi is around Kaupapa Maori initiatives and ideals that support whanau moving forward with a PATH plan to overcome barriers. Whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga are the basis of which we arrive at orangatanga.