New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 2)

Duration: 12 weeks
Level: 2
Credits: 40
Work experience: 80 hours

This programme empowers learners to understand and develop entry-level knowledge and skills needed in health and wellbeing settings to support culturally safe care for individuals and their whānau.

What you will learn:

Deliver safe, person-centred care under supervision of health professionals
Communicate in a culturally appropriate and inclusive manner
Apply entry-level knowledge and skills to support clients and whānau
Understand the responsibilities and boundaries of your role

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Develop your career in a range of healthcare settings, including home-based care
Find employment in a support role such as a caregiver, healthcare assistant or support worker
Learn more to earn more – achieving qualifications can help you get to that next step

Entry Criteria

Academic entry

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

Applicants must demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills based on previous study or be developing skills towards Step 3 for Literacy and Step 4 for Numeracy on the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool. Once you have completed the LNAAT test if you need support then this is available from your tutor and this Foundation programme has been designed to help enhance your literacy and numeracy skills

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.

Fees

For information about programme fees contact us.

Courses

H201 – Culturally Safe Care
H202 – Responding to Risk, Changes and Emergencies
H203 – Communication in Healthcare
H204 – The Role of the Carer

Total Credit: 40

Pathways

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Develop your career in a range of healthcare settings, including home-based care
Find employment in a support role such as a caregiver, healthcare assistant or support worker
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.

Study dates

Flexible monthly start dates

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New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 2)

What you will learn:

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Academic entry

English proficiency

Qualifications

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