A day of celebration as supervisor Shelby graduates

The team at Achievement House have celebrated the graduation of day programme supervisor Shelby Mcclelland whose hard work and study have gained her a qualification in health and wellbeing.

Shelby’s circle of support gathered with her at Achievement House for a morning tea in October 2023, when she was presented with her framed NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing, Social and Community Services, Community Facilitation.

Achievement House manager Neil Fynn congratulated Shelby, saying:

“Well done, Shelby. Though you may have finished the training, we know this is really just the start!”

Main photo: Our supervisors (from left) Shiree, Shelby, Glen, Bud and Joe.

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About Shelby’s qualification

Graduates of this qualification are able to:

  • Engage and communicate with people and family/whānau accessing social and community services in a manner which respects their socio-cultural identity, experience and self-knowledge.
  • Relate the history of Māori as tangata whenua and knowledge of person-whānau interconnectedness to your own role in a health and wellbeing setting.
  • Display self-awareness, reflective practice and personal leadership in a health and wellbeing setting
  • Actively contribute to a culture of professionalism, safely and quality in a health and wellbeing organisation.
  • Relate the purpose and impact of their own role to the aims of the wider health and wellbeing sector.

Graduates of the Community Facilitation strand are able to:

  • Work alongside people and family/whānau in a community facilitation setting to support autonomy by using tools and strategies to identify goals, address barriers, and achieve aspirations.

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata! He tāngata! He tāngata!

What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people! It is the people! It is the people!

Phil Brown’s photograph of Maungatautari (‘mountain of the upright stick’) greets visitors to Achievement House.