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level:
4
credit:
15
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
This unit standard is designed for people who are providing
well child care services for children under 5 years of age
within the context of whānau or family, under the Well Child
Framework, and within the requirements of the Well Child Tamariki Ora national schedule.
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify
and describe knowledge, skills, and values in Tamariki Ora Well Child services; reflect on self as a Well Child worker in a
Tamariki Ora - Well Child service context; and integrate new
learning into a knowledge, skills, and value base for Tamariki
Ora - Well Child service work.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Community Support Services ITO
Limited (Careerforce).
special notes:
1
People awarded credit in this unit standard are able to
outline the meaning of the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
and the relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to social
service work, and are able to apply this competence to
the context of assessment for this unit standard (for
further clarification, please refer to Unit 19408, Outline
the meaning and relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in
social service work).
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It is expected that assessment for this unit standard will
take place after the candidate has been awarded credit
for a majority of the other unit standards in any
qualifications for which this unit standard is a
compulsory requirement.
It is also expected that candidates seeking credit for
this unit standard will demonstrate competence and be
assessed through a combination of theoretical learning
and practical experience as a Well Child worker in
Tamariki Ora - Well Child services. This may include
classroom activities, and will include work-based
settings and practical experience.
Evidence is required in relation to two Tamariki Ora Well Child service situations.
3
Legislation and codes related to this unit standard
include but are not limited to: Human Rights Act 1993,
Privacy Act 1993, Code of Health and Disability
Consumers’ Rights, Health Information Privacy Code
1994.
4
Glossary
Family - examples may include a nuclear or extended
Pākehā family; a Pacific family; a family from another
culture (eg refugees and other migrants); a family from
a particular community (eg gender-based, gay or
lesbian, or deaf communities); a family made up of
people such as a support group.
Pacific family refers to families from the main Pacific
nations represented in Aotearoa New Zealand; namely
- Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji,
Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati.
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Whānau - Traditionally, whānau members are related
through whakapapa, birth, or intermarriage. Whānau
may comprise members who are related through
bloodlines and inter-marriage, and may also include
family friends, acquaintances, and any other individuals
who are accepted by, and deemed a member by a
particular whānau. For further definitions of the
meaning of whānau, see: Ministry of Health. 1998.
Whāia Te Whanaungatanga: Oranga Whānau: The
Wellbeing of Whānau: The public health issues.
Wellington: Ministry of Health. This publication is
available from the Ministry of Health web site:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/
Well Child worker is used as a term to denote the
candidate seeking award of credit in this unit standard.
Other terms that may be used in Tamariki Ora - Well
Child services include Community Health Worker;
Community Well Child Health Worker; Kaiāwhina;
Kaitiaki; Plunket Community Karitane; and Plunket
Kaiāwhina.
Reference group may include but is not limited to:
professional association, peer group, co-worker group,
collective, governing body or board, whānau, hapū, iwi,
ko ngā kaumātua rāua ko ngā kuia, spiritual group,
trustees.
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Resources
a
Ministry of Health for College of Nurses Aotearoa
(NZ), Nurse Educators in the Tertiary Sector and
Nurse Executives of New Zealand. 1999. The
health service assistant and the registered nurse:
a discussion paper, principles and guidelines.
Wellington: Ministry of Health for College of
Nurses Aotearoa (NZ), Nurse Educators in the
Tertiary Sector and Nurse Executives of New
Zealand.
b
Ministry of Health. March 2002. The Well Child
framework. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
c
Ministry of Health. November 2002. Well Child Tamariki Ora national schedule handbook.
Wellington: Ministry of Health.
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Ministry of Health. 2002. Well Child - Tamariki
Ora national schedule. Wellington: Ministry of
Health.
All of these Ministry of Health publications are
available on the Ministry of Health web site:
http://www.moh.govt.nz/
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Identify and describe knowledge, skills, and values in Tamariki Ora - Well Child services.
performance criteria
1.1
The knowledge that was used to guide the Well Child worker's actions is
identified and described.
Range:
1.2
The skills that were used by the Well Child worker are identified and described.
Range:
1.3
evidence is required of three skills that were used in the situation
by the Well Child worker.
The values that supported and guided the Well Child worker's actions are
identified and described.
Range:
1.4
evidence is required of three statements of knowledge that were
used to explain and guide the Well Child worker's actions.
evidence is required of three values that were used to support and
guide the Well Child worker's actions.
Accountability is demonstrated through the Well Child worker's actions.
Range:
accountability to - whānau or family, self, employer, team, role
boundaries, Well Child Framework, ethical practice, legislation.
Evidence is required in relation to the whānau or family, and two
others.
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1.5
The Well Child worker's actions demonstrate safe practice through working as
part of a team and not in isolation.
element 2
Reflect on self as a Well Child worker in a Tamariki Ora - Well Child service context.
performance criteria
2.1
Strengths and limitations for working in Tamariki Ora - Well Child services are
described.
Range:
2.2
strengths and limitations - strengths and limitations of the Well
Child worker role, personal strengths and limitations,
organisational strengths and limitations, community strengths and
limitations.
Evidence is required of personal strengths and limitations, and two
others from the range.
The methods that are used by the Well Child worker for accountability, self
monitoring, and support are described.
Range:
methods include but are not limited to - Well Child worker
performance review, mentoring, networking, peer supervision,
preceptorship, professional supervision, reference group, self care
strategies, time management.
Evidence is required in relation to two methods.
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element 3
Integrate new learning into a knowledge, skills, and value base for Tamariki Ora - Well
Child service work.
Range:
new learning - knowledge, skills, values, reflection on self as a Well Child
worker.
performance criteria
3.1
New learning for the Well Child worker is identified and described.
3.2
The ways in which new learning has been integrated into a knowledge, skills,
and values base is described in terms of how it will be applied in future practice.
3.3
Future career directions and training options are described.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0222 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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