TOHU Project

The TOHU project  was launched in June 2009 and is focused on up skilling the existing workforce and supporting individual youth workers to gain a nationally recognised qualification.

This is a sector wide collaboration led by the National Youth Workers Network Aotearoa (NYWNA).

The key features of the TOHU project are:

• It will lead to the achievement of the National Diploma in Youth Work (level 6) through a combination of work place assessment and workshops/wananga.
• It is offered as a professional development option for youth workers already in employment (in any combination of paid or voluntary roles) and not as a course of study for those wanting to enter youth work.
• It will be accessible to youth workers throughout the country through participating youth worker networks and organisations. We will bring the learning and assessment process to each area to minimise disruption for those with work and family commitments.
• The project will employ a small team of mentors who will work with local groups of youth workers to assess what they already know, arrange for short professional development workshops to fill in the gaps, and support their assessment process towards the National Diploma requirements.