Learn the skills to care and support people, family/whānau and the wider community and make a difference and help others. You will learn how to recognise and respond to signs of vulnerability and abuse in a health or wellbeing setting and demonstrate ethical and professional behaviour in a health or wellbeing setting.
Learn to work alongside people, family and/or whānau in a mental health addiction setting and support autonomy by using tools and strategies to foster hope, support recovery and build resilience.
Learn about people through their life span, societies and helping traditions from both western and indigenous perspectives to become a confident, analytical and critically reflective practitioner. You will gain the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to work in social services in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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