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Title
Describe and manage human development and health issues for
whānau/family and foster care
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
selected aspects of human development for whānau/family and
foster care; describe selected aspects of health/hauora for
whānau/family and foster care; and manage selected aspects
of human development and health/hauora in whānau/family
and foster care.
Classification
Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory 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).
2
Glossary
Carer means a person who is a custodial carer providing care for a child or young
person from their own whānau or 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.
Health/hauora 'Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.' World Health Organisation
Constitution, 1946. Available online at (http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/).
Health connotes emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing, within the
cultural context of the person. In terms of Te Ao Māori, hauora is based on the
cornerstones of taha tinana, taha hinengaro, taha wairua, and taha whānau. Holistic
models of health from Pacific nations may also be used in the context of this unit
standard.
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Pacific nations refers to the main Pacific nations represented in Aotearoa New
Zealand; namely – Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji, Tuvalu,
Solomon Islands, Kiribati.
Whānau/family and foster care includes kinship care, whānau care, foster care, and
foster homes.
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b
Resources
Bird, Lise; Drewery, Wendy. 2003. (2nd ed.). Human development in Aotearoa: A
journey through life. Auckland: McGraw-Hill.
Worrall, Jill. 2003. (2nd ed.). Grandparents raising grandchildren: A handbook for
grandparents and other kin carers – Ma nga kaumatua hei tautoko te tipuranga ake o
nga mokopuna. Auckland: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust.
The above resource can be obtained from the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Trust, PO Box 34-892, Birkenhead; or email parenting2@xtra.co.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe selected aspects of human development for whānau/family and foster care.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Māori concepts of human development are described in terms of Te Ao Māori.
Range
1.2
Māori human development is described in relation to the significance of
whānau, hapū and iwi systems.
Range
1.3
human development throughout the life span – developmental
stages, developmental tasks;
one other Tauiwi theory may include but is not limited to –
Bronfenbrenner, Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg, Maslow.
The relevance of human development to whānau/family and foster care is
described.
Range
1.5
evidence is required of two examples of the significance of
whānau, hapū, and iwi systems to Māori human development.
Human development throughout the life span is described according to theory
from Pacific nations or one other Tauiwi theory.
Range
1.4
hauora, Te Ao Turoa, Te Ao Hurihuri, whenua.
carer understanding of the developmental stages of children and
young people; ability of the carer to relate to children and young
people according to their developmental stage.
The major parts of the brain, their function, and the effect on these of trauma in
the first year of life are described.
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The impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on human development is
described.
Range
1.7
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impact may include but is not limited to – family or whānau;
psychological; physical; spiritual; achievement of developmental
stages; lack of attachment; trauma.
Attachment, and attachment disorders are described.
Range
evidence is required of description of attachment and three
attachment disorders.
Outcome 2
Describe selected aspects of health/hauora for whānau/family and foster care.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Health/hauora for whānau/family and foster care is described in holistic terms.
Range
2.2
The potential impact of selected life events on children and young people's
personal health is described.
Range
2.3
life events – abuse, neglect, and violence; births and deaths
amongst significant relationships; beginning and ending
relationships, including parental relationships and relationships
with other carers; physical and mental illness.
Evidence is required of three.
Selected elements that have an effect on children and young people's personal
health are described.
Range
2.4
refer to special note 2.
elements may include but are not limited to – whānau or family;
role reversal between child or young person and their parents;
cultural identity; nutrition, exercise, and rest; personal self esteem;
management of anger and stress; loss and grief; personal and
peer relationships; sexuality of child or young person, and whānau
or family, including sexual orientation.
Evidence is required of three.
Selected health issues of significance in the life stages of a child or young
person are described.
Range
life stages – evidence is required in relation to one life stage
between birth and 20 years;
health issues may include but are not limited to – accidental injury;
eating disorders and self image; self harm; skin disorders; sexual
health.
Evidence is required of two.
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2.5
Common contagious and chronic conditions that may affect a child or young
person are described.
Range
2.6
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two common contagious conditions and two common chronic
conditions including a summary of the usual symptoms of each of
the four.
Selected health services are described according to the nature of the services
they provide for children and young people.
Range
nature of the services – culturally specific services; emergency
services; mental health services; physical health services; respite
care; sexual health services; spiritual health services; substance
abuse services; services for children and young people with
special needs.
Evidence is required of three, one of which must be services for
children and young people with special needs.
Outcome 3
Manage selected aspects of human development and health/hauora in whānau/family and
foster care.
Evidence requirements
3.1
A management strategy to assist a child or young person with an attachment
disorder is applied in a whānau/family and foster care situation.
3.2
A management strategy to assist a child or young person to deal with an impact
of abuse, neglect, or violence is applied in a whānau/family and foster care
situation.
Range
impact may include but is not limited to – family or whānau;
psychological; physical; spiritual; achievement of developmental
stages; lack of attachment; trauma.
3.3
A management strategy to assist a child or young person with a contagious
condition is applied in a whānau/family and foster care situation.
3.4
A management strategy to assist a child or young person with a chronic
condition is applied in a whānau/family and foster care situation.
3.5
Health services are accessed according to the nature of the services required to
manage a child or young person's condition or disorder.
Range
nature of the services – culturally specific services; emergency
services; mental health services; physical health services; respite
care; sexual health services; spiritual health services; substance
abuse services; services for children and young people with
special needs.
Evidence is required of two.
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 November 2003
Rollover and
Revision
2
21 September 2007
Review
3
16 April 2015
31 December 2018
31 December 2018
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0222
This CMR 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,
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.
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