Workforce Information and Data
Ensuring the future workforce is equipped to deliver quality community mental health and addiction services.
In 2025, Platform and Te Pou jointly initiated the MH&A NGO Workforce Data project, whose focus was on strengthening the collection, analysis use and dissemination of MH&A NGO workforce data. The first stage of this project sought to test whether a more collective, NGO‑informed approach to workforce data was feasible and desired by NGOs, and involved a sector‑wide feasibility study, culminating in the report Strengthening the collection, analysis, use and dissemination of MH&A NGO workforce data. This report maps existing workforce data collections, highlights duplication and gaps, and identifies practical opportunities to improve data quality, coordination, and usefulness. There is broad NGO support to progress this work. You can view the feasibility study report here.
Phase two is yet to be confirmed but will involve moving from feasibility to design and decision-making. involve agreeing on a minimum workforce data set, and confirming leadership, timing, and deliverables, building on strong sector feedback that collective approaches would strengthen insights, influence, and workforce development.
Ensuring the future workforce is equipped to deliver quality community mental health and addiction services.
Tools, networks and events to strengthen community organisations.
Using evaluation, data, and collaboration to advocate for change.
Improving access and choice for the Deaf mental health and addiction community. This was a 12-month project completed over 2021-22.
Contributing to policy development, as well as providing a policy library and a range of publications to support the sector.
Fostering strategic partnerships and alliances to achieve a strong and sustainable mental health and addiction NGO and community sector.