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Support mental health
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level:
6
credit:
12
planned review date:
June 2005
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse
the main barriers to employment facing mental health
consumers/tangata whai ora; explain how to support mental
health consumers/tangata whai ora to access employment
support services; and evaluate the effectiveness of
employment
support
services
for
mental
health
consumers/tangata whai ora.
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
implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social services
according to the authority and resources available to
them, and are able to demonstrate application of this
competence to the context of assessment for this unit
standard (for further clarification, please refer to Unit
7928, Implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social
services).
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2
The following apply to the performance of all elements
of this unit standard:
a
All activities must comply with service provider
guidelines, protocols, staff manuals, strategic
plans, kawa, or tikanga.
b
All activities must comply with relevant cultural,
legislative, and regulatory requirements, which
include but are not limited to: Code of Health and
Disability Services Consumers’ Rights 1996; NZS
8134:2001, Health and Disability Sector
Standards (including the National Mental Health
Standard); Health and Disability Services (Safety)
Act 2001; Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992; Human Rights Act 1993; Official Information
Act 1982; Privacy Act 1993. In the context of this
unit standard, the Recovery Competencies should
also guide the candidate's activities (refer to
special note 7h).
3
Social policy and legislative and regulatory
requirements may include but are not limited to:
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;
Department of Social Welfare. 1990. Vocational
Opportunities Support Programme: Issues, policy, plan.
Wellington: Department of Social Welfare;
accident compensation legislation, including the
Accident Compensation Act 1982 and the Injury
Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act
2001;
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Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights 1996;
Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975;
Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act 1960;
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, Industrial Relations Act 1973;
Minimum Wages Act 1983;
Privacy Act 1993;
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.
4
All communications are treated confidentially. The
scope and limits of confidentiality are defined through
negotiation and informed consent, and criteria
established by legislation, ethical practice, and service
provider guidelines. In the context of this unit standard,
sources of criteria established by legislation, ethical
practice, and service provider guidelines include but are
not limited to: Official Information Act 1982, Privacy Act
1993, service provider codes of conduct, codes of
practice issued by the Privacy Commissioner, social
service codes of ethics, and service provider guidelines,
protocols, staff manuals, strategic plans, kawa, or
tikanga.
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5
People seeking award of credit for this unit standard
must show that their actions are guided and supported
by valid theory for practice in employment support.
Evidence is required of theory that is derived from
authoritative sources, which may include but are not
limited to: the body of knowledge related to employment
support work; social service work; cultural theory; or
practice research.
6
The candidate is required to take all necessary steps to
ensure the safety and self determination of the mental
health consumer/tangata whai ora to whom they are
offering employment support. These measures are in
accordance with relevant cultural, legislative, and
regulatory requirements.
7
Resources related to mental health issues in
employment support may include but are not limited to:
a
Rusch, Frank R.
(ed.) 1990.
Supported
employment: Models, methods, and issues.
Sycamore, Il.: Sycamore Pub.
b
Community Liaison Committee of the Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists. 2000. Involving families: Guidance
notes: Guidance for involving families and whānau
of mental health consumers/tangata whai ora in
care, assessment and treatment processes.
Wellington: Ministry of Health on behalf of the
Royal College of Australian and New Zealand
Psychiatrists, the Health Funding Authority and
the Ministry of Health.
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c
d
e
f
g
h
This publication is available from the Ministry of
Health web site: http://www.moh.govt.nz/
Durie, Mason. 2001. Mauri ora: The dynamics of
Maori health. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
Fenton, Liz; Te Koutua, Te Wera. 2000. Four
Maori korero about their experience of mental
illness. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
(Mental Health Commission recovery series, 1).
Malo, Vito. 2000. Pacific People in New Zealand
talk about their experiences with mental illness:
Wellington: Mental Health Commission. (Mental
Health Commission recovery series, 3).
Mental Health Commission. 2000. Four families of
people with mental illness talk about their
experiences.
Wellington: Mental Health
Commission.
(Mental Health Commission
recovery series, 2).
Mental Health Commission. 2001. Recovery
Competencies for New Zealand Mental Health
Workers. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
Resources d - g are available from the Mental
Health Commission’s website:
http://www.mhc.govt.nz
Ministry
of
Health.
1998.
Whāia
Te
Whanaungatanga:
Oranga
Whānau:
The
wellbeing of whānau: The public health issues.
Wellington: Ministry of Health.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Analyse the main barriers to employment facing mental health consumers/tangata whai
ora.
performance criteria
1.1
Barriers to employment of mental health consumers/tangata whai ora are
analysed and explained.
Range:
1.2
barriers to employment of mental health consumers/tangata whai
ora include but are not limited to - discrimination, stereotyping, and
stigma; institutionalisation; long term unemployment; medical
model; socio-economic status; conflicting value bases between
service providers working with mental health consumers/tangata
whai ora; education and training of clinical staff and employment
support service staff; work disincentives.
Mental health service providers are analysed in terms of barriers they may
present to employment of mental health consumers/tangata whai ora or their
positive involvement in employment initiatives for mental health
consumers/tangata whai ora.
Range:
evidence is required of three contrasting types of mental health
service providers available to mental health consumers/tangata
whai ora nationally or locally.
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1.3
Clinical issues are analysed and explained in terms of their relevance to
providing effective employment support services for mental health
consumers/tangata whai ora.
Range:
1.4
clinical issues may include but are not limited to - impact of
medication, nature of mental health disorders, disclosure,
dependency, learned helplessness.
The impact of current disability and labour market policies and programmes are
analysed and assessed in terms of their impact on the employment of mental
health consumers/tangata whai ora.
element 2
Explain how to support mental health consumers/tangata whai ora to access employment
support services.
Range:
evidence may consist of explanation alone, or a combination of explanation and
demonstration of support of one mental health consumer/tangata whai ora.
performance criteria
2.1
The explanation outlines a process to assist a mental health consumer/tangata
whai ora to develop an assessment of their presenting needs related to
employment.
2.2
The explanation outlines a career planning process to be facilitated with a
mental health consumer/tangata whai ora to support them in their exploration of
employment opportunities.
2.3
The explanation outlines strategies for placement of a mental health
consumer/tangata whai ora in an employment opportunity and ongoing
employment support.
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2.4
The explanation outlines a process that is consistent with the Recovery
Competencies.
Range:
Recovery Competencies - refer to special note 7g.
element 3
Evaluate the effectiveness of employment support services for mental health
consumers/tangata whai ora.
performance criteria
3.1
An employment support service provider is analysed and evaluated in terms of
relevance and effectiveness of its services for mental health consumers/tangata
whai ora.
3.2
Recommendations are formulated for service re-design that focus on service
improvement and removal of any barriers for mental health consumers/tangata
whai ora.
3.3
Recommendations outline strategies for incorporating feedback from mental
health consumers/tangata whai ora in the evaluation.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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.
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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
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
which can
be
accessed at
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