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National Certificate in Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services (Level 4) with
strands in Mainstream, Māori, and Pacific
Level
4
Credits
120 or 121 depending on strand
This qualification has been reviewed. The last date to meet the requirements is 31
December 2019.
Transition Arrangements
This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by New Zealand Certificate in Health
and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4) with strands in Community
Facilitation, Community Health Work, Mental Health and Addiction Support, and Social
Services [Ref: 2992].
The last date for entry into programmes leading to this qualification is 31 December 2017.
The last date for assessment of this qualification is 31 December 2019 when the
qualification will be discontinued.
People currently working towards this qualification may either complete the requirements
by 31 December 2019 or transfer their results to the replacement qualification.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
NZQF National Qualification Registration Information
Process
Registration
Review
Version
1
2
Date
March 2004
November 2015
Last Date for Assessment
December 2019
December 2019
Standard Setting Body
Careerforce (Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Ltd)
PO Box 2637
Wellington 6140
Telephone
Facsimile
Email
Website
04 915 7704
03 371 9285
info@careerforce.org.nz
http://www.careerforce.org.nz
Community Support Services ITO Limited
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National Certificate in Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services (Level 4) with
strands in Mainstream, Māori, and Pacific
Level
4
Credits
120 or 121 depending on strand
Purpose
The National Certificate in Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services (Level 4) [Ref: 1089] is
designed for people who are providing well child care services for children under 5 years
of age within the context of whānau or family, under the Well Child Framework, and within
the requirements of the Well Child – Tamariki Ora national schedule. People who provide
these services are called Well Child workers. Other terms that may be used in Tamariki
Ora – Well Child services include Community Health Worker; Community Well Child
Health Worker; Kaiāwhina; Kaitiaki; Plunket Community Karitane; and Plunket Kaiāwhina.
People awarded this qualification are able to demonstrate skills for working with families or
whānau; describe human development and manage health conditions; provide
interventions to achieve whānau or family health goals; implement a health promotion
strategy; support a whānau or family to access local community services; and act as an
advocate for people; within a Tamariki Ora – Well Child service provider setting. People
awarded this qualification are able to integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in
Tamariki Ora – Well Child service work.
This qualification also recognises an understanding of the meaning and relevance of Te
Tiriti o Waitangi in social service work because Well Child workers' practice is informed by
Te Tiriti as well as boundaries set by national specifications for the Well Child Framework,
ethical practice, and legislation.
This qualification has strands that prepare people for working within Mainstream, Māori,
and Pacific Tamariki Ora – Well Child services contexts.
At this stage there is no higher level qualification on the National Qualifications Framework
for Well Child workers. People who have completed this qualification could progress to
one of the national diplomas in the social services, such as the National Diploma in
Counselling (Level 6) [Ref: 0988]; the National Diploma in Iwi/Māori Social Services
(Level 6) [Ref: 0667]; the National Diploma in Social Work (Level 6) [Ref: 0989]; or the
National Diploma in Youth Work (Level 6) [Ref: 0670]; or gain entry into nursing or health
science qualifications.
Special Notes
People who have completed the Plunket Kaiāwhina or Plunket Community Karitane
Programmes may be granted Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for unit standards in this
qualification. Candidates for RPL may either apply to accredited providers or to
Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce).
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Credit Range
Compulsory
Level 3 credits
9
Level 4 credits
99
Minimum totals 108
Qualification total
Mainstream
strand
12
12
120
Māori strand
Pacific strand
6
6
12
120
7
6
13
121
Requirements for Award of Qualification
This qualification will be awarded to people credited with all of the unit standards listed in
the Compulsory section, and all of the unit standards listed in one of the strands in
Mainstream, Māori, or Pacific.
Award of NQF Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the
purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided in the Qualifications Authority Rules
and Procedures publications available at www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions
and retain their identification number (Id). Any version of a standard with the same Id may be used to meet
qualification requirements that list the Id and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
Detailed Qualification Requirements
Compulsory
All the standards listed below are required.
Field
Community and Social Services
Subfield
Social Services
Domain
Provide Social Services
Id
Title
19408 Outline the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in
social service work
19497 Describe advocacy in social service work
Domain
Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services
Id
Title
20369 Integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in Tamariki
Ora – Well Child service work
20370 Act as an advocate for people in Tamariki Ora – Well Child
services
20371 Demonstrate skills for working with families or whānau in
Tamariki Ora – Well Child services
20372 Describe human development and manage health conditions in
Tamariki Ora – Well Child services
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Level
3
Credit
6
3
3
Level
4
Credit
15
4
12
4
15
4
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20373
20374
20378
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Title
Provide interventions to achieve whānau or family health goals
in Tamariki Ora – Well Child services
Implement a health promotion strategy in Tamariki Ora – Well
Child services
Support a whānau or family to access local community
services in Tamariki Ora – Well Child services
Level
4
Credit
15
4
15
4
12
Level
4
Credit
4
4
8
Level
Credit
3
6
Level
4
Credit
6
Level
3
Credit
3
3
4
Mainstream strand
All the standards listed below are required.
Field
Community and Social Services
Subfield
Social Services
Domain
Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services
Id
Title
20375 Describe the impacts of colonisation on whānau, hapū, and iwi
in relation to Well Child services
20376 Demonstrate awareness of own culture and life experience and
their impact on whānau and families
Māori strand
All the standards listed below are required.
Field
Subfield
Domain
Id
Title
16259
Community and Social Services
Social Services
Iwi/Māori Social Services
Make personal whakapapa connections in an Iwi/Māori social
services setting
Domain
Provide Social Services
Id
Title
7954
Contribute to a noho marae within social service work
Pacific strand
All the standards listed below are required.
Field
Community and Social Services
Subfield
Social Services
Domain
Pacific Islands Social Services
Id
Title
17120 Demonstrate knowledge of factors influencing migration of
Pacific Island people to New Zealand
17122 Assess the influence of a Pacific Island social institution on
Pacific Island people in New Zealand
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Domain
Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services
Id
Title
20377 Describe factors impacting on the health of Pacific families in
Aotearoa New Zealand
Level
4
Credit
6
Certification
The certificate will display the logos of the Qualifications Authority and Community Support
Services ITO Limited (Careerforce).
Classification
This qualification is classified according to the NQF classification system and the New
Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification
Code
Description
1901
Community and Social
Services/Social Services/Tamariki
Ora – Well Child Services
NZSCED
Code
Description
090511 Society and Culture/Human
Welfare Studies and
Services/Community Client Care
Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they
can register credits from assessment against standards. Accredited providers and Industry Training
Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those
standards. Accreditation requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) for each standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
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