Mana Ake : Health/Social/Education Agency Survey

Purpose:

Northland DHB have been asked to work with Primary and Intermediate Schools across Northland to assist in the co-design of pathways for the provision of mental wellbeing supports to children aged 5 – 12 years.

The mental health and wellbeing of children across New Zealand is a priority for this Government and the Ministry of Health.

Mana Ake provides a new approach to delivering additional mental health support for children in primary and intermediate schools across the Te Tai Tokerau region. Mana Ake seeks to provide holistic support through:

Direct support to children experiencing social, emotional or behavioural challenges
Clarification of local support pathways, making it easier for schools, teachers and whānau to access support when and where they need it.
Support for schools to make improvements to the school environment using the whole of school and classroom wellbeing programmes and wellbeing promotion
Service sector improvements by providing greater collaboration across Health, Education and social sector partners in the provision of support.

The co-design process will be initiated alongside key stakeholders in Te Tai Tokerau and consider how to best provide school based mental wellbeing supports.

Self-Assessment:
To support us to better understand the needs you see in your community, we would like to invite you to participate in a self- assessment of what resources that you feel might add value to your local schools, tamariki, wider whānau and community.

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* 1. Contact Information

Your First and Last Name

Name of Agency

Which area of Northland do you live in?

Email Address

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* 2. What do you feel are the main mental health and/or wellbeing issues facing our tamariki (children)?

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* 3. What sort of additional supports or services would you like to see for tamariki who identify with mental health and/ or wellbeing needs?

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* 4. What would you identify as the most significant gap in accessing mental health and wellbeing supports for tamariki and their wider whānau within schools and the wider community?

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* 5. Describe the best type of person to provide mental health and wellbeing support?

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* 6. Where do you feel is the most important place to start in providing additional mental health and/ or wellbeing services for tamariki? (tick one or more)

Early Intervention - e.g. wellbeing programmes for tamariki, whānau support and teacher resources

Help Now - e.g. counsellors, additional direct wellbeing support for individual tamariki and small groups

High and Complex Needs - e.g. child mental health services and specialists

Other (please specify)

Mana Ake : Health/Social/Education Agency Survey

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. What do you feel are the main mental health and/or wellbeing issues facing our tamariki (children)?

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* 3. What sort of additional supports or services would you like to see for tamariki who identify with mental health and/ or wellbeing needs?

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* 4. What would you identify as the most significant gap in accessing mental health and wellbeing supports for tamariki and their wider whānau within schools and the wider community?

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* 5. Describe the best type of person to provide mental health and wellbeing support?

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* 6. Where do you feel is the most important place to start in providing additional mental health and/ or wellbeing services for tamariki? (tick one or more)

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* 7. What additional supports or services would help whānau to support their child's mental health and/ or wellbeing needs?

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* 8. What would help improve schools and agencies working together around the needs of our tamariki?

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* 9. What additional training do you think is necessary to improve mental health and wellbeing support for tamariki?

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* 10. What mental health and/ or wellbeing supports or services are you aware of that have achieved positive outcomes for tamariki?

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* 11. Any additional information that would be helpful to include