Support Physical Wellbeing (Micro-credential) Level 4
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About the course
Micro-credential Overview This Micro-credential is designed to recognise the skills and knowledge required to identify early physical health problems in people with mental health challenges or addiction issues and support them to access primary care and/or navigate life choices. A support worker who completes this Micro-credential will be able to recognise signs of physical problems and carry out specific tasks within the support worker role while supporting a person with an existing or co-existing mental health challenge or addiction issue.
Graduates will be able to:
Understand NZ statistics for physical health inequities. Identify physical health inequities for M膩ori, other ethnicities, rainbow, disabled, older people, and rural people. Understand impacts and barriers arising from factors which contribute to physical health inequities. Recognise diagnostic overshadowing in NZ. Identify characteristics, symptoms, indicators requiring a response for common physical health conditions. Understand barriers and options to support a person. Identify the scope of responsibility for the support worker role. Know when and how to escalate or obtain extra input when outside of role scope. Develop and use a wellbeing plan. Use tools and strategies to support someone鈥檚 physical health issues for people experiencing mental health challenges or addiction issues. Support a person to develop and implement a wellbeing plan.
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Prerequisites Learners need to be working in a relevant sector. Learners are also required to have reasonable computer literacy as micro-credential assessments are only offered online (via Aka Toi). Learning and Assessment Resources Learning and assessments will be completed via Careerforce鈥檚 online learning platform, Aka Toi听 Download Micro-credential brochure
About the provider
Start a career and contribute to 91视频鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 91视频 workplaces to run workplace training programmes for their staff. Visit the Careerforce website for more information: https://www.careerforce.org.nz/