Designed to help you build stronger, more resilient communities, this programme will prepare you for meaningful roles such as Whānau Ora support worker, social justice advocate, or community development worker. You'll develop practical strategies to empower individuals and whānau while building your leadership, self-awareness, and professionalism.

What you will learn

When you complete this qualification you will be able to:

• Apply community and social services tools and strategies when working alongside tangata, family and/or whānau to support autonomy, identify goals, reduce vulnerability and build resilience or achieve aspirations
• Engage and communicate with tangata, family and/or whānau accessing social and community services in a manner which respects their socio-cultural identity, experiences and self-knowledge
•  Apply knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to honour the history and context of Māori as tangata whenua
• Apply knowledge of person-whānau interconnectedness to own role in a health and wellbeing setting
• Demonstrate self-awareness, reflective practice, personal leadership and self-care in a health and wellbeing setting
• Actively contribute to a culture of professionalism, safety and quality in a health and wellbeing organisation
• Use knowledge of the aims and purpose(s) of the wider health and wellbeing sectors to reflect on their impact on own role.

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Career opportunities

If you complete the NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) (Whānau, Community and Social Services) you could work in roles such as family and sexual violence support worker, social justice advocate, youth worker, community development worker, refugee support worker, and in areas relating to employment, housing and budget support, and information provision.