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

This programme enables learners with significant experience in a health and wellbeing setting to further develop skills and knowledge required to provide advanced relationship-centred and person-centred support for people with complex needs and their whānau.

What you will learn:

  • Apply culturally safe and inclusive person-centred care
  • Collaborate with the wider healthcare team and whānau to support complex needs
  • Communicate effectively in a culturally connected manner
  • Carry out workplace reporting and record management requirements
  • Apply leadership skills by mentoring or coaching colleagues within support teams​

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

  • Develop your career in a range of healthcare settings
  • Find employment in a support role such as a caregiver, healthcare assistant or support worker through to more senior support roles in a range of healthcare settings
  • Learn more to earn more – achieving qualifications can help you get to that next step

Academic entry

Applicants must be a minimum of 16 years old to commence the programme.

Applicants for the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Advanced Care and Support) (Level 4) must have completed the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3) or equivalent prior study.

English proficiency

All international applicants and domestic applicants for whom English is an additional language and te reo Māori is not the first language evidence of meeting English language requirements according to Rule 22 of the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2022 for the level of the programme.

For information about programme fees contact us.

  • H401 – Culturally-aware Care and Communication
  • H402 – Ethical Practice and Safety
  • H403 – Reflective Practice and Leadership
  • H404 – The Healthcare Professional
  • HA405 – Health Conditions, Complexity and Care
  • HA406 – Applying Person Centred Care
  • HA407 – Clinical Tasks and Care Procedures
  • H409 – Relationship-centred Communication

Total credits: 120

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

  • Develop your career in a range of healthcare settings
  • Find employment in a support role such as a caregiver, healthcare assistant or support worker through to more senior support roles in a range of healthcare settings
  • Learn more to earn more – achieving qualifications can help you get to that next step

Cavalli College qualifications have been designed with many pathway options available. Upon completion of this programme you will be eligible to apply for a variety of further study options.

View the pathway diagram illustrating the flow of our qualifications and how they complement each other.

24 February 2025

Monthly cohorts starting thereafter.

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