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Facilitate the placement of clients into employment
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up and maintain
relationships with potential employers; assess the background, needs and
expectations of clients; provide support to and match the needs and
expectations of employers and clients; and review the placement process.
Subfield
Career Practice
Domain
Career Consultation
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Privacy Act
1993, Employment Relations Act 2000, Human Rights Act 1993, Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
2
Definition
Target group refers to a specific population group or groups intended as beneficiaries
of a programme.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Set up and maintain relationships with potential employers.
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Performance criteria
1.1
Potential employers are identified and contact information sourced in
accordance with the target group and the needs of individual clients.
1.2
Contact is established with potential employers in relation to the provision of
employment opportunities.
1.3
The needs and expectations of potential employers are identified and clarified in
relation to specific employment opportunities.
1.4
Relationships with potential employers are maintained in relation to work
opportunities for the target group.
Element 2
Assess the background, needs and expectations of clients.
Performance criteria
2.1
The background of clients is determined in terms of education, skills, interests,
values, culture, experience, and qualifications.
2.2
The needs of clients are determined in terms of gender, culture, age,
disabilities, and language.
2.3
The expectations of clients are identified and clarified in relation to specific
employment opportunities.
Element 3
Provide support to and match the needs and expectations of employers and clients.
Performance criteria
3.1
Critical needs and expectations of the employers and clients are considered in
terms of the placement.
Range
3.2
critical needs and expectations include but are not limited to –
opportunities to develop skills, preference of clients and
employers, safety in the workplace, compliance with health and
safety legislation.
Support given to the employers and clients in the selection process is in
accordance with identified needs.
Range
support may include but is not limited to – assistance with
provision of transportation, interview support, additional
information, application completion, advocacy, use of inclusive
language.
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3.3
Employers and clients are matched in terms of the needs of both parties.
Element 4
Review the placement process.
Range
the review may be self or peer.
Performance criteria
4.1
The review evaluates the placement process in terms of the goals, needs, and
expectations of the clients.
4.2
The review evaluates the placement process in terms of the needs and
expectations of the employers.
4.3
Feedback from the clients confirms whether their participation in the selection
process has met their needs.
4.4
The review confirms whether the provision of follow-up support meets the needs
of the employers and clients.
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.
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 Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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