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Oranga and the tangata whenua and bicultural supervision model

Oranga is central to the supervision model and is expressed as kaimahi ora, mahi ora and whānau ora. If supervision maintains a central focus on the ora of kaimahi, and kaimahi are enabled within their workplace, they will be able to promote whānau ora.

Expressions of oranga within the tangata whenua and bicultural supervision model

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Kaimahi ora​

Quality supervision must have a central focus on maintaining kaimahi ora. The following aspects can contribute to maintaining kaimahi ora in supervision.

Mahi ora

Mahi ora reinforces that Oranga Tamariki is a practice agency where supervision is valued and prioritised as an essential extension of quality practice, leading to improved outcomes for tamariki, rangatahi and whānau. Mahi ora includes the policies, operational processes and systems that inform practice.

Mahi ora also encompasses the 'practice system' and the various components that are required for quality supervision to occur. Essential components include supportive leadership and site culture where supervision is prioritised, appropriate time and space to engage in supervision is enabled, and learning and development opportunities that enable kaiārahi and kaitiaki to have the necessary knowledge, skills and capabilities required for delivering and engaging in quality supervision are provided.

Whānau ora

Whānau ora refers to understanding and working with tamariki and rangatahi in the context of their whakapapa, with oranga as the frame. When working with tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau, our practice is focused on understanding the strengths, needs and risk from an oranga perspective.​

Oranga framing orients our understanding and response – to the safety, harms, needs and aspirations of tamariki, rangatahi and whānau – to be holistic and ecological. We need to work relentlessly with whānau and community to keep tamariki safe within the context of their whānau. When we are not able to ensure their safety, there is a statutory obligation for us to act. Some aspects that maintain whānau ora are described below.

Key elements and dimensions

Oranga sits at the centre of our tangata whenua and bicultural supervision model. Rippling out like water in a puna (pool), we have the 3 expressions of oranga (kaimahi ora, mahi ora and whānau ora), the phases of the supervision model and the foundation provided by ngā takepū of Te Toka Tūmoana.

In the deeper water underneath are the 5 key elements of oranga and the 6 dimensions of oranga.

The 5 key elements of oranga:

  • Oranga is different for all whānau and within whānau​.
  • Oranga is a relationship between whānau and their cultural, natural, physical and social environments​.
  • Oranga is not a finite destination. It is fluid, ebbing and flowing through various states over a lifetime​.
  • Oranga is multi-dimensional. It is dynamic, holistic, reciprocal and relational​.
  • Oranga is inclusive​.

Each expression is understood more holistically through the 6 dimensions of oranga:​

  • wairua (cultural wellbeing)​
  • hinengaro (mental wellbeing)​
  • ngākau (emotional wellbeing)​
  • tinana (physical wellbeing)​
  • whānau (family wellbeing)
  • waiora (environmental wellbeing)

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