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

Waikato Institute of Technology

This one-year health and wellbeing course 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.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 the flexibility in how it is delivered. Students then have the option to study face-to-face with tutors and their peers two days a week and have three days for independent study or placement, with the remainder of tutorials conducted online. For those already employed in a health care support role, this programme can be undertaken online.