National Certificate in Diversional Therapy and Community Health (Level 4)

Summary

Duration : 76-80 weeks (Teaching weeks - 60; Break weeks - 12-20) (plus 4 weeks summer break depending on intake start date)

Delivery : This programme features 4 semesters. 

Commitment required for this programme:

• 20 hours of face-to-face delivery per week
• a Minimum of 10 hours of self-directed study per week
  
• 15 weeks of clinical placement. 

Graduates will be able to...

Engage and communicate with people, family and/or whanau accessing social and community services in a manner which respects their socio-cultural identity, experiences, and self-knowledge.

Relate the history of Maori as tangata whenua and knowledge of person-whanau interconnectedness to own role in a health and well-being setting.

Display self-awareness reflective practice and personal leadership in a health and wellbeing setting.

Actively contribute to a culture of professionalism, safety, and quality in a health and wellbeing setting.

Relate the purpose and impact of own role to the aims of the wider health and wellbeing sector.

Work alongside people, family and/or whanau in a community facilitation setting to support autonomy by using tools and strategies to identify goals, address barriers and achieve aspirations.

Work alongside people, family and/or whanau in a community health setting to support autonomy by using tools and strategies to promote self-management of health and wellbeing.