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Rotorua is a place where whānau, whakapapa and community are at the centre and where social workers have the opportunity to do some of the most meaningful and challenging mahi in Aotearoa.

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Oranga Tamariki carries a responsibility to support the safety and wellbeing of tamariki and whānau across Aotearoa.

In Rotorua, this means working in genuine partnership with whānau, hapū, iwi and community providers. Our practice is grounded in mana, aroha, tika, pono and whakapapa, guiding how we engage, make decisions, and show up every day.

This role represents an opportunity to shape a new way of working with culturally grounded solutions and innovations that support our operational strategy and direction toward transformational change for the care and protection system, one that builds on the good things that are already happening, and, most importantly, innovates to find new ways of doing things to achieve bet...