NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28552 version 1
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Describe laws relevant to whānau/family and foster care
Level
Purpose
3 Credits 5
This unit standard is designed for 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 standard are able to describe laws relevant to whānau/family and foster care.
Classification
Available grade
Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Legislation relevant to this 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.
2 Resources
Pawson, Marcus. (2010). Youth and the law 2010: A comprehensive guide to the law relating to youth, from birth to adulthood . Wellington: Educational Resources for
Legal Resources Trust.
3 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.
Pacific nations – the main Pacific Islands represented in Aotearoa New Zealand; namely
– Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands,
Kiribati.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 28552 version 1
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Outcome 1
Describe laws relevant to whānau/family and foster care.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The principles of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 are described.
Range principles must include but are not limited to – paramountcy, care and protection, whānau/family participation, youth justice.
1.2 Legal statuses of children and young people in care are defined in terms of the relevant legislation.
Range legal statuses include but are not limited to
– care agreements, guardianship, custody/day-to-day care, adoption.
1.3 Arrangements for access/contact are described in accordance with relevant legislation.
Range arrangements for access/contact include but are not limited to – family agreements for access/contact, court ordered access/contact, supervised access/contact, whānau/family rights to access/contact.
The legal standing of carers is described in terms of the relevant legislation. 1.4
1.5
Carer’s role and responsibilities when participating in law related situations are described.
Range law related situations may include but are not limited to
– appearing in court as a witness, appearing in court as a support person, differences between participation in District Court and
Family Court proceeding, attending a care and protection Family
Group Conference, attending a youth justice Family Group
Conference, participation in a care plan review; evidence is required of two law related situations.
1.6 Age of legal competency is identified for selected areas.
Range selected areas may include but are not limited to
– abortion, babysitting, entering into contracts, gambling, compulsory education, leaving home, marriage, obtaining a driver's licence, dealing with the police and criminal justice system, purchasing alcohol, purchasing tobacco, consensual sexual activity, voting; evidence is required for four.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 28552 version 1
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Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 20351
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
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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
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020