Occupational Therapist - Marinoto Child West

Occupational Therapist - Marinoto West, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

• 2x Permanent opportunities
• Full-time roles
• Based in Henderson

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About Us

Many young people in New Zealand experience difficulties with their mental health, at some point over the course of their childhood and teenage years. At Te Whatu Ora, Waitemata, the Marinoto West Child & Adolescent team offers mental health support to young people and their families across both rural and urban areas within West Auckland. Marinoto Child Youth and Family Teams provide comprehensive and specialist mental health assessments, liaison and treatment to children, young people and their families/whanau across the age range of 0-19 years (there is flexibility with adult services for those young people aged 18-19 years).

About the role and About you

We are currently looking for an Occupational Therapist with Child and Adolescent Mental Health experience. We are offering two full-time positions. We are after an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who wants to make a difference for our young people within West Auckland. You would be part of providing an Occupational Therapist voice within our multidisciplinary team.

Based at one of our West Auckland sites, you would be required to work Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8.30am to 5pm.

Our service delivery model is CAPA, the Choice and Partnership Approach and you can discover more about this at http://www.capa.co.uk/

For a copy of the job description, please click here

Requirements for the role:

• Professional Registration in New Zealand
• Full NZ Drivers Licence
• A desire to work with children, youth and their families who have complex mental health issues.

Preferred:

• Experience in using various media and tools to engage and sustain treatment with children, young people and their families.
• A Post Graduate qualification in Child and Youth mental health and/or recognised training in an evidence-based intervention for Child and Youth mental health presentations.

If you are this person, please apply online now for this rewarding role in CAMHS service at Health NZ careers quoting reference number WDHB20272

We pride ourselves on being supportive and caring to our colleagues as well as our clients and their families. We enjoy the diversity of our work and continuously invest in training our staff to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice to our valued clients.

If you are interested and keen for more information, please contact Petra Musekiwa on 021988735.

For more information about the recruitment process please contact our Recruitment Consultant, Abigail Sana Matic via email

Closing Date: 2 October 2025

Position Number: WDHB20272