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Community Facilitation Apprenticeship a chance to better serve his community

Once a troubled youth himself, Paul Lavea later found himself drawn to a career as a youth worker...

Social Services Apprenticeship opening doors, hearts and minds

Nestled in the heart of Queenstown, Happiness House offers a safe, warm, non-judgemental, home-li...

Donna Bala

ROTORUA NC Mental Health and Addiction Support (Level 4)

New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Health Assistance) for hospitals and the health sector

Programme overview The aim of this programme is to develop and recognise the skills of healthcare...

Inspired to join Careerforce’s growing Apprenticeship support team

A desire to help change lives and support the growing number of trainees who work with the vulner...

Empathy and heart essential for mental health work

Tracey Currie firmly believes in putting the “care” into mental health care. “I was always the ty...

Sense of humour the greatest skill for a Diversional Therapist

There’s not many jobs where you can turn up to work dressed as an Irish bar wench without anyone ...

Young people needed to combat health and wellbeing sector skills shortage

MEDIA RELEASE 05 May 2017 New Zealand’s health and wellbeing sector needs an injection of younger...

Awareness on where to find mental health help sought after

A south Otago mental health worker is concerned people do not know where to find help. PACT’...

Training essential to combat service sector skill shortage

Careerforce has joined At Your Service Aotearoa’s call to arms over a mounting skills shortage wi...

Workplace training helps boost morale and ensures best work practices are applied for COMPASS

More and more workplaces are seeing the benefits of workplace training for their staff and their ...

Rural provider MINDS gets boost from mental health training

Mental health and disability industry veteran Lis Langstone hopes a nationally recognised workpla...

Mental health staff benefit from self-reflection training

Mental health worker Tracey Currie says self-reflection is a “powerful tool” support workers can ...

Team training effort for Counties Manukau Home Care Trust

Aged care support workers from Counties Manukau Homecare Trust are celebrating a workplace succes...

ADHB cleaning staff struck by study bug

Veteran hospital cleaner Lise Taisalika has caught the professional development bug and is on a m...

Finding your own path and following your passion for community health and wellbeing

Deacon Fisher realised his true passion lay in community health and wellbeing. He learned and wor...

Community Care key to addressing rising dementia rates

Keeping people with dementia at home in the community is one way to manage the ticking tim...

Training key to improving rural mental health outcomes

Mental health and addiction outcomes in rural New Zealand will benefit from greater focus on work...

19 September 2016

Break through the training barriers

You already know the benefits to training like improved productivity, better staff morale and a h...

6 September 2016

Future Business Leader – Wendy Biddle

Read about Wendy Biddle, a Future Business Leader Nominee from Careerforce and role as a disabili...

1 September 2016

New Zealand Diploma in Vision Habilitation /Rehabilitation (Level 7)

The programme in Orientation and Mobility is now available through the Blind Foundation. It leads...

Assessor – July newsletter

Read the July 2016 issue of REAL News here

Keeping our communities safe by winning the war against bacteria

Our cleaners are true super heroes, keeping our communities safe by winning the war against bacte...

Future Business Leader – Rebekkah Marquet

Read about Rebekkah Marquet, a Future Business Leader Nominee from Careerforce and role in the cl...

Get a competitive advantage – new Cleaning Level 3

The New Zealand Certificate in Cleaning (Level 3) with optional strands in Specialist Cleaning an...

Transitioning to online learning and assessments with Cleaning Level 2

Learning and assessments are available for Cleaning Level 2. An online learning and assessment su...

Future business leaders – apprentices take top awards

New Zealand’s first ever Health and Wellbeing apprenticeships were launched this year and already...

Twenty years experience and training still adds value

Wellington private hospitals, Bowen and Wakefield have put all of their housekeeping staff throug...

I wish I’d known all this before! Dementia training makes a difference.

Since the Open Minds, Open Doors programme commenced in 2015, Home Support North in Whangarei has...

Careerforce training plays key role in hospital infection control

Stopping infection in its tracks within a hospital environment is a team effort. But it’s one tha...