Mental Health Graduate Programme

The Mental Health Graduate Programme is a specially designed programme to challenge and develop the New Graduate Nurse in the specialty of Mental Health. It is an exciting programme with the support from a strong team within Mental Health services.

There is a strong focus on the academic component to develop competency, with 17 study days through out the year to provide the programme. The New Graduate will work towards a Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing, which is completed during the graduate year with 2 x 30 point papers through the University of Auckland.

The New Graduate will be provided with professional supervision as well as having a preceptor within their clinical placement, and access to the Mental Health Nurse Educator Team.

Clinical placements are aimed to provide a 6 month placement in both a community and inpatient setting. CMDHB provides and funds a range of mental health services for people who experience mental illness these include:


Adult Inpatient Mental Health

Tiaho Mai: Tiaho Mai is an acute mental health unit situated in the grounds of Middlemore Hospital. There are three wards:

• Kuaka is the intensive care unit with 12 beds
• Huia is a ward of 20 beds
• Tui is a ward of 18 beds

Tamaki Oranga: Adult rehabilitation unit for males


Adult Community Mental Health

These four CMHCs are geographically based clinics that provide services to those people within their own locations who experience severe mental illness and require tertiary support:

• Manukau Community Mental Health Care
• The Cottage Community Mental Health Centre
• Te Rawhiti Community Mental Health Centre
• Awhinatia Community Mental Health Centre

Intensive Community Team: A specialist community based mental health service promoting recovery. The members of this team are a highly mobile, intensive, multi-disciplinary team that provides ongoing treatment and support to people with severe mental health problems.

Early Psychosis Intervention Team: EPIT are the adult early psychosis intervention team for Counties Manukau DHB. We are a comprehensive clinical service for young adults (18-30) who are experiencing psychotic symptoms for the first time.


Te Puna Waiora: Maaori Mental Health

Te Puna Waiora is for Tangata Whaiora (clients) who are of Maaori descent and aged between 18 and 65 years old who reside in the Counties Manukau District Health Board catchment area.

• Taumatua Kaumatua
• Te Huarahi Ora: Intensive treatment team
• Manaaki Ora: Community mental health team
   

Faleola Mental Health Services

Faleola Mental Health Services are a clinical mental health team specialising in the assessment and treatment of Pacific ethnic persons aged 18 to 64 who reside within the Counties Manukau District Health region.

They have expertise in the areas of culturally appropriate psychiatric assessments, mental health promotion and effective communication with Pacific consumers and families. They provide extensive networks among our Pacific communities and provide skills in mental health research and education. They also assist mainstream services respond to the needs of Pacific people.


Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a community based service for children and young people between the ages of 0-19 years with serious emotional, psychological or behavioural disturbance, suspected psychiatric illness or serious mental illness.


Mental Health Services For Older People (MHSOP)

Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) is an integrated assessment and treatment service for older people (65 and over) with moderate to severe mental health problems or behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with Dementia. There are both inpatient as well as community based services within MHSOP.


Liaison Psychiatry

Assessment and triage of people who are admitted or treated within Middlemore Hospital


Whakatupu Ora

A specialist service supporting the emotional wellbeing of babies, toddlers and their families.


Dual Disability

This is an adult mental health service for people with a dual disability (mental health disorder, an intellectual disability/Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex needs).