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Describe career-related issues for and provide career information to
migrant and refugee clients in New Zealand
Level
6
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the implications
of the New Zealand education system for migrants and refugee clients;
describe the impact of the cultural heritage, and language of migrant and
refugee clients on their career development; assist migrant and refugee
clients to clarify life and career goals; and assist migrant and refugee clients
in the application process for work or education and/or training.
Subfield
Career Practice
Domain
Career Consultation
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 13135.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Career refers to the wide range of occupational, family, civic, and political roles which
individuals will undertake throughout their adult lives. It includes paid employment,
self-employment, unpaid work, multiple jobbing, entrepreneurial enterprise, homebased enterprise, study as an adult, and unemployment. A career is a
developmental and lifelong process.
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Career practice refers to the umbrella profession under which the following vocations
sit – career resources, career information, career education, and career consultation
which includes career counselling, career advice, and career guidance.
Client refers to people receiving a career related service who may be individuals or
groups, associated with employment, education, or training, or in some cases may be
an organisation.
Education may include training.
Needs, in the context of this unit standard, are those relating to gender, culture,
ethnicity, age, religion, philosophy, learning, disability, socio-economic group, career
options, and language.
Work options refer to contractual, portfolio, self-employment, salaried, wages, fulltime, part-time, and voluntary.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Privacy Act
1993, Human Rights Act 1993.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the implications of the New Zealand education system for migrant and refugee
clients.
Performance criteria
1.1
Differences in New Zealand education systems are recognised and interpreted
in relation to the migrants’ and refugee’s cultures of origin.
1.2
The New Zealand system of qualification equivalence is analysed in terms of its
implications for migrants and refugees to New Zealand.
1.3
The New Zealand system of recognition of prior learning is outlined in terms of
its implications for migrants and refugees to New Zealand.
Element 2
Describe the impact of the cultural heritage of migrant and refugee clients on their career
development.
Performance criteria
2.1
The impact of the cultural background of clients is outlined in terms of their
career development in New Zealand.
2.2
The influence of the family and community of clients is outlined in terms of the
career development of migrants and refugees to New Zealand.
2.3
The impact of the cultural background of migrants and refugees is outlined in
terms of access to education.
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2.4
The impact of the cultural background of migrants and refugees is outlined in
terms of the labour market trends.
Element 3
Describe the impact of the language of migrant and refugee clients on their career
development.
Performance criteria
3.1
The impact of language on migrants and refugees is recognised in terms of
career development.
3.2
Language acquisition options are identified and evaluated in terms of
availability, access, funding, and relevance to migrant and refugee clients.
3.3
Sources of language support or interpreting services are identified and outlined
to migrant and refugee clients in relation to their individual needs.
Element 4
Assist migrant and refugee clients to clarify life and career goals.
Performance criteria
4.1
Differences in the structure and status of education and work in New Zealand
are explained to migrant and refugee clients in relation to their place of origin.
4.2
The career practitioner provides information to the clients about current
research, work patterns, and labour market trends in accordance with the needs
of the migrant and refugee clients.
4.3
Work options are identified with migrant and refugee clients in terms of their
strengths, skills, needs, expectations, and preferences.
4.4
Selected work options are explored and prioritised in terms of the client’s needs
and expectations, and the needs and expectations of family and community.
4.5
Education and vocational goals are formulated with migrant and refugee clients
that are achievable and realistic for client in terms of time, funding, access,
location, and academic ability.
4.6
Alternative strategies to achieve vocational and educational goals are explored
in accordance with the needs of migrant and refugee clients.
4.7
Referral of migrant and refugee clients is in accordance with identified needs
and goals.
Range
referral includes but is not limited to – employment, education,
government agencies, and other services.
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4.8
The family of migrant and refugee clients are integrated into the career practice
process, where appropriate, and education and work options are evaluated in
accordance with the client’s identified needs and goals.
Element 5
Assist migrant and refugee clients in the application process for work or education and/or
training.
Performance criteria
5.1
The processes of application for work or education and/or training are explained
to migrant and refugee clients in accordance with their needs.
5.2
Assistance with the application process for work or education and/or training is
provided in accordance with migrant and refugee clients’ needs.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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