New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Peer Support)
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Subject area
Counselling
Qualification
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Entry requirements
Candidate for this qualification should be aware that employees and volunteers working in the health and wellbeing sectors are required to undergo initial and ongoing checks to ensure they are a fit and proper person to provide support.
Candidates for this qualification must have had personal experience of challenging and disempowering life experiences and the ability to demonstrate the value, learning and resilience that they have gained from these experiences.
Such challenging and disempowering life experiences are varied and can include, but are not limited to, experiences such as mental distress, addiction, significant health conditions, trauma, and disability or engagement with services and the wider system which compound challenging and disempowering life experiences.
About the course
What can I expect out of this qualification?
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the peer support services within the health and wellbeing sectors with people who can draw on the strengths and resilience they have gained from their own lived experiences to support others experiencing challenge and disempowerment to increase their autonomy and self-determination.
This qualification is targeted at people who have gained strength and resilience from their lived experience of challenge and disempowerment and wish to support others with similar experiences.
What graduates earn
Graduates who studied Human Welfare Studies and Services at this level can earn:
$24,000
Median earnings one year after study
$28,000
Median earnings two years after study
$40,000
Median earnings five years after study
Status one year after study
Employment rate two years after study
30%
Employment rate two years after study
Scholarship information
Examples of related scholarships
Generation Study Abroad Excellence and Travel Awards
Provided by:
Education New Zealand
Value:
US 2,000 Travel Awards, US 500 Excellence Awards
Fuji Xerox AUT Undergraduate Scholarship
Provided by:
Auckland University of Technology
Website:
http://www.aut.ac.nz/scholarships
Value:
$6,750
This information comes from Generosity New Zealand. For more scholarships, search their givME database (formerly called BreakOut) via your college, university or local library website.
Contact details
Main Campus Office
Phone: (04) 237 3100
Fax: (04) 237 3101
Email: info@whitireia.ac.nz
Web: http://www.whitireia.ac.nz
The MyQ data is compiled by the Tertiary Education Commission based on responses to the MyQ survey provided by recent graduates of this qualification.
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