Social & Community Services

You will be working on the NMIT campus developing the skills needed to work in the health and support services sector. You will gain knowledge of community services and resources, infection control practices, how to provide a safe environment, and gain insight into consumer rights in the health care setting.

You will also learn skills to appropriately communicate with consumers of health care, and support persons with disabilities. As part of this programme you will visit health providers throughout the region, including Nelson Hospital, rest homes and other support services.

Give it a go and see if Social and Community Services is for you!

On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Identify community support services and resources.
• Demonstrate knowledge of infection control requirements in a health/wellbeing setting.
• Describe procedures for reporting incidents in a health/wellbeing setting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of consumer’s rights in a health/wellbeing setting.
• Describe techniques for managing personal wellbeing in a health/wellbeing setting.
• Maintain a safe and secure environmental in a simulated health/wellbeing setting.
• Describe physical disability and the support needs of a person with a physical disability.
• Apply basic first aid concepts*
  * Learning outcome not assessed by unit standard

Note: Some unit standards may change. Final information on the standards specific to your course will be available prior to starting your programme.
If circumstances change there could be mixed models of delivery e.g online, face to face one day per week or block options.