Family Advisor

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Peer / advocacy / group / family whānau support

Regions

Whanganui

Description

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support is the provider of Whanganui DHB's Family Advisor. The Family Advisor works with the Whanganui DHB management team and staff to ensure the family/whānau perspective is part of mental health and addictions service planning and changes, policy development and review, recruitment, and service wide decision making.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support also provides family/whānau support for those supporting a loved one who has a mental illness/addiction.