Families

Family Advisor

The Family Advisor promotes the Participation in Partnership model, which aims to reduce the burden for people who are supporting someone who is experiencing mental illness.

The main functions of the Family Advisor centre around enhancing the involvement of families and whanau in all areas of the Local Mental Health & Addiction Service; planning, implementation and evaluation of the services provided.

The role also maintains and supports other key agencies' role in mental health and addiction, paritcular Atareira, in supporting the families of tangata whaiora/consumers. The Family Advisor collects and collates information and research and develops this into resource kits to assist families, whanau and others.

The current Family Advisor work programme includes:

Producing a CCDHB Mental Health Directorate Family and Whanau Information Package
Embedding Participation in Partnership to staff through training in the core competencies programme and C&CDHB Mental Health Directorate orientation
Development of a protocol for supporting families involved in serious adverse events
Amending policy and developing protocol, and training packages

Tricia Fitzgerald
Family Advisor

Email:
tricia.fitzgerald "at" ccdhb.org.nz

Telephone:
(04) 385 5999 Extension 4911

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Atareira -Mental Illness Family Support

Is an independent organisation that offers support, education and advocacy for families of people with any major mental illness.

First Floor
274 Taranaki Street
Wellington City

Telephone:
499-1047