The National Certificate in Tamariki Ora - Well Child Services (Level 4) [Ref: 1089] is designed for people who are providing well child care services for children under 5 years of age within the context of whanau or family, under the Well Child Framework, and within the requirements of the Well Child - Tamariki Ora national schedule. People who provide these services are called Well Child workers. Other terms that may be used in Tamariki Ora - Well Child services include Community Health Worker; Community Well Child Health Worker; Kaiawhina; Kaitiaki; Plunket Community Karitane; and Plunket Kaiawhina.

People awarded this qualification are able to demonstrate skills for working with families or whanau; describe human development and manage health conditions; provide interventions to achieve whanau or family health goals; implement a health promotion strategy; support a whanau or family to access local community services; and act as an advocate for people; within a Tamariki Ora - Well Child service provider setting. People awarded this qualification are able to integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in Tamariki Ora - Well Child service work.

This qualification also recognises an understanding of the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in social service work because Well Child workers'' practice is informed by Te Tiriti as well as boundaries set by national specifications for the Well Child Framework, ethical practice, and legislation.

This qualification has strands that prepare people for working within Mainstream, Maori, and Pacific Tamariki Ora - Well Child services contexts.

At this stage there is no higher level qualification on the National Qualifications Framework for Well Child workers. People who have completed this qualification could progress to one of the national diplomas in the social services, such as the National Diploma in Counselling (Level 6) [Ref: 0988]; the National Diploma in Iwi/Maori Social Services (Level 6) [Ref: 0667]; the National Diploma in Social Work (Level 6) [Ref: 0989]; or the National Diploma in Youth Work (Level 6) [Ref: 0670]; or gain entry into nursing or health science qualifications.