NZQA registered unit standard
28551 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of working relationships with whānau/family
in whānau/family and foster care
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is or those people whose activities bring
them into contact with children, or who have a responsibility
to respond to children in a whānau/family and foster care
setting.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe,
identify and implement strategies for establishing and
maintaining a working relationship with a whānau/family in
whānau/family and foster care.
Classification
Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include but is not limited to:
Care of Children Act 2004:
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989;
Crimes Act 1961;
Domestic Violence Act 1995;
Family Proceedings Act 1980;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
Vulnerable Children Act 2014.
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Definitions
Carer – a person who is a custodial carer providing care for a child or young person
from their own whānau/family and/or a person who is providing foster care for a child
or young person placed with them by an agency approved under section 396,
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989. In the context of this unit
standard, carers do not include adoptive parents or birth parents.
Whānau/family and foster care includes but is not limited to – kinship care, whānau
care, foster care, foster homes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe strategies for establishing and maintaining a working relationship with a
whānau/family in whānau/family and foster care.
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NZQA registered unit standard
28551 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Strategies to establish and maintain a working relationship with the
whānau/family are described in terms of relevant factors.
relevant factors may include but are not limited to – care plan of an
approved agency, key people in the whānau/family, ethical
considerations, carer's role boundaries, child is receiving care
outside the whānau/family, child is receiving care within the
whānau/family;
evidence is required of five relevant factors.
Range
1.2
Strategies described prioritise the needs of the child or young person, in the
context of their relationship with their whānau/family.
Range
evidence is required of a description of three needs.
Outcome 2
Identify and implement strategies for establishing and maintaining a working relationship
with a whānau/family in whānau/family and foster care.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Strategies identified consider the relevant factors and prioritise the needs of the
child.
2.2
Strategies are implemented in accordance with caregiver’s role and
responsibilities.
responsibilities include but are not limited to – legal
responsibilities, timeliness, cultural considerations, safety
considerations.
Range
2.3
The strategies are evaluated and reviewed in terms of any positive and negative
outcomes from their implementation.
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
0222
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28551 version 1
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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 (CMR). 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.
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