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Newsletter for Careerforce Enrolled Apprentices May 2024
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- Fresh new look for Careerforce
- Careerforce Manaaki Fund to help support learner success
- Graduation lifts morale, confidence and pride for Pacific learners
- Consequences of academic dishonesty
- Take the quiz and be in to win one of three $50 grocery vouchers
- You're invited to attend free Achieve Study Hubs
- Apprenticeship programme updates
- New accessibility tool on e-learning platform a success
- Where to from here...
- Careerforce Apprenticeship Facebook Group
- Free counselling for all Careerforce learners
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Fresh new look for Careerforce
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You may have noticed a fresh new look for Careerforce in this newsletter. If you follow the news, you will know that Te Pūkenga is in the process of being disestablished. While we still legally remain a business division of Te Pūkenga for the time being, we are moving back to operating as individual and
single branded business divisions. While our future state remains unknown at this stage, this brand refresh signals that we continue to look forwards with confidence and optimism.
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For us at Careerforce, this brand refresh, and particularly the introduction of the koru brand mark, marks the next stage in our journey as an organisation. In Māori culture, the koru is an important symbol of regrowth or new beginnings.
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Its inner coil suggests a return to the point of origin, and symbolises the way in which life both changes and stays the same. This is very apt for
Careerforce, as while we continue to go through organisational change, we remain committed to passionately supporting work-based learning across the health and wellbeing sectors, just as we have in the past, and just as we will continue to do into the future. Our employers and ākonga are at the heart of everything we do.
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Careerforce Manaaki Fund to help support learner success - applications open now
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Your wellbeing is important to us.
We’re pleased to let you know about the Careerforce Manaaki Fund designed to provide temporary financial assistance to learners facing unexpected hardship that is impacting upon their studies.
Applications for round 2 of the Manaaki Fund are open now, and close 15 May 2024
Applicants will be notified by 31 May 2024
Dates are subject to change.
Successful applicants will receive a one-off payment of $400 to help with alleviating financial barriers. To apply for the funding, you need to complete the application form here.
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To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a Careerforce programme and meet all the relevant criteria. For more information, please refer to our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
You will be notified of the outcome of your application within two weeks of the fund closing date. Recipients of the Manaaki fund will be asked to provide feedback to Careerforce to enable us to measure the impact of this funding.
Please note that online applications only are accepted. If you require any assistance to complete the application, we are happy to help
and please contact us at Manaaki.Fund@careerforce.org.nz or on 0800 277 486 (and ask for the Manaaki Fund Team).
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Graduation was electric! Lifting morale, confidence and pride for Pacific learners
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Pacific graduates recently danced the night away at a colourful celebration of success. Fifty-four Careerforce Pacific learners were filled with pride as they graduated with their NZQA recognised qualifications at Manukau’s MIT Theatre.
Graduates from the Northern region had completed a range of Health and Wellbeing programmes from Level 2 certificates to Level 5 diplomas, some graduating with multiple qualifications.
The ‘Pacific Celebration of Success’ was designed to recognise these graduate achievements, amongst proud family members, employers and work colleagues.
Careerforce Pacific Lead, Laloifi Ripley, says, “The atmosphere in the auditorium was electric. This is something I have visualised for a while, and it was great to see it come to life. For a lot of our Pacific people, they work in these roles to support their families, to put food on the table and to provide. Often the thought of gaining a qualification never crosses their mind.
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“To be given an opportunity to undertake training, while still earning and to be supported by their employer gives them hope. Providing a space for them to then celebrate their success with their loved ones makes them proud, feel worthy and gives them an appetite for more learning and more success.”
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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.
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Consequences of academic dishonesty
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We’re seeing more and more instances of academic dishonesty in learner’s assessments, and it appears that a small minority of our learners don’t think the rules apply to them. These learners may have presented evidence gathered from another learner’s previously submitted work or from online resources - including generative AI, or from other sources.
Careerforce takes academic dishonesty seriously. We have an important role in ensuring the integrity of our programmes and qualifications. Equally, your employer needs to know that you are skilled and competent to do your job, and your clients need to know they are being
properly looked after.
When examples of academic dishonesty have been detected, there are consequences. In some cases we have had to remove unit standards from a learner’s NZQA record of achievement and the learner is required to re-submit new assessment evidence for their assessments for marking. If a qualification has been awarded and unit standards are removed from the NZQA record of achievement, the qualification will also be removed. If continued academic dishonesty is detected, the learner’s training agreement may be terminated. All of these consequences can have impacts on the relationship between the learner and the employer.
All assessment work completed must be your own and must be produced without assistance from other trainees or other sources. Where you have used the ideas of other authors, you need to acknowledge all the sources. Learners are reminded that their training agreement requires compliance with The Educational Regulatory
Framework of Te Pūkenga: Te Kawa Maiorooro.
Remember, there are lots of supports available. If you are struggling with any of your assessments, or with literacy, please talk to your manager or apprenticeship advisor. You can also attend one of our free study workshops across the country, or contact us at Careerforce.
Please know that we are here to help you become skilled and competent, and to succeed!
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Take the quiz and be in to win one of three $50 grocery vouchers
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We're giving away three $50 grocery vouchers. Simply answer three questions by 24 May 2024 to go into the draw to win 1 of 3 grocery vouchers.
Follow the link to enter the quiz:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AppMay24
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You're invited to attend free Study Hubs
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Do you need some support with your apprenticeship programme? Come to one of our upcoming Achieve Study Hubs. These face-to-face sessions are designed for you to drop in, ask questions, meet with other learners, and to help you with achieving unit standards towards your qualification.
Our Achieve Study Hubs are scheduled for different locations across the country. Apprentices are also welcome
to attend sessions outside their area. See the full schedule on our website.
Additional study support options for Māori and Pasifika
If you identify as either Māori or Pasifika, we also have study support resources and face-to-face study options available including wānanga, noho marae and talanoa events.
See our Māori support page.
See our Pasifika support page.
Learners can RSVP by completing the online form on our website.
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Version 1 of apprenticeship programmes close on 31 May 2024
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This is a reminder that version 1 of our apprenticeship programmes close on 31 May. All apprentices who are still in their programme after this date will be transferred to version 2 in June.
You will receive an email advising when you will be transferred, if you haven’t already.
If you need to be transferred to version 2, you can continue with your learning but there are some changes to the programme, including at least one additional module.
You can see what the changes to our apprenticeship programmes are here.
If you have any questions about this, please contact your apprenticeship advisor.
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New accessibility tool on e-learning platform a success
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The new accessibility tool on our e-learning platform to better support our disabled learners has been given the thumbs up.
The team managing our e-learning and assessment platform Aka Toi, completed a site accessibility audit to get a better understanding of where they
could make improvements and ensure the platform was user friendly for all.
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As part of this ongoing work,
we introduced the UserWay Accessibility widget on Aka Toi. The widget has a range of tools to help better support users with digital accessibility needs, including easily increasing font sizes, activating dyslexia friendly fonts, adding contrast to the page and more.
Not everyone thinks of themselves as having a disability, but everyone appreciates being able to customize a site’s font size and pause animations if they are distracting. Putting users in control of how they interact with a website increases the amount of time they spend there.
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Have you considered what you'd like to do when you finish your Level 4 apprenticeship? If you're keen to broaden your knowledge, via further work-based learning programmes, here's some inspiration:
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 this diploma
New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) Leadership and Management An organisation’s strength comes from its leaders and managers having the relevant skills and competencies to effect change, innovate, add value and develop the capability of others. This programme is designed for current and experienced leaders and managers who are seeking to expand their leadership and management toolkit within their own work-based context. >>More about this diploma
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Careerforce Apprenticeship Facebook Group
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The Careerforce Apprenticeship Facebook Group is a space for you to share your apprenticeship experiences, challenges and successes and to brainstorm solutions with your peers. The group is just for Careerforce enrolled apprentices.
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Free counselling for all Careerforce learners
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Careerforce enrolled learners who are going through a tough time can now access a free counselling service, available throughout New Zealand, from the professional employee assistance provider Vitae.
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See earlier newsletters for hints and tips
You can look back on previous issues of this newsletter for more ideas to help you really take charge of your apprenticeship journey. You'll also find more news stories to help keep you motivated.
Previous issues of the apprenticeship newsletter can be found here
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Popular links and resources
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- Training Support Page >> More
- Aka Toi >>More
- Te Pae Ora Wellbeing support hub >>More
- Free Counselling to all Careerforce learners >>More
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