summit summary
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Support Worker Summit2009
120 participants
from all
over
Participants with four months to five generations of support work experience
Check out the NING site to see who was there…
We started a community of
practice using a NING
NING? it’s a social
networking site where you can
communicate with other support
workersask questions, get
ideas, give advice, share tools
and information, progre
ss stuff that is important to you
The ning site is one week old
70 support workers
have already joined
http://supportworkers.ning.com/
Want to be part of the national support worker network?
Over the last two years support workers had
noticed…
More acceptance of the support worker expertise
More training available, but still not as easily accessible
Still a need for more services for young people, people with serious need
Still recognition issues and need for more pay
Still a lack of a career path
More collaboration across services and disciplines
At the summit, support workers talked about…
SupervisionNational Body
Professional Health Registration under HPCA ActMoney debt and mental illness
Presenting at conferences – T.H.E.M.E.S.Special roles calm and restraint
MoneyOur own self care in this demanding field
Better pay and conditions – including trainingWhanau participation
Access to quality education for all MHS workersLets get real
Taken seriously as a professionalEducating key workers around what we do
Support WorkersWays we can help towards recovery
Sharing more ideas with different servicesHow can organization empower and encourage a support
worker roleHow can we support them in being heard?
TrainingService user/Consumer workforce
Job clarity, inpatient unitPeer Support
Getting youth into groups/working with groupsCollaboration
The relationship between AOD services with Community Mental Health Services – How can this relationship be
recognized and improved.Measuring what makes a difference – what are standard
assessments?Networking in the areas we specialize in –
Youth, employment, etc.
Heaps!
The top topics that support workers want to get traction on…
Pay & Recognition 1
Training, development and supervision
2
National body 3
Registration 4
Service Access and development 5
Whanau participation
Services for young people
Peer support
What would be your
top topics for action?
Small print thanks to…
our sponsors
all the support workers and employers that made the attendance at the summit possible
pattillo for design and facilitation
Megan Hosking for NING design