Joanne Young

Ko Joanne Young toku ingoa. I have been a Registered Social Worker in New Zealand for 22 years. I am Scottish and immigrated to New Zealand 25 years ago. I am currently working within the New Zealand Defence Force. I am currently working at Whenuapai Air Base as the Air Force Social Worker. I enjoy working with all Military Aviators and their Whanau/families. I also support all Civilian Staff and their Whanau/families. I enjoy working with Vulnerable Children, Vulnerable Adults 16-65 and Vulnerable Older Adults 65+. I enjoy working within a team and using a multi-disciplinary and community approach to my client’s health care outcomes and well-being. I am currently working within the Professional Resource Group (PRG) to develop Policies and Best Practice for Social Workers within NZDF. I am also working with NZSWRB Professional Conduct Committee to support competent and safe social work Practice. I really enjoy supporting individual Social Workers to feel inspired, and be excited about Social Work, and encourage Best Practice. I continue to value community service delivery, and enjoy working in partnership with community services and NZDF personnel.

• MM/DD/YY, NZ Social Work Registration Board, PCC (Professional Conduct Committee), I am currently working on a contracted basis for the NZ Social Work Registration Board, on the Professional Conduct Committee. I am contracted to the NZSWRB to investigate and assess Social Workers competency to Practice. I work within the PCC and a panel of three, we investigate concerns raised regarding Social Workers Professional Practice, reported by, the Public or Peers. We consider evidence which will determine the ability and standards of a Social Worker and the complaint raised. We consider evidence against the standards of NZ Social Work Registration Boards 10 Core Competencies, Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, to determine whether the Social Worker meets the Standard of Practice for Social Workers in New Zealand.
• MM/DD/YY, New Zealand Defence Force (Air Force), I am currently working for the Air Force as the Social Worker at Whenuapai Air Base in Auckland. I support all Military and Civilian family/Whanau well-being. This is a specialised field and requires a senior social worker due to the complex nature of social work within NZDF. I use Te Whare Tapa Wha model of care as the basis for our health care model. I support the Taha Tinana (Physical health), Taha Wairua (Spiritual health), Taha Whanau (Family health) and Taha Hinengaro (Mental health) I work closely with our cultural support on Base and in the community for best health care outcomes. I support individual family/whanau members and couple relationship issues. I also support family/whanau that are being deployed and/or working away from home. Clients can have health concerns including alcohol and mental health. Others can have work issues and financial stress. We support and clients who have experienced Family Violence, Abuse or Neglect. We advocate for all Military persons with any Command issues or challenges. We work in partnership with Local community and Cultural support. All social workers support Military persons who are being accused and are being charged by Military Police. I work within a Multi-Disciplinary model which includes Command, Medical Officers, Clinical Psychologist, Counsellors, and Maori Liaison Officers and Cultural advisors. I work with my Clinical Manager to build Policy and Procedures as part of the Professional Resource Group, this supports the development of social work within NZDF, and enhances the development of social work Practice. Social work is still a new Practice within NZDF and needs to continue developing resources and training to all social workers in NZDF.
• MM/DD/YY, Te Whatu Ora (Waitemata District Health Board), Senior Social Worker, I was the Senior Social Worker for the Inpatients Social Work Team at Waitakere Hospital. I have worked extensively within the community and inpatients teams supporting all professional disciplines and Clinical Practitioners with complex cases and legal issues including specialist social work support for VC/VA/VOA, Family Violence/Harm, and Child Protection. My role has been to support workforce development through mentoring, couching and clinical performance and feedback. I also supported the professional development, and discipline specific standards. I work closely with the Team Manager and Professional Clinical Leader with service demands and professional standards. I supported staff allocation and forward planning to cover social work service delivery. I had key Human Resource duties which include annual leave, sick leave, weekly/daily business/triage meetings, professional development, and complex case management. I supported individuals and family group counselling meetings. I provided senior consultation to all social workers within the Emergency Department for Adults and Children, all Acute Wards and ATR Wards. I attended and supported the Senior Medical Officers and Charge Nurse Managers meeting to discuss service initiatives and optimize Quality Assurances from a MDT perspective. I am professionally involved in face to face counseling, including Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment diagnosis, and treatment of specific behavioral health issues, rehabilitation and personal health needs and goals for clients/patients and their Whanau/family members. I conducted individual and family group meetings, with clear goals and aims, for client/patient centered care. I supported all staff members to discuss concerns regarding any Vulnerable, VC/VA/VOA, Family Violence/Harm, and Child Protection, identified in Hospital/Community. I have completed many Court applications and legal guidance under the PPPR Act and under the Crimes Act for our most vulnerable clients/patients. I worked closely with the legal team, individuals identified under the Crimes Act as Vulnerable. I worked in partnership with community agencies for Better, Best, Brilliant health care outcomes.
• MM/DD/YY, Age Concern North Shore Social Worker, (Ass. coordinator Elder Abuse Response Service), I have worked extensively doing Psycho-social assessment and counseling for Vulnerable Older Adults and their family members. I have investigated many cases of Elder Abuse over a five year period. I have supported building confidence in Older Adults to speak out against Elder Abuse and access community support from Age Concern services and advocate for Older Adults to access and consider many other supportive community services. Within my role I was required to do face to face counseling with Older Adults, and/or whanau/family members, and/or whanau/family group conference. I have worked collaboratively with community agencies supporting clear aims and goals for Older Adults. I have upheld my social work Practice as I used the 10 core competencies and code of ethics to provide a good framework to build on my social work Practice. I upheld the standards and goals of the Ministry of Health.