Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Social Practice (Level 8)

This programme is designed to extend and deepen professional knowledge and skills in the fields of health and social practice which include: occupational therapy, nursing, midwifery, social work, counselling and human services. It will offer learning opportunities designed to inform students' practice and develop valued knowledge in Treaty based practice. Students will learn and grow professionally while undertaking interactive and experiential-based education. This programme will extend students' existing qualifications and allow higher level professional development that is inter-professional. It is relevant to practitioners from a wide range of practice contexts and the resulting interprofessional interaction of health and social services practitioners will enhance and strengthen service delivery in the region. An interprofessional context will enable graduates to extend their capacity for critical and professionalclinical reasoning for specialist practice, leadership, management and supervision in complex professional environments. Candidates may take up to two years to complete the Postgraduate Certificate. This programme will not lead to New Zealand Health or Social Service Professional Registration.

a) Candidates are required to have gained:i. an undergraduate degree assessed as relevant by the Team Manager, orii. a qualification approved as equivalent by the Team Manager.b) Candidates who have not gained a relevant undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification may submit a portfolio and, if the application is successful, may be admitted on an ad eundum statem basis.c) Candidates for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Practice, (Professional Supervision), and the Postgraduate Certificates in Professional Supervision are required to have a minimum of two years post qualifying experience in their professional field of practice or the equivalent. This is in recognition of the requirement to have consolidated and developed their own practice to a level sufficient to embark in the role of supervisor of others.