New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Peer Support)
Whitireia Community Polytechnic Limited
Subject area
Human Welfare Studies and Services
Qualification
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Entry requirements
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.
About the course
What can I expect out of this qualification?
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the health and wellbeing sector with people who understand and are able to use lived experience in mental health, addiction, disability or significant health conditions, and who display core principles of peer support, to facilitate learning, self-determination, wellbeing, change, and autonomy in others with similar experience.
This qualification is targeted at people who have gained learning, self-awareness and resilience from their own lived experience with mental health, addiction, disability or a significant health condition and aspire to support others with similar experience.
Graduates will be capable of working in a self-managed capacity under broad guidance.
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
NZFDC - The John and Betty Rose Advanced Learning Scholarship
Provided by:
NZ Federation for Deaf Children - The Scholarships Co-ordinator
Website:
http://www.deafchildren.org.nz/
Value:
Up to $1,000.
Electric Kiwi-AUT Women in STEM Scholarship
Provided by:
Auckland University of Technology
Website:
http://www.aut.ac.nz/scholarships
Value:
Tuition Fees (domestic equivalent)
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
Sources
NZQA supplies course information based on material from the provider.
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