Highlights from 2025
Employment is a health intervention
Employment support is a core part of a modern mental health and addiction system. We value our working relationships with leaders, funders and planners, service providers and non-governmental organisations who see daily the transformation it brings.
Work Counts acknowledges the Wise Group, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Development. We could not achieve what we do, without your support.
Practical implementation support
- E Ara E (Odyssey), Auckland
- Ember, Auckland
- Emerge Aotearoa, Auckland
- Equip, Auckland
- Health New Zealand Te Tai Tokerau
- Mahitahi Trust, Auckland
- Reconnect Family Services, Auckland
- Take Charge (Odyssey House), Christchurch
- Te Mana Oranga, Te Tai Tokerau
- Workwise, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington, Whanganui.
Training and Fidelity
0 Trainings delivered
In-person (18), online (5) and bespoke (2)
0 Attendees
Experienced Work Counts trainings
0 Students assessed
To complete the IPS module, NZ Diploma in Health and Wellbeing Level 5
0 Fidelity Self-assessments
For Reconnect Family Services, The People's Project, WALSH Trust and Workwise
Sector activity and initiatives in 2025
- Participation and collaboration with the International IPS Learning Community and global research network
- Coordination of the Asia-Pacific IPS Learning Community
- Hosted three sector events (February, May & June 2025)
- Attended Platform Members’ Day, Wellington (March 2025)
- Work Counts and the value of IPS employment support included in “A Sound Investment,” a new report by Platform (March 2025)
- Attendance at Asia-Pacific IPS Learning Community meeting in Melbourne, Australia (October 2025)
- Attendance at Orygen’s 20-year anniversary event in Melbourne, Australia (October 2025)
- Published new video on our YouTube channel: Work Counts Seminar sharing experiences from Sweden, by visiting researcher Kristina Carlsson Stylianides (October 2025)
It’s about finding out what that person's strengths are and reminding them what they’re good at. Because, they’ve been reminded so much what they [fail] at…. And just instilling that faith in them again to believe in themselves.
- Clinican
This workshop was so valuable. It reaffirmed the importance of employment support for people who experience mental health concerns. The activities really got me thinking outside the box.
- Training participant (Let’s Talk about Mental Health and Work)
My employment consultant would meet me at the same location as my mental health team to help make the process easier.
- Angela, job seeker (not her real name)
