NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28523 version 1
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Describe community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities
Level
Purpose
3 Credits 2
This unit standard is for people providing services in a health or wellbeing setting.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities.
Classification Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Supporting People with
Disabilities
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 (the Code of Rights);
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
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 8158:2012 Home and community support sector Standard , available at http://www.standards.co.nz/ .
2 Definitions
Attitude – a manner of thought, feeling, or behaviour.
Community
– the society, including neighbourhood, work and leisure environment, relevant to the person undergoing assessment.
Health or wellbeing setting includes but is not limited to – the aged care, acute care, community support, disability, mental health, and social services sectors.
Person – a person accessing services. Other terms used for the person may include client, consumer, customer, patient, individual, resident, service user, tūroro or tangata whai ora.
Values
– principles, beliefs or ideals that are commonly held by a community.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 28523 version 1
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Outcome 1
Describe community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Community values and attitudes are described in terms of a historical and current perspective of people with disabilities.
1.2
The community’s values and attitudes towards people with a disability are described in terms of the impact on the person with the disability.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 1816.
Planned review date 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 16 April 2015 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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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 (CMRs). 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.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 28523 version 1
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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 2020