In 2020, and in response to COVID-19, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) launched a $16m COVID Response Fund, to support employers in their recovery from COVID-19. A key lesson for the health and wellbeing sectors from COVID-19 was that the sheer lack of diversity across our care and support workforce had posed significant resilience risk….
Congratulations to Cathy Cooney, Independent Facilitator of the Kaiāwhina Workforce Plan, who was made a member of the New Zealand order of merit in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours. Queen’s Birthday Citation: Cathy’s award is for services to health and to the community. Her citation reads, “Mrs Catherine Cooney was Chief Executive of the Lakes…
The new five year Plan has inspired the whakatauākī written by Turaukawa Bartlett, Kaiwhakahononga and Aimee Bartlett Kaiwhakahononga Hapai at Careerforce. This taonga reflects the spirit of the Plan mahi and will help guide the evolution of the mahi as it continues beyond the next five years. Mā te āwhina, e ora ai te torohū…
The first and formative 5-year Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan 2015-2020 concluded in June 2020, having helped to build an enduring foundation for the future of the Kaiāwhina workforce. The term ‘Kaiāwhina’ is a taonga (treasure) that embodies the core essence and nature of an essential health and disability workforce that is passionate, resilient, diverse, skilled…
With the current Plan coming to an end in June this year, we are pleased to report that all actions have been either completed or significantly progressed, but this is not the end, merely the end of the beginning for this critical workforce.
We’re pleased to share the latest news and progress about the Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan. The Plan has less than 12 months to go to the end of the five-year plan period. The Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan Working Group has been focused on advancing actions across all seven domains with a goal that by 30…
In this issue of the Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan Newsletter, we acknowledge the mana of the word Kaiāwhina. We introduce Jane Wenman who now takes on the role of Sponsor of the Kaiawhina Workforce Action Plan and Co-Chair of the Workforce Taskforce. As at April 2019, there are 15 months until the end of the…
At the half way point earlier this year of the 5-Year Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan (the Plan), a comprehensive review and refresh of the actions was undertaken to ensure they are still relevant and driving contribution towards the achievement of the 20-Year Vision.
