Health and Employment Support (FREE)
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Here Toitū: Supporting Your Health and Employment Journey
Here Toitū is a FREE service dedicated to improving health and wellbeing for individuals facing employment challenges due to health conditions or disabilities. Please book a consult with your GP to access this service.
Here Toitū operates through two specialized teams:
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Here Toitū Standard Team
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Who it’s for: 18-64 years old who have a work capacity medical certificate
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What we do: Assist you in setting realistic and manageable goals toward employment that align with your health condition.
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2. Responding Early Team
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Who it’s for: 16-64 years old at risk of losing your job due to health reasons
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What we do: Provide support to help you maintain your job.
Create a Strong Support Network
Each participant receives a dedicated support network, including case managers and health professionals, who work together to help you navigate your circumstances.
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Job Retention Specialists: Assist you in keeping your current job or finding better-suited employment.
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Career Development: Help you obtain relevant licenses and certificates to enhance your career prospects.
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Holistic Support: Ongoing support for up to 12 months.
Participant Feedback
Here are some stories from individuals who have benefited from Here Toitū:
The first success is completing the course, which I’m just doing my final paper now. It finishes in two weeks. The second success I would say would be even applying for the course because I didn’t feel confident enough with my skills and knowledge to feel like I could do something like this.
I felt really positive. She really listened to me. She told me that they could help me get me a CV. She helped me to get my [name] licence. This is a real wraparound system. She had somebody that worked for Work and Income that helped me out as well. She knew a lot of people to help me. I felt empowered by our first meeting. She was going to walk that journey with me side by side to help me.
I’ve improved my health since I started. That’s probably my main one ... Before I started I was spending, I would say, maybe 60% of my day in bed because I was in a lot of pain. Now, I’m a lot more mobile because I’ve gotten help. I’ve got to doctors and chiropractor and it’s helped me a lot. I’m not in so much pain all the time. I do still have issues that we’re working on. I can’t do things like I used to a while back but I have gotten to the point where I can function more normally.
We discussed my goals, what I wanted to achieve. We set goals together... We would focus on one at a time in achieving those steps.