New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 4 - Face to Face for International Students
Course details
| International tuition | $14,864 |
|---|---|
| NZQF Level | 4 |
About the course
The Face to Face programme allows the student to undertake the New Zealand qualification while studying in New Zealand on a student visa. The student will undertake 9-10 weeks of an unpaid internship at an appropriate facility arranged by Kalandra.
There are two programme / strand options: Dementia Care and Diversional Therapy.
Why this programme?
The programme:
Length: 46 weeks (including 6 holiday weeks)
Learning: 20 hours per week in class
Total learning hours: 1200 hours
Work placement: will be arranged to enable you to complete your 400 hours required (non paid).
Seven modules of learning
Pathways:
Dementia Care - Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to be employed in a range of roles working alongside people, family and whanau across health and wellbeing sectors and can be employed in roles such as:
- Healthcare Assistant – Aged Care and/or Dementia Care Unit.
- Healthcare Assistant - Primary and Acute Care, Therapeutic Programme Care.
- Medical Practice Assistant.
- Homecare Support Worker / Caregiver.
Diversional Therapy - Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to be employed in a range of roles working in the community with people, family and whanau across health and wellbeing sectors and can be employed in roles such as:
- Diversional Therapist in an aged care facility
- Activity Co-ordinator in a health care facility
- Healthcare Assistant – Aged Care and/or Disability sector.
- Healthcare Assistant - Therapeutic Programme Care.
- Community Organisation offering activities for those who have limited capacity to participate in recreation
- Homecare Support Worker / Caregiver
Education Pathways:
For graduates who wish to pursue further study related to health and wellbeing, this qualification may lead on to the New Zealand Certificate in Public Health and Health Promotion (Level 5), New Zealand Diploma in Addiction Studies (Applied) (Level 6) or bachelor’s degrees in related health and wellbeing subject areas. For graduates who intend to pursue further study related to leadership and management, this qualification may lead on to the New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) (Level 4), the New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) and New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 6) or bachelor’s degrees in related leadership and management subject areas.
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Entry requirements
- Aged 18 years of age and over
- Have English language competency as demonstrated by achievement of IELTS academic overall band score of 5.5 with no individual band lower than 5.0 or recognized equivalent
- IELTS results must be no more than 2 years old upon application and from one test
- Healthcare sector qualifications / experience confirmed with academic transcripts or work placement documents
- Clear criminal check (an initial check is to be provided from country of last abode)
- Physically able to do the job
- Willingness to work with the older person
- Academic /Healthcare sector qualifications.
- Work placement documents.
About the provider
Who are we: Kalandra Education Group is a Private Training Organisation based in Auckland, New Zealand. Kalandra specialise in courses related to care of the vulnerable person.
Kalandra was founded by Dr Christine Clark. Christine's mother and father were in aged care during the final years of their life and, although the care provided was exceptional, Christine identified gaps in that care. She created Kalandra alongside her two daughters, to address these gaps.
Kalandra have a number of courses ranging from Level 3 - Level 5 addressing the needs of the vulnerable person including; dementia care, mental health support, diversional therapy, community care, physical and intellectual disability and much more.
Although our campus is in Auckland, New Zealand we have staff and students around New Zealand and, around the world.
Our Vision: Enabling others to improve the life of the vulnerable person. We achieve this through the teaching of innovate education.