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level:
6
credit:
9
planned review date:
June 2006
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse
social services in the community, and analyse the impact of
current economic and social policies on social service
provision in the community.
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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Glossary
Community may include but is not limited to: a
community of interest, a community of locality, a
cultural community, a kin group.
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. Identified 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.
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
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.
Analysis of social services in terms of their historical
origins may include analysis of cultural, gender,
economic, historical, political, social, statutory, and
voluntary origins, including Te Tiriti o Waitangi
relationships; according to relevance to the particular
social service and the availability of authoritative
information.
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Structures 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.
3
People awarded credit in this unit standard show that
their actions are guided and supported by valid theory
for social service practice. Evidence is required of
social service theory that is derived from authoritative
sources, which may include but are not limited to: body
of knowledge related to social service work; cultural
theory; practice research.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Analyse social services in the community.
performance criteria
1.1
The range of current social services provided in the community are described.
Range:
services may include but are not limited to - services offered for
generic and specific needs; services targeted at specific
populations; central government; regional government; local
government; non-governmental organisations; iwi/Māori social
services; Pacific Island social services.
Evidence is required of one social service provider from each
category.
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1.2
Social services are analysed and explained in terms of their historical origins.
Range:
1.3
Social services are analysed and explained in terms of the interrelationships of
social services with other contemporary structures.
Range:
1.4
evidence is required of analysis of the interrelationship between
one social service provider identified for performance criterion 1.1
and two contemporary structures.
Social services are analysed and explained in terms of their impact on user
groups of the social services.
Range:
1.5
evidence is required of the historical origins of two contrasting
social service providers identified for performance criterion 1.1.
impacts may include but are not limited to - positive outcomes;
negative outcomes; adequacy of responses to identified
community concerns, issues, or needs; adequacy of response to
iwi/Māori; adequacy of response to tauiwi.
Evidence is required of four impacts of one social service on user
groups.
Social services are analysed and explained in terms of their accessibility and
availability to user groups of the social services.
Range:
evidence is required in relation to three of the service providers
identified for performance criterion 1.1.
1.6
Gaps in social service provision to the community are analysed and explained.
1.7
Analysis of gaps in social service provision to the community identify probable
causes for the lack of provision.
Range:
causes may include but are not limited to - cultural, economic,
gender, historical, political, social causes.
Evidence is required of one probable cause.
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1.8
Recommendations are given for the development of social service provision in
the community in terms of the outcomes of the analysis.
element 2
Analyse the impact of current economic and social policies on social service provision in
the community.
performance criteria
2.1
Current economic and social policies of central government are analysed and
explained in terms of their relevance to social service provision.
2.2
Central government economic policies are analysed and explained in terms of
their actual or predicted outcomes on social service provision and social service
providers.
2.3
Central government social policies are analysed and explained in terms of their
actual or predicted outcomes on social service provision and social service
providers.
2.4
Current central government economic and social policies are analysed and
explained in terms of their impact on social service provision for iwi/Māori and
tauiwi.
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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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