Physio Rehab Group - Diversity and Inclusion

Diverse thinking is important for supporting and enhancing health outcomes for everyone in our communities. We work alongside with Habit Health to ensure all companies within our group follow this thinking.

We value diversity and inclusion, and we celebrate all the unique backgrounds, skills, and personalities that create a vibrant culture, talented workforce, and better understanding of our clients and communities. We're committed to making our organisation a safe and positive place for everyone, our staff, clients, and visitors. – tātau tātau.

Making our place safe for our rainbow community

We actively support rainbow and other diversity initiatives so both staff and clients feel welcome to be themselves within our organisation.

In 2023, Habit Health achieved the Rainbow Tick accreditation, and this year became a Pride Pledge Gold badge member to further support the safety, visibility, and inclusion of all LGBTQIA+ (rainbow) people, both inside and outside our organisation.

Our work around this commitment is continuous. The more we learn, the more practices we can adopt, to truly ensure everyone feels safe and the freedom to be who they are.

This includes the established a rainbow allies group to support colleagues as well as updating our recruitment collateral to ensure we attract the best staff who align with our commitment for people to feel safe in being who they are.

We assist staff in their ability to support clients of many backgrounds by providing access to training from experts including our own internal group. 

We are updating our sites and collateral with our Pride Pledge Gold member badge, to give assurance that we are a safe and welcoming place.

Ngā Kaihapāi

Habit Health is dedicated to partnering with Māori to achieve better health equity, access, and outcomes for Māori.

As a provider of holistic health, we know that people are different – and those differences can come from a million different places. In New Zealand, we recognise the value to our clients in adapting a service to them. We do this for clients every day. Ngā Kaihāpai is our Māori for Māori Health Team, established to provide altogether better health for Māori.

To do this, we co-developed our Māori Responsiveness Strategy in 2020 through internal and external interviews, literature reviews, and wānanga. Read more about our strategy HERE. Our sister company EAP Services have also developed a specific Rongoā Māori support service  - find out more here Rongoā Māori Support Service | EAP for me | EAP Services Limited

Neurodiversity

Habit Health is a neurodiverse-inclusive organisation. It’s so important, particularly in healthcare that everyone feels welcome, either as staff members, people coming to see us for treatment, or other visitors to our site.

We celebrate diversity of thought, making space for people to carve their own way in getting things done, and our organisation is all the better for it. We are resilient, responsive, and can navigate uncertainty backed by our people coming from all walks of life.

Walking the talk

Here are some things that run as standard practice in the Habit Health Group.

We actively build inclusive capability

• D&I Resource library readily available for staff
• Active agenda item on our monthly newsletter
• Webinars and courses regularly rolled out e.g. Mandatory induction module, unconscious bias and how to effectively engage with Māori, and our internally run 8-week Kaupapa Māori course

Our employees take the lead

• Ngā kaihāpai (Habit Health’s internal by Māori for Māori team) drive our Māori response strategy: Ngā Pou Oranga. The goal is to drive Māori success in health across the country.
• Cultural Diversity and Inclusion committee
• Rainbow Allies committee

We grow and nurture diverse talent pipelines

• Leadership courses - Habit Health Māori and Pasifika scholarship to enhance the representation of community groups
• Robust Habit Health graduate programme to nurture the future of health care professionals
• Diverse and inclusive recruitment strategies

We have robust practices to ensure safe, respectful, and inclusive culture

• D&I related policies
• Company values and code of conduct to guide the behaviours