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Describe aspects of living in a disabling
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level:
4
credit:
6
planned review date:
May 2007
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
how different models of disability impact on the experience of
disability in Aotearoa New Zealand, and describe supported
employment as a philosophy and method of employment
support for people living in a disabling society.
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
Glossary
Impairment is an intellectual, physical, mental, or
sensory functional limitation experienced by an
individual.
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Disability is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take
part in the normal life of the community on an equal
level with others due to physical and social barriers.
Source: Disabled Persons International 1982.
‘Disability is not something individuals have. What
individuals have are impairments. They may be
physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric, intellectual
or other impairments. Disability is the process which
happens when one group of people create barriers by
designing a world only for their way of living, taking no
account of the impairments other people have.’ Source:
New Zealand Disability Strategy 2001.
The critical/political model (sometimes referred to as
the social or social creation model) occurs in
institutionalised practices and the physical and social
environment designed for and by non-disabled people.
The liberal/consensual (or social construction) model
views disability as a problem located (or constructed) in
the minds of non-disabled people and manifest in
hostile social attitudes or ideological underpinnings of
discriminatory practices.
Employment is the agreed exchange of labour for
money in compliance with all the conditions of the
Employment Relations Act 2000.
For the purposes of this unit standard, employment
support is defined by the following six principles –
placement first; ongoing support; wages and associated
employment benefits; universal eligibility; real
workplaces; career development.
Employment support worker refers to the person
seeking award of credit for this unit standard.
3
Significant social policy and legislative and regulatory
requirements (both historical and current) include:
Minister for Disability Issues. April 2001. The
New Zealand disability strategy: Making a world of
difference: Whakanui oranga. Wellington: Ministry of
Health;
Department of Labour. September 2001. Pathways to
inclusion: Ngā ara whakauru ki te iwi whānui: Improving
vocational services for people with disabilities.
Wellington: Department of Labour;
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Mental Health Commission. 1998. Blueprint for mental
health services in New Zealand: How things need to be.
Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
This resource can be downloaded from the Mental
Health Commission’s website:
http://www.mhc.govt.nz
National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability.
2003. To have an ‘ordinary’ life – Kia whai oranga
‘noa’: Community membership for adults with an
intellectual disability – Ko te noho-ā-iwi mō te hunga
hinengaro hauā kua pakeke nei. A report to the
Minister of Health and the Minister for Disability Issues
from the National Advisory Committee on Health and
Disability. Wellington: New Zealand.
This resource can be downloaded from the National
Health Committee’s website:
http://www.nhc.govt.nz
accident compensation legislation, including the
Accident Compensation Act 1982 and the Injury
Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act
2001;
Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights 1996;
Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975;
Education Act 1989;
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Disability Services Act 1993;
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Minimum Wages Act 1983;
Privacy Act 1993;
New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000;
State Sector Act 1988 (and associated Equal
Employment Opportunity EEO strategies);
New Zealand Standard (NZS) 8134:2001 Health and
Disability Sector Standards: Te Awarua o te Hauora,
available from Standards NZ – Paerewa Aotearoa:
Wellington.
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Resources related to employment support may include
but are not limited to:
a
The Association for Supported Employment in
New Zealand (ASENZ). 1999. Second edition. A
framework for quality: Quality assurance for
supported employment services in New Zealand.
Palmerston North: ASENZ.
b
Ballard, Keith, ed. 1994. Disability, family,
whanau and society. Palmerston North: Dunmore
Press.
c
Barnes, Colin; Mercer, G.; Shakespeare, Tom.
1999. Exploring disability: A sociological
introduction. Cambridge, Malden, Mass: Polity
Press.
d
Beatson, Peter. 2001. 2nd ed. The disability
revolution in New Zealand – A social map.
Palmerston North: Massey University.
e
Bennie, Garth. ‘Employment services and
disabled people: Models, methods and mayhem’.
In: Munford, Robyn; Sullivan, Martin. eds. 1998.
Thinking critically about disability Vol II.
Palmerston North: Massey University.
f
Christensen, L. 1997. ‘Te Pumautanga: A Māori
perspective on the development of human
services’. In: O’Brien, P; Murray, R., eds. Human
services: Towards partnership and support.
Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.
g
Connors, Debra. 1985. ‘Disability, Sexism and
the Social Order’. In: Browne, Susan E; Connors,
Debra; Stern, Nanci, eds. With the power of each
breath: A disabled women’s anthology.
Pittsburgh, PA: Cleis Press.
h
Kendrick, M. 1999. ‘Some Reflections on the
Struggle to Make a Real and Enduring Difference’.
In Cross, A.; Sherwin, J.; Funnell, B.; Rodgers, M.,
eds. Gathering the wisdom: Changing realities in
the lives of people with disabilities. Brisbane,
Australia: CRU Publications.
i
Lapsley, Hilary. January 2003. Disability and
employment: Where is government policy
heading? Wellington: Mental Health Commission:
Occasional paper number one.
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k
l
m
n
o
p
q
Mental Health Commission. 1999. Employment
and mental health: Issues and opportunities. A
discussion paper. Wellington: Mental Health
Commission.
Resources i and j can be downloaded from the
Mental Health Commission’s website:
http://www.mhc.govt.nz
Morris, Jenny. 1985. ‘Pride against prejudice –
Unworthy lives’. In: Browne, Susan E; Connors,
Debra; Stern, Nanci, eds. With the power of each
breath: A disabled women’s anthology.
Pittsburgh, PA: Cleis Press.
Oliver, M. 1990. The politics of disablement.
London: Macmillan.
Oliver, M.; Barnes, C. 1998. Disabled people and
social policy: From exclusion to inclusion.
London: Longman.
Orange, C. 1992. The Treaty of Waitangi.
Wellington, NZ: Bridget Williams Books with
assistance from the Historical Publications
Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Ratima, M. M.; (Mihi, M). 1995. He Anga
Whakamana: A framework for the delivery of
disability support services to Maori: A report to the
Core Services Committee. Palmerston North:
Massey University.
Wehman, P., Grant Revell, W., Brooke, Valerie.
April 2002. Competitive employment: Has it
become the ‘first choice’ yet? Virginia
Commonwealth University Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center on Workplace
Supports.
Wolfensberger, Wolf. 1974 (1972). The principle
of normalization in human services: With
additional texts by Bengt Nirje [and others].
Toronto: National Institute on Mental Retardation.
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Wright, P. 1999. Breaking the barriers:
Empowering people with disabilities. Auckland:
NZCCS National Conference, 1999.
Wright, P. 1999. Human rights for people with
disabilities; International developments.
Auckland: NZCCS National Conference 1999.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe how different models of disability impact on the experience of disability in
Aotearoa New Zealand.
performance criteria
1.1
The employment support worker's personal values are described in relation to
disabled people.
Range:
1.2
evidence is required of four personal values that are relevant to
working with disabled people within employment support work.
Three models of disability are described and compared with each other.
Range:
models of disability – individual/medical, liberal/consensual,
critical/political.
1.3
Three models of disability are described in terms of how they define
employment of people with disability as ‘a problem’, and how the models
influence solutions to ‘the problem’.
1.4
The models of disability that underpin social policy and legislative and
regulatory requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand are described.
Range:
evidence is required of the matching of models of disability to two
of – social policy and legislative and regulatory requirements in
Aotearoa New Zealand, one of which must be the New Zealand
Disability Strategy.
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1.5
Barriers to employment for disabled people are described in terms of their
historical origins in Aotearoa New Zealand.
element 2
Describe supported employment as a philosophy and method of employment support for
people living in a disabling society.
performance criteria
2.1
The historical development of supported employment is outlined.
Range:
2.2
Supported employment is described in terms of its compatibility and differences
with different models of disability.
Range:
2.3
models of disability – individual/medical, liberal/consensual,
critical/political.
The principles that inform supported employment are outlined.
Range:
2.4
evidence is required of developments in supported employment in
relation to theory, service provision, and practice from one
international source and one service provider source in Aotearoa
New Zealand.
principles of supported employment include – placement first;
ongoing support; wages and associated employment benefits;
universal eligibility; real workplaces; career development.
The benefits or advantages of supported employment to people living in a
disabling society are outlined.
Range:
evidence is required of three benefits or advantages.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0222 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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