ABOUT

Providing training and consultancy services to governments, government departments, local government, professional bodies, academic and research institutions, NGOs and workplaces across New Zealand, Australia and Pacific Islands for over 30 years.

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Mission

To optimise mental wellbeing outcomes, reduce the incidence of suicide and suicidal behaviour, and mitigate the impact of suicide for whānau and communities.

PHILOSOPHY & VALUES

Philosophy

Evidence-based and wisdom informed local action for maximum social impact and transformational change

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Values

Culturally safe             Customer Focused               Diversity

Excellence                   Inclusive                              Innovation

Integrity                      Passion                                Responsive

PRINCIPLES

• Tailor-made solutions and training

• Evidence based on research and cultural wisdom

• Collective impact methodology for community action

• Strategic, solution focused thinking and planning

• Population health framework with a broad social and cultural determinants' analysis of wellbeing, suicide and suicidal behaviour

• Visionary leadership for social impact and transformation

• Outcomes focused based on sound program logic

• Openness, transparency, accountabilty and professional integrity

• Stakeholder and community engagement

• Innovation for social action

• Mentoring, supervision and reflective practice

• Promoting social justice, human rights and human dignity

• Affirming of diversity and facilitating social inclusion and cohesiveness

• Strength-based approaches to promote resiliency and wellbeing for individuals, whānau, hapu,  iwi and communities

• Collaborative partnerships for action using principles of collective impact

• Commitment to advancing the collective knowledge of effective suicide prevention through action research and high quality evaluation

TRAINING

• Quality and evidence-based training workshops in the areas of wellbeing, depression, suicide prevention and postvention designed for the NZ context

• In-house professional development tailor-made for your organisations training needs

• Diversity and inclusion training

• Keynote Speaker

• Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment Tool Training

• Podcasts and webinars

• Public lectures and community talks

• Blog

CONSULTANCY

• Policy advisory service

• Organisational policy and procedures advice, development or auditing

• Workforce development planning and auditing

• Programme evaluation

• Project management

• Supervision, mentoring and debriefing services

• Conference programme pedagogy advice