Appendix 4
Health and Disabilities, Social
Services and Whānau Ora
Qualifications
Mandatory Review
Hui notes and response from Governance
Group to the latest consultation
The main issues raised that require a response from the Governance Group:
ISSUE RAISED
I am seriously disappointed and gravely concerned
… I would like to conclude this submission by
imploring you to seriously reinstating the Māori
Public Health qualifications into the Whānau Ora
suite of qualifications.
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RESPONSE
Maori Public Health will be placed back on
the framework,
Māori Public Health will be called Kaupapa
Māori Public Health as Kaupapa Maori and
Public Health are already well established
philosophies.
Māori Public Health focuses on Maori
health priorities within the context of the
wider environment.
Kaupapa Māori Public Health needs to sit at
levels 4, 5, 6 leading into a degree.
ACTION:
 A suite of qualifications – Kaupapa Māori Public Health (Levels 4, 5 and 6) will be added to the
current map. This graphic would be added to the programme delivery at the different levels.
Adapted from Dahlgren and Whitehead 1991]1
Ensure a Whanau Ora graduate is able to engage
in practicum by being placed within an
organisation that can provide this knowledge and
skills – this involves the way they practice and
understand Whanau centred modalities and
frameworks.
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National Whanau Ora standards and
systems need to be established and
implemented.
Whānau Ora - Policies and procedures need
to be established and implemented.
Programme level and Placements –
Community Exercise
There is not one specific Whanau ora
system. They have developed organically in
the absence of a standard measure.
ACTION:
1
Dahlgren G. and Whitehead M. 1991 Policies and Strategies to Promote Equity in Health. Copenhagen. World Health Organisation
Regional Office for Europe.
Whārangi 1
ISSUE RAISED
RESPONSE
 Added to programme guidance/conditions
 Placement is a provider programme statement. This should be added into the programme
content section of the qualification documentation
 The four points should be added the programme content section of the qualification
documentation
- Relationship building and networking need
That part of the curriculum includes relationship
to be included in the content as it is
building and networking as this is a major thing
essential to programme
requirement when working n social services
ACTION: It has been added to the programme guidance/conditions. Whanaungatanga is a foundation
as a key component in the social services qualifications to ensure that building on relationships with
whānau, hapu, iwi, hapori and stakeholders is vital when working within this field.
- Include basic language acquisition – Te Reo
There needs to be a section on boundaries within
Māori, mihimihi to be in the Guiding
work settings and culturally appropriate
Principles
boundaries. A Māori worker should be better
equipped to engage in the Pōhiri process, building
client rapport and whanau, able to converse in Te
Reo Māori
ACTION: The MMEQA qualifications have tikanga and te reo Māori as the foundation building blocks
to encourage advancement of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. It is an expectation that they will be
added to programme guidance/conditions
- Legislation knowledge
Know the Health and Disability Code of Rights,
- How to do Cultural Assessments
cultural competencies of a service and able to do
- Models and Frameworks
cultural assessments and what models and
theoretical framework that would be and look like
ACTION: Provider to ensure this is in their programme. Added to programme guidance/conditions.
Legislative or compliance requirements e.g. Code of Rights, Health and Safety? First Aid? Would
become mandatory in the Qualification outcomes section of the qualification docs.
- Suggest a suite of 4 comprehensive courses
Within the mandatory review of reducing the
or 8 similar courses
number of qualifications, offering a suite of EIGHT
- Do we look at 8 – 4 – 12
qualifications that are closely related - in content
- Going back to Points of Difference or
and specification – is counterproductive. I would
looking at going back to the drawing board.
suggest FOUR quality qualifications, at most, are
better than eight. The range needs slimming
down and rationalising.
ACTION: To maintain the qualification map/landscape and to keep the integrity of the qualifications
in their specialised areas, there are now 12 qualifications.
- Strands rather than separate qualifications
More work needs to be done on what is the
- Which qualifications are best to use
point-of-difference between theses qualifications
- in order to justify why so many different levels
and permutations are needed. Can some of these
permutations be gained by offering specialty
options WITHIN qualifications, (strands) rather
than whole extra quals?
ACTION: The point of difference is that the career pathway is specific to each Hauora field. The
pathway would be toward a degree at a level 6 + onwards. At the lower levels (3, 4) they would work
in the specific area i.e. ‘KMPH, ‘tiaki kuia, koroua’, then later cross credit to a higher level qualification
Whārangi 2
ISSUE RAISED
RESPONSE
working towards a degree. The justification is in the pathway to the levels that reflect rather the
number of quals.
Whānau ora Level 3
- Entry level for High School Students –
We are seeking clarification on the rationale for
Pathway to academia
the inclusion of a level 3 Whanau Ora
- Introduces basic skills and qualities
qualification. We disagree that there is a need for
- Encourage rangatahi into this field
a level 3 qualification.
- Entry level for whānau with no formal
qualifications
- Pathway from STAR programmes in schools
ACTION: To maintain the integrity of the qualifications in their specialised areas it was suggested that
Whānau Ora qualification will be offered at Levels 3, 4, 5, 6
Whanau Ora Level 4:
- TEC – NZQA To research path way
The consultation information to date has
- Whanau Ora Level 4
suggested the level 4 qualification would be a 120
- 60 Credits – 120 Credits
credit programme and as it is a pathway into the
- Review to look at going back to original
diploma TWoA feel there is a strong base
knowledge required to ensure learner success at
the diploma level and therefore support a
certificate at 120 credits to ensure learner
success.
We are seeking clarification on the proposed level
4 qualification and why this is now a 60 credits
qualification.
ACTION: Credits are ‘localised’ e.g. 120 credits is a prerequisite on the programme/qualification
documentation from a provider and NOT across the board for all qualifications. It is up to the GG/WG
to decide how many credits they want for each qualifications e.g. 40 credits for a certificate 120
credits for a Diploma with 72 credits at the diploma level.
Pou tautoko i te ora qualifications Level 4 and 5
- Go back to working parties to ensure
general comments
consultation is open and clear.
We are concerned about the substantive change
- The qualifications for Social Services need to
these qualifications have undergone and there
stay in their own field as each area has its
does not appear to be a strong social services
own specific career pathway.
visibility any longer which also include the change
- The health sector has similarities across the
in qualification title and seek clarification on the
board which are reflected in the GPO’s,
title change.
however it is how the different services
During the development of these qualifications
engage with whānau that creates the
there were several concerns that there was
different context which will reflect in the
duplication between the whānau ora and social
Levels 3-6.
services qualifications and that the working group
- Whānau Ora and Social Services had similar
needed to ensure that they were distinctly
GPO’s. Disabilities, Elderly care and Māori
different qualifications.
Public Health had clear distinctions.
The working group set out to ensure that these
- Moving forward it would be best to go back
suites of qualifications were distinctly different
to the original bullet points to capture what
however in viewing the proposed qualification
was originally created to see what the
TWoA feel that both suites of qualifications have
distinct differences were from each of the
become strongly aligned with the Whanau Ora
different areas created from a kaupapa
qualification which raises a concern about
Māori perspective.
duplication.
- Two distinct qualifications
- Needs to ensure Social Services and
Whārangi 3
ISSUE RAISED
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RESPONSE
Whānau Ora show differences
Changes to the content have been in
consultation with stakeholders. The
Qualification Developer (MQS) word-smith
the responses into academic language
ACTION: Qualification suite name: The Qualification Developer (QD) is currently working with
GG/WG to acquire an appropriate name.
Content is updated post consultation and hui.
Graduate profile outcomes
- Go back to working group
We suggest take out the words whanau-centred
- What is the whole profile outcome
and leave in health (hauora) and social services in
statement? – Needs clarification
both levels and also replace Whānau Ora with
Mātauranga Māori principles.
ACTION:
Relevant/appropriate /specific wording is revised post consultation/hui and reworked across all the
qualifications to align with Health Sector and appropriate Hauora terminology.
Pathways
- Employment pathways
The employment pathways of both qualifications
- Add Range of Qualifications
don’t seem to have a lot of social services
- Research Qualifications
outcomes and it is suggested that social services
- Add Qualifications to list
pathways are included.
- Having levels 2, 3 leading to higher
Education pathways show health options and
qualifications at levels 6
therefore also include social services pathways
which should also include pathways to degrees as
these are a valid pathway for learners.
ACTION:
Targeted feedback from working groups.
Search on the NZQF for NZ quals in the specific area (see QDF).
Whanau Ora (Tiaki Kuia, Koroua)
- Working party to extend and include clinical
TWoA feel that the development of this
operational guidelines pathway.
programme was not specific enough in terms of
- Kaumatua care (Strand but developers
the delivery of the true needs required for elderly
wanted a specific qualification)
care and suggest further investigation into this
qualification.
ACTION:
Will work with WG to address this. Recommendation: start with ‘roles’ and work back to graduate
profile or where the qualification is not meeting the true needs of programme delivery. Add into
programme guidance/conditions
There is a risk that TWoA will be unable to develop
- Whanau Ora and Social Services and
a programme to meet these qualifications and
Hauora Outcomes
more work is required to ensure a clear social
- Future Proofing needed
service and hauora outcome to ensure it meets
- Research that the qualifications pathways
the needs of the sector
- That the GPO’s guide each field Maori area
and are clear
- Working group come together to help
provide information what is needed from a
Governance Group level
ACTION:
Whārangi 4
ISSUE RAISED
Further consideration for the inclusion of the suite
of Public Health qualifications.
RESPONSE
Whanau ora and working party to look at Social
Services and Hauora outcomes
ACTION:
Done. Suite of KMPH (levels 4, 5, 6) is added to map.
He Mihi
Māori Qualifications Services would like to thank all of those who were able to provide valuable feedback, not
only for this round of consultation, but also for the previous consultation rounds.
You feedback has been invaluable in shaping this suite of qualifications.
Mokori anō kia rere ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa!
Whārangi 5