New Zealand Certificate in Youth Work (Level 4)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 4 |
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About the course
Qualification and programme overview
The purpose of this qualification is to equip people working in the youth work sector with the broad operational and theoretical knowledge to work with youth.
The programme includes:
Section one: Culture and ethics
- Explaining the impacts of colonisation on health and wellbeing for tangata whenua, and in a health or wellbeing setting.
- Describing tangata whenua, and demonstrating kawa and tikanga, in a youth work setting.
Section two: Developing potential
- Establishing and maintaining a relationship to support a young person in the youth development sector.
- Demonstrating knowledge of risk, and implementing a risk management strategy to maintain safety in youth development.
- Supporting a young person to identify goals and developing an action plan to support their achievement.
- Facilitating group activities with young people in the youth development sector.
Section three: Working with young people
- Profiling a community of relevance in the youth development sector.
- Demonstrating knowledge of safety management in the youth development sector.
- Planning, implementing, and evaluating a youth development project.
Section four: Self-care
- Demonstrating knowledge of professional supervision for youth workers.
- Undertaking self-care to maintain and enhance personal wellness in a health or wellbeing setting.
About the provider
Start a career and contribute to New Zealand’s social good The growing and vital health and wellbeing sectors have a shortage of qualified workers. There are significant employment opportunities for young people to start a lifelong, rewarding career. Through on-the-job training such as an apprenticeship, there’s an opportunity to earn while you learn, get practical skills and work towards achieving a nationally recognised qualification without taking on a student loan. Careerforce is the Industry Training Organisation (ITO) for the health, wellbeing, social and community sectors, we support New Zealand workplaces to run workplace training programmes for their staff. Visit the Careerforce website for more information: https://www.careerforce.org.nz/