NZQA registered unit standard
26892 version 1
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Title
Describe effects of brain injury on life roles, and implement
strategies to support a person after brain injury
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of a person’s life roles and the effects of brain injury
on them; describe strategies to support a person after brain
injury to fulfil his or her chosen life roles; and implement
strategies to support a person after brain injury to fulfil his or
her chosen life roles.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Brain Injury Support
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Codes and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (The Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996;
NZS 8158:2003 Home and Community Support Sector Standard.
2
References include:
Accident Compensation Corporation. (2006). Traumatic brain injury: Diagnosis, acute
management and rehabilitation. Wellington: New Zealand Guidelines for ACC,
available at http://www.acc.co.nz (search for ACC2404);
Centre for Neuro Skills Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) available at
http://www.neuroskills.com/assess.shtml, and http://www.shoestringgraphics.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary/glasgow.htm.
3
Support should aim to: maintain, improve, or restore a consumer's independence
and/or interdependence; utilise the consumer's existing strengths; and where
possible, utilise the resources of the local community.
4
Definitions
Life roles may include but are not limited to – family/whānau relationships, social,
cultural, spiritual, economic, community, vocational, educational, civic.
Service plan is a generic term that covers the individual or group plans (which may
also be referred to by other names) that are developed by service providers for
people receiving support (and may include their family/whānau as appropriate).
Community Support Services ITO Limited
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NZQA registered unit standard
26892 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of a person’s life roles and the effects of brain injury on them.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Life roles are described in terms of family/whānau structures, responsibilities,
and inter-personal relationships.
Range
evidence is required for a minimum of four life roles.
1.2
The effects of brain injury on a person's life roles are described in terms of the
person's strengths, participation in work and/or study readiness, and barriers to
participation.
1.3
Risks are identified in terms of a person's ability to maintain relationships and
life roles after brain injury.
Range
evidence is required for four risks.
Outcome 2
Describe strategies to support a person after brain injury to fulfil his or her chosen life
roles.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Strategies to support a person after brain injury to fulfil his or her chosen life
roles are described in accordance with the person’s service plan.
Range
evidence is required for three strategies.
Outcome 3
Implement strategies to support a person after brain injury to fulfil his or her chosen life
roles.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Strategies to support a person after brain injury to fulfil his or her chosen life
roles are implemented in accordance with the person’s service plan.
Range
Planned review date
evidence is required for three strategies.
31 December 2016
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26892 version 1
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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