New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) Mental Health and Addiction Support Strand

Duration: 1 year
Level: 4
Credits: 120
Work experience: 200 hours

This programme supports learners to understand mental health and addiction issues and apply strategies, interventions, and tools to work alongside people and whānau in mental health and/or addiction settings.

What you will learn:

Support autonomy, resilience, and hope in those with mental health and addiction issues
Work collaboratively and apply effective communication strategies to manage impacts of stigma and discrimination
Apply knowledge of the history and context of Māori as tangata whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi to support cultural connectedness in a health and wellbeing setting
Demonstrate self-awareness, reflective practice, and personal leadership

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Find employment in a support role such as a mental health and addiction support worker, addiction programme facilitator, caregiver, or residential support worker
Use your lived experience to support recovery for others with similar experience

Entry Criteria

Academic entry

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

Applicants are required to have initial checks to ensure they are fit and proper to provide support, specific to the context in which they work.

English language entry

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

Fees Free

If you are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident living in Rodney, Waitakere, or North Shore regions, and new to tertiary study in 2025, you may be eligible for Fees Free, covering up to $12,000 of your study costs.

The New Zealand Government will cover tuition costs for the final year of a qualification, including one-year qualifications, provided the qualification meets the Government’s eligibility criteria.

To check your eligibility, visit www.feesfree.govt.nz.

For more information about the Fees Free initiative for Cavalli College programmes, please contact us at info@cavallicollege.nz.

Courses

H401 – Culturally-aware Care and Communication
H402 – Ethical Practice and Safety
H403 – Reflective Practice and Leadership
H404 – The Healthcare Professional
MH405 – Mental Health and Addiction – Impact and Strategies
MH406 – Mental Health and Addiction – Intervention, Support and Recovery
MH407 – Mental Health and Addiction – Whānau and Communities
H409 – Relationship-centred Communication

Total credits: 120

Pathways

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Find employment in a support role such as a mental health and addiction support worker, addiction programme facilitator, caregiver, or residential support worker.
Use your lived experience to support recovery for others with similar experience.

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

10 February 2025

17 March 2025

Monthly cohorts starting thereafter.

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New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) Mental Health and Addiction Support Strand

What you will learn:

Achieving this qualification will help you to:

Academic entry

English language entry

Fees Free

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