Pōwhiri Poutama Framework 2014: Applying Culturally safe practice in Māori / Counselling, Social work, Mental Health & Social Services

Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkApplying Culturally safe practice in Māori / Counselling,

Social work, Mental Health & Social Services

Dr. Rawiri Waretini Karena, 2014

Disclaimer

• The concepts for the Pōwhiri Poutama framework were developed from Paraire Huata based on the framework of the Pōwhiri.

• The process of its application to a counselling social work setting was developed and adapted by Dr Rawiri Waretini-Karena based on the A to E process. A framework applied in Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau Māori Counselling program that was standardised in 2004.

Māori Ethical Framework consideration

• The following are considerations that need to be taken into account when working with Māori whānau / clientele

Māori Ethical Framework

Aroha ki te tangata Respect for peoples

Kanohi kitea The viewed face; face to face presentation

Titiro, whakarongo, korero Look, listen, speak

Manaaki ki te tangata

Kia tupato

Kaua e takahia te mana o te tangata

Kaua e mahaki

Share and host people be generous

Be cautious

Do not trample on the mana of people

Don’t flaunt your knowledge.

Cram 2004; Smith, L, 1999, p.120

Pōwhiri Poutama process

1. Whakatau 1 - Admin2. Whakatau 2 – Establishing Relations3. Whakapuaki – Identify issues4. Whakatangitangi – Unpacking issues5. Whakaratarata – Strategies & timeframes6. Whakaoranga – Implementing action plan7. Whakaotinga – Effective closure


Mihi Whakatāu- Administration

1) Ice breaker introduction2) Roles & Responsibilities3) Set boundaries4) Establish confidentiality

& limits to confidentiality

R & R

1) Welcome to our agency did you find the place okay?

2) What do you know about the role & responsibilities of a counsellor?

3) Our sessions last for an hour

4) What do you know about confidentiality?


Mihi Whakatāu- Administration

Confidentiality • Under the NZAC code of Ethics and policies of the agency if a whanau discloses they are about to harm themselves or others the counsellor is required to inform their supervisor.

• Do you understand what this means?


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkMihi Whakatau

Part two – Establishing Relations


Mihi Whakatau- Establishing relations

1) Establish where they are from

2) Ask about their family

3) Reflect4) After thanking

them for sharing share something about yourself

1) No hea koe? Where are you from?

2) Tell me about your family, siblings, do you have a family of your own?

3) So I heard you say…4) Let me tell you a

little bit about myself…(Follow the same process)


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkWhakapuaki

Identifying the issue


Whakapuaki- Identify issue

1) Expand issue2) Establish

history3) Identify

impacts4) Establish

scale of intensity

1) Tell me more about this?

2) When did this first start?

3) How has this impacted?

4) How serious has this impact been?


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkWhakatangitangi

Working Towards an action Plan


Introduction-

• This section introduces the Pōwhiri Poutama framework- Whakatangitangi.

• A video presenting this section will commence straight after this slide.

• Participants will be able to access the power point on this section after the video


Whakatangitangi-Work towards action plan

1) Interpret action

2) Interpret meaning

1) So when that issue happened

2) What was that about?


Action Issue Value Belief Minimisation

Impact Redress

What was done?

Why was it done?

What value did this challenge

What was the belief about this issue?

What was minimised about the other person or issue?

What was the result of the action?

What can be done to redress the issue?

Whakatangitangi-Work towards action plan


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkWhakaratarata

Preferred Story – Strategies & Timeframes


Whakaratarata- Preferred story

1) Preferred story

2) Strategies to preferred story

1) What would you like to see happen?

2) How could that be achieved?


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkWhakaoranga

Implement Action Plan


Whakaoranga-Implementing action plan

• Options & consequences

• If you were to implement that preferred story what would the consequences of that be?


Pōwhiri Poutama FrameworkWhakaotinga

Effective Closure


Whakaotinga - Effective closure• Summarize an overview of the• counselling session• Highlight the main-points that• stuck out in the session• Discuss the new discoveries that• came out of the session• Link discoveries back to purpose

of session• Evaluate the session How was

the session for the client/whanau?

• Where to next?• Close with a karakia


Reference• Huata, P. (2011). Pōwhiri Poutama. A presentation given to tutors of

WINTEC. Waikato Institute of Technology. The Centre for Health and Social Practice

• Smith, L, T.(1999). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples. Dunedin: New Zealand. University of Otago Press

• Karena, R,W.(2014). Pōwhiri Poutama framework. Transforming Māori Experiences of Historical Intergenerational Trauma. PhD thesis pp.172-173

Pōwhiri Poutama Framework 2014: Applying Culturally safe practice in Māori / Counselling, Social work, Mental Health & Social Services

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