Workwise

Our Rotorua office has a new home! On Monday morning, kaimahi from Workwise, LinkPeople and Te Pou gathered at 1163 Pukuatua Street for a whakatau, with Ngāti Whakaue leading the tikanga as mana whenua and gifting the office the name Te Rau o te Manaaki.

A big thank you to our Rotorua team, who've continued to do excellent mahi out in the community while this came together.

Looking for support into work? Pop in and see the team in their new space, or get in touch on 0508 869 675 — we'd love to help.

Kia ora! Are you 25 years or older, living in South Auckland, on a Jobseeker Support benefit due to a health condition, injury or disability, and looking for mahi? We can help – at no cost to you.
🌐 Go to: www.workwise.org.nz/south-auckland
We'd love to hear from you!

Got something to say about mental health and addiction support in Aotearoa? Here's your chance to be heard.

Political parties are coming together on Monday 31 August, 6-8pm to share what they're planning to do about mental health and addiction — and there'll be space for questions too.

You can join online or in person at Wellington College, Wellington. Whatever works best for you and your whānau.

💬 It's free.
💬 It's open to everyone.
💬 Your voice matters here.

Register here (it's easy!): https://events.humanitix.com/mental-health-and-addiction-2026-election-political-debate

Know someone who'd want to come along too? Please share this with your whānau and friends.

Mental Health & Addiction 2026 Election Debate A call to action: Our collective voice is powerful. Do not miss out on the only Mental Health & Addiction 2026 Election political debate. Hosted by Platform.

Congratulations to Te Pou and Blueprint for Learning whānau as Work Counts begins its next chapter with you. We can't wait to see it thrive with even more reach across Aotearoa. In such great hands👏

We're thrilled to welcome Work Counts into the Te Pou and Blueprint for Learning whānau 🎉

On 1 July, we held a whakatau at Millennium Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to mark an exciting new chapter for IPS employment support in Aotearoa.

Since 2018, Work Counts has been supporting organisations with building capability and best practice in the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, helping people experiencing mental health and addiction challenges into meaningful employment. Now, as a specialist function within Te Pou, that mahi gets an even stronger platform.

Read the full story on our website 👇
https://www.tepou.co.nz/stories/work-counts-welcomed-into-te-pou-whanau

Tālofa Lava, Kia Orāna, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālo ni, Kia ora, and warm Pacific greetings to you.

Are you looking for a role with purpose? Do you want to play an active role in supporting people to find work? Would you like to contribute to the health and wellbeing of Pacific people?

We have a unique role for an employment consultant to join our Workwise Wellington team - mainly based in Porirua, with some travel to central Wellington and around the region.

If you're good at working with people, passionate about Pacific communities and supporting people to get jobs, we'd love to hear from you!

Applications close Thursday 4 June.

Join the team - Workwise Help change people's lives every day as part of the Workwise team. Check out our current job vacancies.

See the potential in others to make a change ❤️
Grow their courage and confidence 💚
Support people with their employment and wellbeing journey 💜

We're looking for employment consultants / kairapu tūranga mahi to join our Workwise team – based in West Auckland or Central Auckland.

Work in West Auckland – bring your life skills and experience to work alongside a dedicated addictions team.

Work in Central Auckland – contribute your cultural knowledge to work alongside kaupapa Māori mental health services.

Applications close on Monday 4 May!

Both opportunities are now available on our Workwise careers page: www.workwise.org.nz/work-with-us

Keep our team running smoothly! Support our mahi that helps people live great lives through finding and keeping employment.

We’re excited to share an opportunity for someone to join the Workwise Business Support team on a 12-month, fixed-term basis (maternity cover).

This role would suit someone who is confident, highly organised, and brings plenty of initiative, along with experience in administration or business support.

Role details:
- 30 hours per week
- Provide specialised administrative support for our Auckland team
- Based at Harakeke House, Manukau or Kākāriki House, Hamilton East.

Don't delay, apply today! (See link in comments.)

Do you live in Thames or Coromandel? Are you looking for a unique job where you can make a difference?

We're looking for an employment consultant / kairapu tūranga mahi to join the Workwise Waikato team, based at our Thames office.

If you've got energy, interpersonal skills, a willingness to learn and ability to travel for work then we'd love to hear from you.

This is a unique and rewarding role where you get to live and work in your community while supporting people on their journey to find and keep employment. You’ll be working with people / tāngata whai ora who are facing personal or health challenges and help them to find work. You’ll work closely alongside community mental health and addiction services. You’ll also help local employers find the right person for the right job.

Full training is provided. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds – lived experience is also valued.

https://www.workwise.org.nz/about-us/join-the-team/

Applications close on Friday 17 April!

Workwise attended the Platform Trust Members' Day yesterday in Wellington, connecting with colleagues and organisations from across the mental health and addiction sector, getting motivated, sharing ideas and taking learnings back to our home organisations.

We enjoyed hearing from guest speakers about how to approach the year ahead for service delivery and relationships, finding opportunities, putting forward solutions, and doing the best we can with technology - without forgetting the important human connection behind everything we do.

Workwise has welcomed James Scarlett as our new General Manager to oversee the Auckland and Waikato teams, and to join our senior leadership team.

James has joined us from Pathways, so he may be a familiar face to many across the mental health space and clinical services in Auckland.

With over a decade’s experience in mental health, addiction services and youth development, James describes himself as a registered addictions clinician but a youth worker at heart.

“I look forward to connecting with people and employers in my new capacity – and seeing how we can journey with tāngata whai ora to find purpose, dignity and opportunities,” says James.