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COMMUNITY WORK
Implement programmes and projects to
respond to community concerns,
issues, and needs
level:
5
credit:
6
planned review date:
June 2006
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to plan a
social service programme or project to respond to community
concerns, issues, and needs, and implement the social
services programme or project.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Community Support Services ITO
Limited (Careerforce).
special notes:
1
People awarded credit in this unit standard are able to
explain the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the
social services, and are able to apply this competence
to the context of assessment for this unit standard (for
further clarification, please refer to Unit 7927, Explain
the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social
services).
2
Glossary
Community may include but is not limited to: a
community of interest, a community of locality, a
cultural community, a kin group. People awarded credit
for this unit standard demonstrate competence in one
context.
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Concerns, issues, or needs may be cultural, economic,
educational,
emotional,
psychological,
physical,
spiritual, social, structural, or political, or related to age,
gender, or sexual orientation. People awarded credit
for this unit standard demonstrate competence in one
context, with any combination of the above factors.
Identified concerns, issues, or needs may include but
are not limited to: alternative care, community issues,
criminal justice, disabilities, economic development,
employment, environmental issues, families and
whānau, health care, housing and land, human rights,
iwi development, legal issues, planning, poverty,
psychiatric care, recreation, safety, sexuality, social
crisis and change, social policy and services, social
structures, alcohol and drug issues, Te Tiriti o Waitangi
relationships.
Key people may include but are not limited to people
within a family or whānau, hapū, iwi, group, agency, or
organisation who are given the authority or mana to
speak on behalf of those people by virtue of their
position, expertise, or knowledge. Where a community
of locality is the focus, key people include those
identified from a cross section of individuals and
organisations that provide services to the community of
locality.
Nature of the community is determined by reference to
factors that may include but are not limited to the age
and stage of development, cultures, developmental
needs, disabilities, gender, goals, health status,
interests,
kin
relationships,
language,
sexual
orientation, and/or socio-economic status of the
members of the community. People awarded credit for
this unit standard demonstrate competence in one
context, with any combination of the above factors.
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People awarded credit in this unit standard show that
their actions are guided and supported by valid theory
for social service practice. Evidence is required of
social service theory that is derived from authoritative
sources, which may include but are not limited to: body
of knowledge related to social service work; cultural
theory; practice research.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Plan a social service programme or project to respond to community concerns, issues,
and needs.
performance criteria
1.1
Role(s) and method(s) used to generate options for a social service programme
or project match the nature of the community.
Range:
1.2
role(s) may include but are not limited to - co-ordinator, educator,
enabler, facilitator, leader, presenter, researcher;
method(s) may include but are not limited to - group discussion,
hui, individual dialogue, oral and written opinion or presentation,
seminar, workshop, written report.
Options generated for a social service programme or project match the
identified concerns, issues, and needs of the community.
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1.3
Options are selected according to relevant criteria.
Range:
1.4
relevant criteria may include but are not limited to - potential to
respond to identified concerns, issues, and needs; availability of
resources to implement those options; consistent with the culture,
values, and experience of the community and the people who will
be implementing the options;
resources may include but are not limited to - accommodation,
cultural expertise, educational, finance, financial advice, legal
advice, food, grants, people, technological, transport, oral
resources, written resources.
The plan covers all factors essential to implementation of the programme or
project.
Range:
factors essential to implementation of the programme or project
may include but are not limited to - objectives, resources that are
available to meet objectives, time frame, responsibilities and
accountabilities of people who will be involved in implementing the
plan, contingencies, procedures to be followed in relation to
contingencies, methods for evaluating progress towards achieving
the objectives.
element 2
Implement the social services programme or project.
performance criteria
2.1
The role(s) and method(s) used to implement the plan match the nature of the
participants and the people implementing the strategies.
Range:
2.2
role(s) may include but are not limited to - co-ordinator, educator,
enabler, facilitator, leader, presenter, researcher;
method(s) may include but are not limited to - group discussion,
hui, individual dialogue, oral and written opinion or presentation,
seminar, workshop.
Implementation is in accordance with the plan.
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2.3
Problems encountered in implementation are responded to in accordance with
the provisions in the plan for contingencies.
2.4
The programme or project is evaluated using methods that measure outcomes
against objectives.
2.5
Where necessary, the programme or project is revised according to the
outcomes of the evaluation.
Comments to:
Careerforce
PO Box 2637
Wellington 6140
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0222]
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