New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4)

Summary

This one-year health and wellbeing programme will provide students with the foundation knowledge, skills, and practical experience required to work alongside individuals, families, and whānau accessing social and community services.Students gain a wide range of transferable skills essential to the role of a support worker and select from one of the following strands to further strengthen their learning:Mental health and addiction support: Apply mental health and/or addiction tools and strategies when working alongside tangata, family, and whānau to support autonomy, foster hope, and develop resilience.Whānau, community, and social services: Apply community and social services tools and strategies when working alongside tangata, family, and whānau to support autonomy, identify goals, reduce vulnerability, and build resilience or achieve aspirations.A key benefit of this programme is its flexibility in delivery. Students studying at our Hamilton Campus study face-to-face with tutors and their peers twice a week and have three days for independent study or placement. Students living rurally in the wider Waikato can choose to study online with classes delivered by a tutor via Zoom. This programme is also delivered online for those already employed in a support work role.Students will undertake 200 practicum hours in a work setting relevant to their selected strand to apply their knowledge and skills, enhance their learning, and develop professional practice.We welcome all new students with an induction at the start of the programme.