Our Vision: High quality, sustainable, home and community health services
Welcome to
Home & Community Health Association
The Home and Community Health Association represents providers of home and community health services in New Zealand.
About Us
The Home and Community Health Association (HCHA) represents providers of home and community health services, and is the national voice that promotes and advances excellence, partnership and sustainability for the sector.
Read more »Membership and member services
We provide advocacy, standard setting, information, opportunities for networking and attending webinars, forums and events.
What is home and community health support?
Home and community support includes a range of services available for people who need support to live at home. Services include personal care, household management, nursing treatment, and complex care for people with serious needs
Life Changing Careers
There’s a sense of fulfilment to being a Support Worker that other jobs can’t match. Roles are as varied as the people you work with, letting you shape your career in your own way. By making a difference to others, the life you change may be your own.
Pay Equity Claim: Care and Support Workers
The PSA, NZNO and E Tū Unions have taken a pay equity claim against a representative group of 15 employers of care and support workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
HCHA 2023
Pre-Election Campaign Messages
Actions the next government must take to strengthen the home and community health services sector (service providers, workers we employ, clients we serve) so we can deliver the care clients need, when they need it, removing variations in equity of access, experience of care, and the quality of service delivery.
Recognise
Recognise the essential care and support we provide across Aotearoa
Enable
Enable services to meet the complex and varied needs of the clients we serve
Act
Act to ensure long term sustainability of the sector
Invest
Invest to recruit, retain and develop our workforce
Latest News
- Nov 30, 2023 HCHA Briefing to Incoming Ministers (BIM) - November 2023 Read more »
- Oct 24, 2023 NewstalkZB - Katherine Rich: Dr Reti’s Prescription for Care Workers’ Claim Read more »
- Oct 18, 2023 Government’s failure on pay equity undervalues a crucial, caring workforce Read more »
- Oct 6, 2023 Te Whatu Ora review delays pay equity for care and support workers Read more »
- Sep 28, 2023 Pay gap crippling essential community healthcare Read more »
Contact Us
Home & Community Health Association
PO Box 5344
Wellington 6140