Outcomes and Goals

Our Outcome describes the kind of mental health and addiction sector we want for New Zealanders by 2015 ("the destination"), and our goals support the achievement of this desired outcome.

Achieving our Outcomes and Goals

Our Outcome describes the kind of mental health and addiction sector we want for New Zealanders by 2015 ("the destination"), and our goals support the achievement of this desired outcome.

Our Outcome

New Zealand will be a nation where New Zealanders sustain their mental health and wellbeing and people with mental illness and addiction lead their recovery by participating in their communities and by accessing responsive services.

This long-term outcome describes the societal result we seek to contribute towards achievement of by the year 2015, working both with, and through, the mental health and addiction sector and its stakeholders. While this outcome is not specifically the outcome the Government is seeking through the national mental health strategy it is still appropriate because the Commission's role focuses at a level that contributes to and complements the higher level Te Tahuhu outcomes.

Our medium-term Outcomes

To ensure our contribution to societal outcomes (as reflected in our outcome), the Commission will focus on work short-term that will allow us as an agency to most effectively carry out our proposed reframed functions as set out in the Amendment Bill. With a focus on the development of new approaches, such as a proposed outcomes-based monitoring framework, we will have the ability to influence the sector to arrive at the long-term outcome articulated above.

For our business approach to achieve outcomes, both medium-term and long term, the Commission has determined upon strategic intent to get us there. Our strategic intent is articulated below through our goals. These goals cross over our work programme, and at times more than one goal can be influencing work deliverables.

Our Goals

Key service performance results we seek to achieve through our work over the next three years are captured in our four goals:

1. Agreeing on what the sector will look like as a result of implementing Te Tahuhu
2. Guidance in specific service development areas
3. Developing the Commission's monitoring
4. Development of intra-sectoral and cross-sectoral collaboration

Our Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives 2007-2010

OUR VISION

Mental health and wellbeing for all New Zealanders

New Zealand will be a nation where New Zealanders sustain their mental health and wellbeing, and people with mental illness and addiction lead their recovery by participating in their communities and by accessing responsive services.

OUR MISSION

Leading and influencing the implementation of the national mental health strategy

• Advocating for service users and their families
• Promoting collaboration
• Reducing discrimination
• Monitoring
• Supporting service development and stimulating research

       OUR STRATEGIC GOALS & OBJECTIVES

To ensure there is sufficient engagement with the sector and understanding of what the sector will look like as a result of implementing Te Tahuhu by 2015

To identify and disseminate information about how to achieve fuller human rights across services and use that information to foster dialogue on how to improve human rights within services.

Highlight differing definitions of families or equivalents, including across cultural groups and generations. 

Improve understanding of how to involve families in service delivery supporting children and adolescents.

To produce a tool with high sector uptake to enable improved service provision

Develop an outcomes-based monitoring framework for the Commission.

Analyse issues/trends relating to the growth / improvement of current services. 

Monitor sector achievements and areas for improvement at a district level in relation to the implementation of Te Tahuhu.

To increase recognition of the need for integrated service delivery approaches that respond to mental illness as well as addiction needs of service users.

To work with research partners to develop a research strategy in response to the information in Te Rau Hinengaro.

OUR VALUES

The Commissioners and staff share the following values in carrying out our work.  We seek to be:

• Credible - by being a source of expert knowledge, expertise, advice and support about mental-health related matters;
• Collaborative - in working with stakeholders to foster communication between them;
• Challenging - taking an independent position to encourage and advocate improvements through innovation and change.