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level:
4
credit:
3
planned review date:
June 2006
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: contribute
to the establishment of objectives for community or social
change; contribute to the choice of strategies for community
or social change; contribute to planning of strategies for
community or social change; and contribute to
implementation of the plan for community or social change.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
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
demonstrate knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for social
service purposes, and are able to apply this
competence to the context of assessment for this unit
standard (for further clarification, please refer to Unit
7926, Explain Te Tiriti o Waitangi for social service
purposes).
2
People involved in community and social change may
be individuals, groups, families or whānau, hapū, iwi, or
other kin group, a community of interest, a community
of locality, or a cultural community. They may be of a
particular age group such as children, youth, or adults.
In this unit standard, they are referred to as participants
for the sake of brevity. People awarded credit for this
unit standard demonstrate competence in one context,
with any combination of the above factors.
3
Glossary
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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.
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. 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.
Key people include but are not limited to people within a
family, 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 participants 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 group or community. People awarded
credit for this unit standard demonstrate competence in
one context, with any combination of the above factors.
Social policies include policies of social service
agencies or organisations and central or local
government, and "include all those things deliberately
done [.] to promote wellbeing and to limit the effects of
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misfortune, primarily in terms of material advantages
and disadvantages."
Acknowledgements to Oliver, W.H. April 1988. "Social
Policy in New Zealand: An Historical Overview". In:
The April Report: Volume 1: New Zealand Today:
Report of the Royal Commission on Social Policy (Te
Komihana A Te Karauna Mo Nga Ahuatanga-A-Iwi).
Wellington: The Royal Commission on Social Policy: p
3.
Structures may include but are not limited to: cultural,
economic, ideological, and kin structures; political and
social agencies and organisations; other arrangements
that distribute or process resources or maintain,
manage, govern, or organise society.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Contribute to the establishment of objectives for community or social change.
performance criteria
1.1
Contributions to the establishment of objectives are made in terms of the
concerns, issues, or needs identified by key people.
1.2
Contributions are made in terms of actual or predicted positive and negative
impacts of the concerns, issues, or needs on participants.
1.3
Communications with participants are appropriate to the nature of the
participants and the social service worker's role and function.
Range:
communications may include but are not limited to - formal
presentations, oral or written opinions, oral or written reports,
group discussions, hui, seminars, workshops, individual dialogue.
element 2
Contribute to the choice of strategies for community or social change.
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performance criteria
2.1
Contributions to the choice of strategies are made according to the nature of the
participants and the social service worker's role and function.
2.2
Proposals for strategies are within parameters established by participants.
Range:
parameters may include but are not limited to – participants'
culture, values, and experience; culture, values, and experience of
the people who will implement the strategies; objectives for
change; potential for effectiveness in achieving objectives;
available resources.
element 3
Contribute to planning of strategies for community or social change.
performance criteria
3.1
Contributions to planning are made according to the nature of the participants
and the social service worker's role and function.
3.2
Contributions to planning address the development of essential aspects of the
plan.
Range:
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 4
Contribute to implementation of the plan for community or social change.
performance criteria
4.1
Contributions are made in terms of the nature of participants, the social service
worker's role and function, and people involved in implementing the plan.
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4.2
Contributions to strategies for community or social change are made in
accordance with the plan.
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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