WITT student Sacha Mills decided to study social work after struggling with her own mental health issues and finding there wasn't enough resources to get help. Taranaki mental health student Sacha Mills wants to be the change in her community. Student numbers in the social work certificate Mills is completing at Taranaki’s Witt polytech have doubled this year to 105. Mills is studying the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services Level 4) with strand in Mental Health and Addiction Support. Mills has a high-needs child who she’s struggled to get into mental health support on numerous occasions.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2021 03:56 UTC