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Title
Prepare to establish relationships with Pacific people in mental
health support work
Level
4
Credits
9
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
selected issues related to Pacific people in Aotearoa
New Zealand; outline a Pacific model of wellness and practice
for mental health support work; and plan to establish and
maintain a relationship with a Pacific consumer and their family
in mental health support work.
Classification
Mental Health > Support of Mental Health Consumers/Tangata
Whai Ora
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Glossary
Family of Pacific origin, or Pacific people refers to families and people from the main
Pacific Island groups represented in Aotearoa New Zealand, namely: Samoa, Tonga,
Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelaua, Fiji, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati. Family is used
as a generic term to cover the range of names and kinship patterns of families of
Pacific origin, such as aiga, koputangata, and magafaoa. The use of the term 'family'
is not intended to reduce all Pacific families to any one particular kinship pattern. It
should be interpreted according to the context of the Pacific Island group that is being
considered.
2
Assessment notes
This unit standard may be assessed against on the basis of evidence of
demonstrated performance in the work place, and/or through the use of simulated
work place situations that closely approximate the performance required in workplace
settings. Work place settings can include field education placements.
The following applies to the performance of all outcomes of this unit standard. All
activities must comply with:
a
service provider guidelines, protocols, staff manuals, strategic plans, kawa,
tikanga;
b
Mental Health Commission. 2001. Recovery competencies for New Zealand
mental health workers. Wellington: Mental Health Commission (in particular,
Recovery Competencies 7 and 10);
c
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; 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.
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Resources may include but are not limited to
a
Bell, Daphne; Ed. 2005. New to New Zealand: A guide to ethnic groups in New
Zealand. Auckland: Reed Books.
b
Malo, Vito. Apr 2000. Pacific People in New Zealand talk about their
experiences with mental illness: Mental Health Commission Recovery Series:
Three. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
c
Lui, David. Dec 2003. Occasional Paper No. 4: Family A Samoan perspective:
Keynote presentation to the SF National Conference, Christchurch Convention
Centre 13-14th September 2003. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
d
Mental Health Commission. Mar 2001. Blueprint checklist – Mental health
services for Pacific people. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
e
Mental Health Commission. 2001. Pacific mental health services and
workforce: Moving on the Blueprint. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
f
Mental Health Commission. 2001. Recovery competencies for New Zealand
mental health workers. Wellington: Mental Health Commission.
Resources b – f can be downloaded from the Mental Health Commission’s
website:
http://www.mhc.govt.nz
g
Ministry of Health. February 2002. The Pacific health and disability action plan.
Wellington: Ministry of Health.
This publication is available from the Ministry of Health web site:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/
h
Mulitalo-Lautā, Pa'u Tafaogalupe III Mano'o Tilive'a. 2000. Fa'asamoa and
social work within the New Zealand context. Palmerston North: Dunmore
Press.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe selected issues related to Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Key social conditions present in Pacific nations are described in terms of those
which led Pacific people to emigrate.
Range
1.2
key social conditions may include but are not limited to –
economics, education, employment, equity of access, health,
political issues, colonial legacies.
Evidence is required of two key social conditions present in two
Pacific nations.
Key factors in Aotearoa New Zealand are described in terms of those which led
Pacific Island people to settle here.
Range
key factors may include but are not limited to – cultural, economic,
educational, employment, family attachment, independence,
lifestyle, political.
Evidence is required of three key factors in Aotearoa
New Zealand.
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A Pacific Island social institution in Aotearoa New Zealand is described in terms
of its role and influence on families of Pacific origin in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Range
1.4
Pacific Island social institutions may include but are not limited to –
church; political; school; recreational organisations; village, island,
or national associations; youth organisations.
Evidence is required of two.
The meaning and diversity of 'family' is outlined in terms of the kinship structure
and roles of families of Pacific origin.
Range
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evidence is required of kinship structures and roles from two
Pacific nations.
The impact of migration to and within Aotearoa New Zealand is described in
relation to changes to the structures and roles of families of Pacific origin.
Range
evidence is required of two impacts of migration on families from
one Pacific nation.
Outcome 2
Outline a Pacific model of wellness and practice for mental health support work.
Range
evidence is required in relation to a Pacific model that is related to mental health
and recovery.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The Pacific model of wellness and practice is outlined in terms of traditional and
contemporary Pacific theory on mental health and illness and related
treatments.
2.2
The Pacific model of wellness and practice is outlined in terms of the role of
mental health support workers in relation to Pacific consumers and their
families.
2.3
The Pacific model of wellness and practice is justified by the mental health
support worker in terms of its potential to meet the recovery needs of a
particular Pacific consumer and their family.
Outcome 3
Plan to establish and maintain a relationship with a Pacific consumer and their family in
mental health support work.
Range
evidence is required of planning in relation to one Pacific consumer and their
family.
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Evidence requirements
3.1
The needs for the relationship are identified according to the requirements and
priorities of the Pacific consumer and their family.
3.2
The plan includes strategies to establish and maintain the relationship in terms
of relevant criteria.
relevant criteria may include but are not limited to – identification
of key people in the family; involvement of elders and others with
expertise in the culture such as ministers of religion; cultural
requirements for the relationship; strategies for keeping the
consumer and family safe in the relationship; strategies for
keeping the mental health support worker safe in the relationship;
ethical considerations; boundaries; involvement of Pacific people's
services.
Evidence is required of three strategies.
Range
3.3
The plan is based upon a Pacific model of wellness and practice for mental
health support work.
Range
3.4
evidence is required of one Pacific model of wellness and practice
that is valid in terms of its relevance to the recovery needs of the
Pacific consumer and their family.
The plan is based upon key Pacific values for mental health support work with
the Pacific consumer and their family.
Range
evidence is required of three key values.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 October 2005
31 December 2014
Review
2
18 March 2011
31 December 2014
Rollover
3
17 November 2011
31 December 2014
Republished
3
13 March 2012
31 December 2014
Rollover
4
24 October 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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