The Policy Place Blog
It’s foundational Cultural responsiveness is foundational for any social service, health or other agency in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It’s a core requirement of the new Health and Disability Standards, which take effect on 28 February 2022. It’s also central to the Social Sector Accreditation Standards. The foundational nature of cultural responsiveness should reflect across an organisation’s…
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The new Health and Disability Standards come into effect in February 2022. At the Policy Place we’re updating our online policies for our members. We’ve just finished updating the Use of Restraint policy. If your policies are due for an update to come into line with the new Health and Disability standards then now is…
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Listening to Brenee Brown’s interview with James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, I was reminded about the necessity for policies to be an atomic habit in health, social and education services. Goals are the results we want. Policies and procedures provide a system to get there. But too often policies and procedures are relegated…
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Privacy policy and procedure is a common accreditation requirement in health and disability, social service and education sectors. At the Policy Place we help people and agencies with their policies and procedures for accreditation purposes. We see Privacy policies in all shapes and sizes. The best policies and procedures are simple, accessible and usable. They…
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It’s all on with mandatory vaccination for social, health, education and prison staff in Aotearoa. Employing agencies need to move quickly on their vaccination policy and procedure. The Mandate The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 3) 2021 has commenced. It provides for mandatory vaccination of certain roles in health, disability, education, and…
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Aotearoa has now joined other countries to require health and community support workers and teachers to be vaccinated for Covid-19. At the Policy Place, we’re updating our Vaccination policy and procedure for our members to prepare for the changes. But what about in other areas of social and community services? Can and should your organisation’s…
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It’s often hard for a not-for-profit organisation to work out the role a board should have in the financial management of the organisation versus the role of management. Policies and procedures are vital! At the Policy Place Ltd, we help organisations with online and bespoke policies and procedures to guide boards and managers in the…
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You might think it’s easy when it comes to requiring staff to get vaccinated. They should be given the choice – jab or job, right? Wrong. It’s not so simple at all, especially when it comes to vaccinations for existing staff in frontline positions eg health and social service staff. It’s a balancing act There’s…
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It’s time to celebrate the first language of Aotearoa with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Kia kaha te reo Māori! Te reo Māori is a taonga protected by the Treaty of Waitangi. The Crown and its funded entities like education, social and health agencies, has a duty to actively protect it. What does active…
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It’s important but tough to keep your policies and procedures up with the changing risks of COVID-19. In Aotearoa, over the last 2 weeks and in the space of less than 24 hours, we’ve plunged from Alert Level 1 to Level 4 restrictions. Soon, we’ll be operating at different levels of restrictions. It’s complex. And it’s constantly…
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