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About the Programme
New Zealand has a strong demand for key staff in the healthcare sector. Our Level 7 Diploma in Community Healthcare and Support provides the training and technical skillset you need.
This programme will give you the key knowledge required to work competently in your chosen field and allow you to advance further into specialised fields within New Zealand's healthcare industry. With work placements provided at the end of the programme, you will be work ready and able to apply your technical skillset in palliative and aged care, rehabilitation, health promotion and primary health care.
Pathways
While completing this programme you will have opportunities to gain further pharmacy experiences while completing 160 hours of work placement.
Upon graduation you can get a career working in rest homes and geriatric services, in palliative care, as a community healthcare worker, in healthcare education or in nursing based roles.
This diploma can also lead to postgraduate studies including a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, Health Science or Health Management.
This program will also prepare you for further studies in the Healthcare and aged care sector or prepare you for the workplace with *pay parity starting at $28.25 per hour (starting from 1 July 2022).
Enroll now to jumpstart your healthcare career.
Students will explore a variety of topics, including but not limited to; the effects of socio-political and cultural determinants of health, the concepts of health promotion, health prevention and injury and primary health in relation to the health needs of the individual, governance structures, policy, legislation and fiscal influences on health care services in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
In this course, students will investigate the roles, functions and legislation related to health services and the role and scope of practice of the health professional in those services. They will gain an orientation to the breadth of possible employment opportunities enabling them to make an informed decision regarding their future employment.
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the principles of research. Students will develop the knowledge and skills of purposeful reading, critique and use of research for professional health care in practice.
In this course, students will develop the skills required for worker’s compensation injury management and return to work programmes in a variety of industries. Students will learn how to plan, design, implement and evaluate injury management systems and worker’s compensation processes that consider cultural perspectives and determinants of health.
This course will explore the holistic health of the older adult from a psychological, socio-economic, spiritual, political and cultural view. The students will explore the concept of positive aging, life expectancy and quality of life.
Students will investigate the concepts of quality of life and quality of dying, reflecting on legal, ethical, cultural, religious and a personal viewpoint. The students will critically examine the holistic complexities of a life threatening illness on the individual, whanau/family, community and the health professional’s role and responsibilities in response.
Work as a practitioner and advocate with individuals, whanau/families and organisations to develop health management plans that build on the strengths and enhance the resilience of individuals, whanau/families and communities.