NZQA registered unit standard 26955 version 1 Page 1 of 4 Title Describe and incorporate the New Zealand Disability Strategy into the practice of a health and disability advocate Level 5 Credits 4 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the vision, objectives, and related actions of the New Zealand Disability Strategy and their relevance to safe advocacy practice with consumers with impairments; incorporate the objectives of the New Zealand Disability Strategy into own practice with consumers with impairments and providers; and evaluate incorporation of New Zealand Disability Strategy objectives into own advocacy practice with consumers with impairments. Classification Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability Principles in Practice Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes: Accident Compensation Act 2001; Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989; Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994; Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003; Human Rights Act 1993; Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003; Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990; Privacy Act 1993; Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. 2 Codes and guidelines relevant to this unit standard include: Advocacy Code of Practice; available at http://advocacy.hdc.org.nz/resources/codeof-practice; Advocacy Guidelines for the Nationwide Advocacy Service Pursuant to section 28 (1) of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994. The New Zealand Gazette, 24 March 2005. Available at http://advocacy.hdc.org.nz/resources/advocacy-guidelines; Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996, available at http://www.hdc.org.nz; Health Information Privacy Code 1994, available at http://www.privacy.org.nz. Community Support Services ITO Limited SSB Code 101814 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 26955 version 1 Page 2 of 4 3 New Zealand Standards relevant to this unit standard include: NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (general) Standard; NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (core) Standards; NZS 8134.2:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (restraint minimisation and safe practice) Standards; NZS 8134.3:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (infection prevention and control) Standards. 4 References Ministry of Health. (2000). The New Zealand Health Strategy. Wellington: Author. Ministry of Health. (2001). The New Zealand Disability Strategy. Wellington: Author. The above Ministry of Health publications are available at http://www.moh.govt.nz/. Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service. (2006). Māori cultural competencies for health and disability advocates. Wellington: Author; available at http://advocacy.hdc.org.nz/about-us/competencies. Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service. (2010). Cultural competencies for health and disability advocates. Auckland: Author; available at http://advocacy.hdc.org.nz/about-us/competencies. United Nations. (2008). Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol. Geneva: Author; available at http://www.un.org/disabilities/. 5 This unit standard cannot be assessed against in a simulated environment. It is required that people seeking credit for this unit standard demonstrate competence and are assessed in the workplace: through paid or unpaid employment, or in placements in a service provider workplace negotiated by an education provider. 6 Candidates’ practice must show appropriate values, processes, and protocols in relation to working with different cultures in a range of settings and environments, in accordance with the provisions outlined in the two Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service publications referenced in explanatory note 4 above. 7 Definitions For the purposes of this unit standard, people with impairments are also consumers, both of which terms are defined below. Consumer is defined in the Code of Rights and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 in the following ways: 'Consumer means a health consumer or a disability services consumer; and, for the purposes of rights 5, 6, 7(1), 7(7) to 7(10), and 10, includes a person entitled to give consent on behalf of that consumer.' – Code of Rights, regulation 4. 'Disability services consumer means any person with a disability that – '(a) Reduces that person's ability to function independently; and '(b) Means that the person is likely to need support for an indefinite period.' – Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994, s. 2. 'Health consumer includes any person on or in respect of whom any health care procedure is carried out.' – Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994, s. 2. Consumer-centred service is service that focuses on a person’s individuality, relationships, needs, communication, feelings, and abilities; and which takes a holistic view of the person’s situation as the starting point for determining the type and level of service to be provided. Community Support Services ITO Limited SSB Code 101814 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 26955 version 1 Page 3 of 4 Health and disability advocates assist consumers to have their rights recognised and upheld by health and disability service providers; and encourage them to take action – including making a complaint – if they have an unresolved concern. Advocates operate independently of government agencies, the Health and Disability Commissioner, and the funders of health and disability services. Impairments may be physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric, intellectual, or other. Providers means disability services providers and health care providers, as defined in the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994, ss. 2 and 3. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Describe the vision, objectives, and related actions of the New Zealand Disability Strategy and their relevance to safe advocacy practice with consumers with impairments. Evidence requirements 1.1 The vision and objectives of the New Zealand Disability Strategy are described in terms of their relevance to the vision and objectives of the Health and Disability Advocacy Service. 1.2 The vision, objectives, and related actions of the New Zealand Disability Strategy are described in terms of their relevance to safe advocacy practice with consumers with impairments. Range evidence is required for the relevance of the vision and three objectives and their related actions, to safe advocacy practice. Outcome 2 Incorporate the objectives of the New Zealand Disability Strategy into own practice with consumers with impairments and providers. Evidence requirements 2.1 The objectives of the New Zealand Disability Strategy are incorporated into own practice in terms of interactions with consumers with impairments and providers. Range incorporation includes but is not limited to – accessible models of communication with consumers with impairments, using appropriate language, avoiding stereotypes; evidence is required of three examples from own practice as a health and disability advocate, including a minimum of one example of interactions with a provider. Community Support Services ITO Limited SSB Code 101814 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 26955 version 1 Page 4 of 4 Outcome 3 Evaluate incorporation of New Zealand Disability Strategy objectives into own advocacy practice with consumers with impairments. 3.1 Own advocacy practice is evaluated in relation to incorporation of New Zealand Disability Strategy objectives when working with consumers with impairments. evaluation includes but is not limited to – strengths, opportunities for improvement, demonstration of consumer-centred service; incorporation includes but is not limited to – accessible models of communication with consumers with impairments, using appropriate language, avoiding stereotypes. Range Planned review date 31 December 2016 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 19 November 2010 N/A Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0024 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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. Consent 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 organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Comments on this unit standard Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard. Community Support Services ITO Limited SSB Code 101814 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016