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Confirm eligibility to allocate resources to a person in a health,
disability, or community setting
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are, or who intend to be
employed in disability support assessment, planning, and coordination in the
community support sector.
People credited with unit standard are able to: confirm a person’s eligibility
for resources; confirm funded resource allocation to meet identified needs;
and identify and communicate alternative funding options to a person in a
health, disability, or community setting.
Subfield
Community Support
Domain
Disability Support Assessment, Planning, and
Coordination
Status
Registered
Status date
20 March 2008
Date version published
20 March 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Community Support Services Industry Training
Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The performance of all elements of this unit standard must comply with any relevant
cultural or legislative requirements including the rights and responsibilities of people
receiving services or supports as outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner
(Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
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In this sector, support should be given to a person in a manner that is individualised,
acknowledges diversity, and maximises the potential for achievement of the person’s
goals. Support must be appropriate to the needs of the person and utilise existing
strengths and, wherever possible, optimise the use of the local community.
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must fit within these broad
parameters.
3
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 be assessed in the workplace. This can be through paid or unpaid employment,
or in placements in a service provider workplace negotiated by an education
provider.
4
An ability to integrate theory with practice in the workplace must be demonstrated.
This will call for a variety of modes of assessment and forms of evidence to show
consistency of performance across a range of situations.
5
Eligibility and resource allocation may include family/whanau or support networks
where appropriate.
6
On all occasions the decision to involve the person’s family/whanau or support
networks will be the decision of the person receiving the service.
7
Resource allocation forms part of the support plan which is based on an assessment
that may have been developed by a person other than the person seeking credit for
this unit standard. The needs referred to in this unit standard are those needs that
were documented as part of that assessment process.
8
Definition
Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the
employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and
requirements of the organisation involved.
Resources include funded or unfunded supports or services.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Confirm a person’s eligibility for resources to meet identified needs in a health, disability,
or community setting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Resource eligibility status is confirmed and accords with agreed contracts and
entry criteria.
1.2
Resource eligibility status is confirmed and accords with identified needs.
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Element 2
Confirm funded resource allocation to meet identified needs in a health, disability, or
community setting.
Performance criteria
2.1
Resource allocation accords with the level of delegated authority, principles of
allocated distribution, existing funding guidelines, protocols, contracts,
procedures, and tools.
2.2
Resource allocation decisions are explained to the person in terms of
parameters and processes and accord with the level of delegated authority,
principles of allocated distribution, existing funding guidelines, protocols,
contracts, procedures, and tools.
2.3
Resource allocation is documented in accordance with the organisation’s
policies, procedures and contractual requirements.
Element 3
Identify and communicate alternative funding options to a person in a health, disability, or
community setting.
Performance criteria
3.1
Alternative funding options are identified and communicated to the person in
accordance with the person’s resource needs.
3.2
Alternative funding options are identified and communicated to the person in
accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.
Please note
Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA 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 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 Industry Training Organisation Limited
enquiries@cssito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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