New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Advanced Care and Support) - Level 4

Summary

Learn the job-ready skills and knowledge needed to provide advanced person-centred support to people in the community with complex health needs. This program will equip you with both general skills and knowledge that are transferrable across the health and wellbeing sectors, and job-specific skills and knowledge to perform specific health and support roles within the wider health and care sectors.

You can be a benefit to the community will benefit through providing of high quality health and wellbeing skills to support people, their family and the wider community.

Overview

Over 40 weeks, you will receive professional training from experienced tutors (who have worked in the industry themselves) to be able to enter the health and wellbeing sector, and to confidently provide care for the community’s elderly citizens, and their family.

Outcomes

On successfully completing this programme, graduates will be able to:

• Work collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team and the and/or family of a person with complex needs to support health and wellbeing (10C)
• Support registered health professionals by carrying out delegated clinical tasks in a health and wellbeing setting
• Apply knowledge of health and wellbeing conditions and organisational processes to implement culturally appropriate person-centred/ relationship-centred approaches to care for and support a person with complex needs in a health and wellbeing setting
• Communicate effectively in a culturally appropriate manner, including preparing for and delivering reports and information as required by the organisation, and engaging in challenging conversations in a health and wellbeing setting
• Apply leadership skills in a health or wellbeing setting by formal or informal mentoring and/or coaching of colleagues