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Provide Post Incident Response Team services in a prison
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working as corrections officers and covers
Post Incident Response Team (PIRT) services in a prison.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–
provide immediate support to corrections officers after an incident;
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defuse effects of incident on prison staff; and
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ascertain and implement remedial action.
Subfield
Offender Management
Domain
Prison Safety and Security
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2006
Date version published
25 July 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0003
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is intended for but not restricted to workplace assessment. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise
specific equipment, procedures, and processes.
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Performance in relation to the elements and performance criteria must comply with
current legislation, policies, and procedures, including:
Corrections Act 2004;
Corrections Regulations 2005;
Crimes Act 1961;
Crimes of Torture Act 1989;
Criminal Justice Act 1985;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Parole Act 2002;
Privacy Act 1993;
Sentencing Act 2002;
other related Acts and regulations and their subsequent amendments or
replacements.
3
Reference to terms, procedures and specifications in this unit standard includes
documented procedures and specifications relevant to the workplace in which
assessment is carried out.
4
All work practices shall meet documented enterprise quality management
requirements, including the documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5
This unit standard relates to the immediate response after an incident to determine
what assistance a corrections officer may require. Corrections officers receive a twoday training course to become part of the PIRT.
6
Confidentiality of information relating to employees is maintained.
7
This unit standard excludes counselling of corrections officers and their families.
8
Assessment should be against the documented national policies and procedures and
prison specific procedures.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Provide immediate support to corrections officers after an incident.
Performance criteria
1.1
Incident is assessed at scene to identify and determine requirements in
accordance with established response procedures.
Range
1.2
severity of incident, incident size, number of staff requiring PIRT
services, number of PIRT staff required.
Staff requiring PIRT services are removed from scene and replacement staff
coordinated in accordance with established operating procedures and staffing
level agreements.
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1.3
Immediate support actions are implemented that ensure staff are supported
immediately after the incident.
Range
removal from site, medical referral.
Element 2
Defuse effects of incident on prison staff.
Range
individual and/or team session.
Performance criteria
2.1
Effective communication techniques are utilised to encourage staff to discuss
incident in an open manner.
Range
attending, clarifying, encouraging, following, listening, questioning,
paraphrasing, reflecting.
2.2
Immediate physical and psychological impact of incident on staff member is
identified.
2.3
Individual reactions to incident are normalised using established counselling
techniques.
Element 3
Ascertain and implement remedial action.
Range
may include but is not limited to – organise debrief, staff placement
recommendations, referrals.
Performance criteria
3.1
Remedial actions are identified, assessed and implemented in accordance with
established procedures.
3.2
Other parties involved in the remedial action are identified and coordinated to
ensure successful implementation of actions.
Range
3.3
family, staff, medical, chaplain services.
Follow up discussions and visits with affected individuals are coordinated and
implemented in accordance with established procedures.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report 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.
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 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 ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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