Draft Social Skills qualifications for December – Feb consultation
Proposed qualifications in Social Skills Review
The qualifications proposed reflect a transition from skills and knowledge of self, functioning in everyday life with moderate support, to those functioning and
interacting with others in less familiar situations, with minimal support.
Development of outcomes was guided by:
- Solo Taxonomy
- NZQF Level One Descriptors
- Ako Aotearoa Foundation Graduate Profile Discussion Document
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Draft Social Skills qualifications for December – Feb consultation
NZCSL (Introductory) (Level 1) - 60 credits
NZCSL (Level 1)
- 240 credits
Strategic Purpose
Strategic Purpose
This qualification is intended for learners with learning support needs.
This group of learners are people with learning disabilities and
includes people with intellectual disability.
This qualification is intended for learners with learning support needs. This
group of learners are people with learning disabilities and includes people
with intellectual disability.
Graduates will have the skills and knowledge for self- managed
participation in familiar everyday life contexts.
Graduates will have the skills and knowledge for self- managed participation
in everyday life in social, cultural, family/whanau and community contexts.
This includes the ability to apply these skills in educational, employment
and/or voluntary work contexts.
This qualification recognises the aspirations and cultural identities of
the disabled communities, and that of Māori and Pasifika.
This qualification recognises the aspirations and cultural identities of the
disabled communities, and that of Māori and Pasifika.
This qualification allows Aotearoa New Zealand community, employers
and educational institutions to recognise the individual’s potential to
enhance their participation in the community, as a contributing citizen.
This qualification allows Aotearoa New Zealand community, employers and
educational institutions to recognise the individual’s potential to enhance their
participation in the community, as a contributing citizen.
Graduate Profile Outcomes
Graduate Profile Outcomes
With moderate level of support in familiar structured contexts, graduates will
be able to ….
With minimal level of support in familiar and unfamiliar contexts, graduates will be
able to ….
Self-management
Self-management
• Demonstrate an awareness of self and others
•Demonstrate an understanding of self in relationship to others in relevant
cultural contexts
•Identify basic strategies to self-manage appropriate familiar contexts
and cultures
•Apply basic strategies to self-manage appropriate to familiar and unfamiliar
contexts and cultures
• Identify own culture; similarities to and differences from others across
cultural settings relevant to self
•Participate in own and across cultural settings in ways relevant to the
context
•Identify possible future pathways based on personal interests,
strengths, skills and needs
• Plan a future pathway based on personal interests, strengths, skills and
needs
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Interpersonal
Interpersonal
•Interact with familiar people within own family/whanau and community
•Interact with people across the wider community.
e.g. Include the use of appropriate tikanga
Problem-solving
Problem-solving
•Recognise a problem exists, and identify a problem-solving process
to address an issue in a familiar context
•Select, apply and reflect on a problem-solving process used to resolve an
issue in a familiar and unfamiliar contexts
Literacy, numeracy, digital technology
Literacy, numeracy, digital technology
•Use basic literacies and numeracy, including digital technology skills,
to enhance functioning in the community
• Select and apply basic literacies and numeracy, including digital technology
skills, to enhance functioning in the community and workplace
NB. -approaching NZQF level 1 literacy and numeracy unit standards
NB. -approaching NZQF level 1 literacy and numeracy unit standards
Community/citizenship
Community/citizenship
•Recognise basic rights and responsibilities of self as a citizen
•Act in accordance with the basic rights and responsibilities of a citizen
e.g.
-Obeying the law
-Rights of a citizen
-Understanding the process of sustainability
-Passports
•Demonstrate basic knowledge of local and NZ history and current affairs
e.g.
-Treaty of Waitangi
Health and Safety
Health and Safety
•Recognise basic strategies for personal safety
•Identify and apply basic strategies for personal health and safety, and the
safety of others
Employment
•Demonstrate understanding of basic rights, responsibilities and
requirements needed for employment /voluntary work.
e.g. -Employee/er rights and responsibilities
-Health and safety + first aid
-Job application process, including CVs, interview skills, covering letter etc)
-Prepare, carry out and reflect on a work experience placement
-Work place culture and conduct
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• Apply basic skills required to carry out tasks in a range of work contexts
NB. Includes individual or team work
• Identify and communicate own strengths and needs to maximise workplace
success
Pathways
This qualification provides a pathway to:
This qualification provides a pathway from:
•New Zealand Certificate in Supported Learning (Level 1)
•New Zealand Certificate in Supported Learning (Introductory) (60 credits)
This qualification can lead to other qualifications at levels one and two.
Graduates of this qualification will have the knowledge to work in a
structured context, with support.
Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to work in a
structured context, with support.