Apprenticeship Journey - October 2023 - Nail that assessment, Drop in sessions to support your learning, meet fellow apprentices.....

Aka Toi Learner Guide
This Aka Toi learner guide has been developed to give apprentices helpful definitions and insights to support you with your assessments. >>More

IMPORTANT - only submit one task at a time
Please remember, it is important that you ONLY submit one task within a module for marking at a time. Feel free to work on other tasks, but please don’t submit these until the first task has been assessed. This is because we need to give you feedback to help guide you, before you move forward to the next one.

Connect with your advisor
Please make sure you keep in touch with your Careerforce Apprenticeship Advisor. As we approach the holidays and some of you may want to spend time working on your programme, this is especially important. Check in with your advisor to work out which is the best module for you to focus on next.

We're giving away three copies of the 'A Māori phrase a day' - book, the perfect way to kickstart your te reo journey! It's a modern, user-friendly phrasebook described as a fun and easy entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following: everyday uses, English translations, factoids, handy word lists. It also presents the most common, relevant and useful phrases today.

Simply answer three questions by 17 November 2023 to go into the draw to win 1 of 3 copies of the book and a grocery voucher. Follow the link below to enter the quiz.

We'll contact the winners via email, so don't forget to provide your email address at the end of the quiz.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/APPOct23

As part of this ongoing work, we have now introduced the UserWay Accessibility widget on the Aka Toi Learning and Assessment platform. This widget has a range of tools to help better support our users with digital accessibility needs. The functionality includes easily increasing font sizes, activating dyslexia friendly fonts, adding contrast to the page and more!

You will find this widget on the middle right-hand side of all Aka Toi pages. To access this, click on the icon shown above in Aka Toi and see what the tool can provide.

Neri Johnson is busting the myth that your seventies is a time to slow down.

Neri works for CCS Disability Action supporting disabled people in the Christchurch community. Neri also chairs two community organisations which improve social connection and reduce social isolation and loneliness. She was also recently recognised by the Philippines government with an award for Services to the Community, equivalent to the New Zealand Order of Merit.

On top of her this, Neri is one of the latest graduates to successfully complete an Apprenticeship in Health and Wellbeing Disability Support with
Careerforce | Te Pūkenga.

Neri says, “I think age is something to be celebrated and not to be scared of. Age is not a barrier. I’d like to inspire people that way. You steer the boat where you want it to go. Life is what you make it! Look at me I’m still doing something quite amazing!”

Above, Neri proudly shows off her certificate at her graduation, joined by Careerforce’s Andy Bunn to the left, and the CSS Disability Action team

Here's a chance to chat with Careerforce advisors and get some help to progress your programme. We're running face to face sessions across the country to help support you with your learning. The sessions in the table below are currently scheduled, but we will be adding more over time. Just drop in either for the whole time or for as long as you are able. We're happy to support you.

We know that learners benefit from the opportunity for face to face engagement, and have had great feedback from the sessions to date. We have also advised employers about these sessions.

NZQA has recently extended the last date of assessment for a number of our programmes that award version 1 of the qualification. This means Careerforce | Te Pūkenga will now be closing the following programmes on 31 May 2024.

Version 1 apprenticeship programmes:

NZ Apprenticeship in Community Facilitation
NZ Apprenticeship in Community Facilitation – Disability Support
NZ Apprenticeship in Community Facilitation – Diversional Therapy
NZ Apprenticeship in Community Facilitation – Teacher Aide
NZ Apprenticeship in Community Facilitation – Youth Work
NZ Apprenticeship in Community Health Work (version 1)
NZ Apprenticeship in Mental Health and Addiction (version 1)
NZ Apprenticeship in Peer Support Work (version 1)

Remember, there are still several unit standards expiring on 31 December 2023. We remind learners who are yet to complete these, to do so by 1 November 2023 to allow time for marking and reporting results. If you have almost completed these, but may need an extra day or so to finish, please make contact with your Apprenticeship Advisor to discuss options.

Expiring programmes – 31 December 2023

The following programmes still expire on 31 December 2023:

NZ Apprenticeship in Healthcare Assistance for Aged Care – complex
NZ Apprenticeship in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Support (version 1)

New Zealand Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (Level 5) Applied Practice
This is an applied diploma which means you need to do 200 hours of practical work. The Diploma is designed to qualify advanced support workers who work closely and collaboratively to support people and whānau with complex needs. The programme is centred on developing the competencies needed to support your client’s complex needs. The learning is transferred into work practices. >>More about the diploma

She has been able to use models of behaviour change to enhance her practice.

Kimi’s entry to the health and wellbeing sector began as a community support worker in a residential home just a few years ago. Initially with zero health care skills or qualifications, Kimi kicked off her learning journey with a Health and Wellbeing Level 2 qualification.
This was soon followed by the Level 3 qualification, and then the Level 4 Apprenticeship in Disability Support with Careerforce, a business division of Te Pūkenga. All have been achieved via on-the-job training, allowing Kimi to ‘earn and learn.’

“I was looking for something new to learn after the apprenticeship, when I heard about the Diploma in Health and Wellbeing Applied Practice. I’m quite passionate about learning and so I wanted to learn more. I was motivated to keep moving up the ladder, so I jumped straight on it.”