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Social Services
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the prospective partners; identify the purpose and objectives of the partnership; negotiate the partnership agreement; and contribute to implementation and review of the partnership agreement. entry information: accreditation option:
Open.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider. 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 implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social services according to the authority and resources available to them, and are able to demonstrate application of this competence to the context of assessment for this unit standard (for further clarification, please refer to Unit
7928, Implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social services ).
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2 In carrying out all elements of this unit standard, people demonstrate knowledge of the key values that underpin
Māori society, and reflect this knowledge in behaviour that is appropriate to the context. Key values include but are not limited to: ārahi, aroha, āwhina, manaaki, tūmanako, whakapono.
3 Glossary
Hapū are identified according to whakapapa showing the relationship and/or bloodlines between several whānau that comprise a hapū.
Iwi refers to the traditional iwi identified within tribal boundaries.
Other Māori organisation
includes but is not limited to an urban Māori authority consisting of people from different hapū or iwi.
Partnership agreement means a formal, contracted, written, and signed arrangement between a hapū, iwi, or other Māori organisation and a social service provider to carry out a joint venture. Evidence is required of development of one partnership agreement between one hapū, iwi, or other Māori organisation and one social service provider.
Where a partnership is to be developed between a hapū or iwi and a social services provider, evidence is required that the agreement is based upon the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Responsiveness to hapū, iwi, or Māori
is defined in terms of bicultural goals and structural arrangements.
Reference - Durie, Mason. 1995. "Maaori and the
State: Professional and Ethical Implications for a
Bicultural Public Service". Te Komako - NZASW Social
Work Review . VII (1): 2-5.
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Rohe means a particular boundary or region. In the context of this unit standard, this is to be defined as the region where the assessment against the unit standard is taking place.
The person seeking credit in this unit standard is referred to as a social service worker. Social service workers include but are not limited to: community workers, counsellors, kai āwhina, social workers, kaitautoko, youth workers, and others who deliver social services, whether paid or unpaid.
4 Legislation relevant to this unit standard is defined according to the legal status of the partners. The legal status of a partner may be defined by a specific statute
(for example the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996), or by incorporation under general empowering legislation
(for example the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 or Te Ture
Whenua Māori Act 1993). Evidence is required of knowledge of the application to the partnership agreement of either the sections of the specific statute or clauses of the incorporation documents that empower the partners to enter into the agreement.
5 People awarded credit in this unit standard show that their actions are guided and supported by valid theory for social service practice. Evidence is required of social service theory that is derived from authoritative sources, which may include but are not limited to: body of knowledge related to social service work; cultural theory; practice research.
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Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Identify the prospective partners. performance criteria
1.1 The prospective partners to the agreement are identified in terms of their identity as a hapū, iwi, or Māori organisation, and identity as a social service provider.
1.2 The prospective partners to the agreement are identified in terms of the key people in the hapū, iwi, or Māori organisation and in the social service provider that have capacity to negotiate an agreement.
1.3 The prospective partners to the agreement are identified in terms of their interest in participating in negotiation of a partnership agreement.
1.4 The prospective partners to the agreement are identified in terms of any legal status and capacity to enter a contractual arrangement.
Range: legal status may include but is not limited to - charitable trust, company, incorporated society, M āori Trust Board, rūnanga, statutory body. element 2
Identify the purpose and objectives of the partnership. performance criteria
2.1 The purpose and objectives of the partnership are identified according to the kaupapa and priorities of the social se rvice provider and the hapū, iwi, or Māori organisation.
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2.2 The purpose and objectives of the partnership are identified according to the nature and extent of the service provider's proposed responsiveness to hapū, iwi, or Māori.
2.3 The purpose and objectives of the partnership are identified in terms that enable negotiation of a partnership agreement.
Range: element 3
Negotiate the partnership agreement. performance criteria
3.1 The partnership agreement is negotiated in terms of the identified purpose and objectives of the partnership.
3.2 The partnership agreement is negotiated in terms that demonstrate and communicate clarity about the bicultural goals and structural arrangements proposed by the party represented by the social service worker.
3.3 purpose and objectives may include but are not limited to - human resources development; cultural change within the social service provider; monitoring and evaluation; planning; policy advice; policy development; resource allocation; service delivery; strategic development.
Evidence is required of two purposes and objectives.
The partnership agreement is negotiated using language and negotiating methods that demonstrate respect for the other partner and equal bargaining status.
3.4 The partnership agreement is negotiated in terms that identify any legally binding aspects of the agreement and the terms, conditions, and legal consequences of those aspects.
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3.5 The partnership agreement is negotiated and concluded according to the partners' legal status and capacity to enter into any legally binding agreement. element 4
Contribute to implementation and review of the partnership agreement. performance criteria
4.1 Contributions to implementation and review of the partnership agreement are made in accordance with the social service worker's role and function in the agreement and within the boundaries of the kawa and tikanga of the partnership.
4.2 Problems encountered in implementation are responded to in accordance with the provisions in the agreement for contingencies.
4.3 Contributions to review of the partnership agreement are in accordance with the provisions for review contained in the partnership agreement.
4.4 Contributions to review of the partnership agreement address the measurement of outcomes against the purpose and objectives of the partnership agreement.
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Please Note: Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can offer programmes of education and training assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0222]
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