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This short programme is for support workers wanting to work with youth, and who need an understanding of how to work in a manner that is safe and ethical, while being able to mentor and support them.

Expected Outcomes

The programme includes recognising and developing the following competencies in your staff:

  • The ability to create a safe environment for young people and themselves – defining a safe environment, what constitutes unwanted behaviour and undertaking supervision.
  • Being able to implement professional and ethical behaviour in youth work – developing strategies for managing conflict between their own attitudes and values and those of others, apply relevant code and work professionally and ethically.
  • Being able to mentor and support young people to identify goals.
  • Develop action plans.

Pre-requisites

Learners must have completed 6 months working with youth and completed the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community) (Level 4) with strands in Community Facilitation, Community Health Work, Mental Health and Addiction, or Social Services (delivered as Careerforce apprenticeship programmes).

Enrolments will be accepted where an approved programme has been completed with another provider.

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Careerforce Short Programmes

Careerforce Short Programmes are developed and intended to provide supplementary learning opportunities to people that have previously completed Careerforce programmes. They are not a qualification, but a coherent short programme of learning and the unit standards achieved will feature on a person’s NZQA Record of Achievement (ROA).


Frequently Asked Questions

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The Level 4 short programme Connecting and Walking Alongside Young People is for Support Workers who have already achieved the New Zealand Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Social and Community) (Level 4) and are in roles that see them working with people from across sectors, that would benefit from some additional skills and/or capabilities to support the work they do, or have perhaps changed employers and have a different focus to their work.

The enrolment fee for this Level 4 short programme is $500 (inc GST) NZD. The employer usually pays the fees for staff to enrol in these programmes. To enrol in a Careerforce programme, you must be currently employed, and have the support of your employer.

 

Learners must have completed a minimum of 6 months working with youth and completed the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community) (Level 4) with strands in Community Facilitation, Community Health Work, Mental Health and Addiction, or Social Services (delivered as Careerforce apprenticeship programmes). Enrolments will be accepted where an approved programme has been completed with another provider.

Contact

To enrol in this short course, please call 0800 277 486, email: info@careerforce.org.nz or speak to your local Careerforce Workplace Advisor

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Level 4

Ideal for

Support Workers who have already achieved the New Zealand Certificate in Health & Wellbeing (Social and Community) (Level 4).

Relevant for the following sectors
  • Home & Community Support
  • Social Services
  • Youth Work
  • 28 Credits
  • 5 months
  • $500 (inc GST)