‘We work with disabled and/or disadvantaged individuals to develop their skills and abilities to contribute to their communities’.

Gracelands purchased Insight Ltd because of its wide accreditation in disability and healthcare, and because Insight has historically offered programmes that have led to employment in the Care & Support Sector. Gracelands recognised that recruiting, training, developing and retaining quality staff is a key challenge for all providers within the care & support sector to ensure that services are provided to the highest level.

Many people working in the Care & Support Sector do not have relevant qualifications, and the key focus for Gracelands through Insight will be the development of educational opportunities for these workers to be upskilled whilst in employment.

Insight also offers Training Opportunities and Youth Training Programmes. These programmes offer unit standards and some National Certificates in the Care & Support Sector and the Early Childcare Sector. Other educational opportunities include achieving the National Certificates in Educational Achievement and Employment Skills. These basic ‘employment focused’ programmes could lead to work in the Care & Support Sector, however students often progress to other employment opportunities as best suit their abilities and goals.

The individualised learning pathways Insight Learning Academy provides are linked to the National Qualifications Framework . These pathways meet the learning needs of students and enhance their future ability to integrate socially and productively into the economy.

Insight Learning Academy has been registered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as a multi-site Private Training Establishment and accredited since 1991 to deliver unit standards and National Certificate qualifications from the National Qualifications Framework. Insight currently operates from three sites – Hamilton (main office), Paeroa and New Plymouth.