Ara Taiohi

I am a registered senior social work and also have my ACC registration. I worked for the Ministry for Children Oranga Tamariki for nine years. I had the opportunity to experience various roles all in the field of care and protection. This included working as a front-line social worker in the intake and investigation team earlier in my career. I enjoyed my role as a front-line social worker and learnt a number of valuable skills on risk assessment and rapport building with tamariki, rangatahi and families/whanau in crisis. While employed by the Oranga Tamariki I was employed as a Forensic Child Interview for the after being trained my New Zealand Police. I was in this role for six years. I gain valuable interviewing skills and knowledge in Child Protection. My career has predominately been working with victims of abuse during their time of trauma. I am passionate about supporting individuals and their families/whanau in their time of crisis.