The Policy Place Blog
Introduction Te Reo Māori, the Māori language, is a cornerstone of our cultural heritage as a country. It is not just a means of communication but a vital expression of identity, history, and community for Māori. However, the journey of Te Reo Māori has been and continues to be held back by racist approaches that…
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Co-design is a user-centred approach that helps organisations create services and products that genuinely meet the needs of their users. At the Policy Place we support agencies to achieve success through co-design. We provide policies and procedures to support the co-design methodology while ensuring an ethical approach and compliance with the law and regulations. In…
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We’ve just introduced Policy Tracking and Reporting for members of the Police Place’s online policy service. This new function provides managers with valuable information about the views and use of organisational policies and procedures. It also offers evidence of compliance that organizations can use for audits and assessments, ensuring adherence to the Social Sector Accreditation…
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At the Policy Place, we aim through our workplace policies to support clients to achieve organisational justice. In line with this focus, we recently updated our health and safety and risk management policies for our online clients to recognise and address the impacts of psychosocial hazards and risks on work. In this post, we will…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to many industries in Aotearoa, including social and health services. While AI offers benefits, it also poses significant risks that need to be addressed through comprehensive AI policies. That’s why we at the Policy Place have recently released our new AI policy for our online policy clients. In this…
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The Waitangi Tribunal has just released its Interim Report on the Minister for Children’s proposal to introduce a Bill to Parliament to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. The Minister’s proposal was outlined in a Cabinet paper lodged with the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee on 27 March. Reading the Tribunal report, it’s…
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In today’s workplace, you can’t just focus on physical hazards. Psychosocial hazards like work stress, conflicts, harassment and traumatic incidents must also be considered. Mental wellbeing not just physical wellbeing of staff has to be the goal of a supportive workplace. At the Policy Place, we reflect this focus for members of our online policy…
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In organisations of many types, compliance reporting and tracking have led to a compliance-driven approach to operations. However, a paradigm shift is now underway in the not-for-profit sector. Having long struggled to get staff on board with compliance and policy implementation, many nonprofit agencies are shifting from a compliance-driven approach to a learning-focused one. In…
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When onboarding staff you need introduce them to some key policies. But can you do that without boring them to death? And can you do it in a meaningful way? Including policies in your onboarding process is important for many reasons. One, because policies and procedures help you manage risks and guide best practices in…
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It can be easier said than done regarding the right to give informed consent. This right is particularly prominent in members’ policies covering Privacy, Child Protection and access to health treatment. It is supported by the policy requirement for people to be given information in understandable ways. But how do we ensure that people understand…
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