NZDF Career Coaches

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foreign
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so we work with military personnel who
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are looking at transitioning sometime in
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the future either very close like
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they've filed with 717s or five years
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out of end of engagement so as a
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transition coach our role is to help
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people who are thinking about leaving or
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definitely leaving the defence force we
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work across the country we've got
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someone at each of the camps and bases
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and here at defence house they might
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come in here and not have any idea what
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they might be doing when they leave that
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for various reasons they might be
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leaving they're a myriad
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and so our role is to help them think
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about who they are what they need what
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their skills are what their interests
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are
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we are a service that was put in place
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specifically for our rf personnel
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because these are the people that have
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spent a long time here and perhaps might
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have the most trouble transitioning out
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to the civilian world regular force is
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our focus however we do run workshops
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and these workshops are run at all camps
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and bases and we work with regular force
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one-on-one but we also um
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do invite civilians to come into our
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workshops as well and that sort of
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civilian ncdf staff as well as
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family of regular force and
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reserves too
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primarily they would contact us through
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our email addresses
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which can be found on the ilp we do have
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a transition unit at nzdf.mil.nc
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email that you can email into and that
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will send it to the appropriate coach
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wherever they're based
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the first thing we do is find a time
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that's going to be appropriate for both
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parties we'll typically send out a
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calendar invite they will come and see
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us we will work out in our first session
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uh sessions are typically an hour
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what it is they need
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and generally it's to help them
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navigate what's next so it could be
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about making decisions
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or it could be about
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understanding themselves and what those
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next steps are
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and it could also be about
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just
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how to go about finding employment and
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and what supports there are outside of
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the nzdf for them as well
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we are not in uniform so we don't have
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to report up or down the chain any
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conversations that we have with someone
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stay within that room all the team have
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agreed to adhere to the code of ethics
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of our professional association called
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sedans
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that means we're very very crystal clear
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that to meet the code
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confidentiality is an imperative
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