National Certificate in Health, Disability, and Aged Support (Team Management) (Level 5)

The National Certificate in Health, Disability, and Aged Support (Team Management) (Level 5) is designed to recognise the knowledge and skills required of experienced support workers who may either supervise or manage other workers in a health, disability, or home and community setting, or aspire to do so.

The Compulsory section of this qualification includes standards that cover knowledge, skills, and attitudes that relate to providing leadership for a team; operating professionally, ethically, and responsibly, in an organisation; recognising and responding to changes to the health and wellbeing of consumers; describing and analysing service delivery models or approaches, and managing service plans; describing and implementing health and wellbeing strategies for consumers; and describing concepts of quality and developing, implementing, and reporting on quality objectives, within the overall context of a health, disability, or aged care setting.

The Electives section allows candidates to select standards that support the individual requirements of their particular role or work environment within an aged care, health, or disability context.

Elective Set 1 allows candidates to broaden the scope of their knowledge and skills by choosing standards from four specified domains within the Health, Disability, and Aged Support subfield.

Elective Set 2 provides candidates with the opportunity to select standards that align the qualification to the specific requirements of their role or work environment. This elective set includes specified standards that relate to human resource management, people development and coordination, systems and resource management, assessment, occupational health and safety, and interpersonal and written communication. It also includes the option to choose standards from the Kaupapa Hauora domain.

This qualification builds on the skills and knowledge recognised in the National Certificate in Health, Disability, and Aged Support (Core Competencies) (Level 3) [Ref: 1327], and may lead on from the National Certificate in Health, Disability, and Aged Support (Health Assistants) (Level 3) with strands in Dietitian Assistance, Dental Assistance, Healthcare Assistance, and Rehabilitation Assistance [Ref: 1677].

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.

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