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SOCIAL SERVICE WORK WITH ABUSE,
NEGLECT, AND VIOLENCE
Describe selected aspects of the impact
of abuse, neglect, and violence on
human development
level:
4
credit:
3
planned review date:
April 2005
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
selected aspects of the impact of abuse, neglect, and
violence on human development.
This is an entry level theory unit standard designed for social
service workers who are working with abuse, neglect, and
violence. It is intended to support other unit standards within
the domain. It needs to be based upon understanding of
Māori or Tauiwi theories of human development.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Community Support Services
ITO Limited (Careerforce).
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Describe selected aspects of the impact
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human development
special notes:
1
People awarded credit in this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of te tino rangatiratanga and
kāwanatanga of the Treaty of Waitangi, and are able to
demonstrate knowledge of how to apply the articles of
the Treaty of Waitangi to social services. They are able
to apply this knowledge to the context of assessment
for this unit standard (for further clarification, please
refer to Unit 7927, Demonstrate knowledge of the
application of the Treaty of Waitangi in the social
services).
2
Glossary
Abuse, neglect, and violence includes abusive,
neglectful, violent, or controlling behaviour that may be
economic, emotional, physical, social, verbal, spiritual,
and/or sexual in nature. It also includes role abuse,
which means the abuse of power by an individual or
agency that has a professional, service, or statusbased role in relation to survivors. Abuse, neglect, and
violence may occur within or outside of families and
whānau.
Survivors is used as a generic term to denote people
who have experienced abuse, neglect, or violence.
Survivors include children and young persons, adults,
and elders.
3
Resources
a
Bird, Lise; Drewery, Wendy. 2000. Human
development in Aotearoa: journey through life.
Auckland: McGraw Hill.
b
Durie, Mason. 1998 2nd Ed. Whaiora: Māori
health development. Auckland: Oxford University
Press.
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NEGLECT, AND VIOLENCE
Describe selected aspects of the impact
of abuse, neglect, and violence on
human development
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe selected aspects of the impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on human
development.
Range:
evidence is required in relation to either Māori or Tauiwi human development
theory;
Tauiwi human development theory - evidence is required in relation to theory
from one Tauiwi culture;
Tauiwi theory may include but is not limited to - Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg,
Maslow, theory from Pacific Nations;
impact may include but is not limited to - family or whānau; mental; physical;
spiritual; achievement of developmental stages; lack of attachment; trauma.
performance criteria
1.1
The impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on the human development of
children is described according to human development theory.
1.2
The impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on the human development of
young persons is described according to human development theory.
1.3
The impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on the human development of adult
survivors is described according to human development theory.
1.4
The impact of abuse, neglect, and violence on the human development of elder
survivors is described according to human development theory.
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SOCIAL SERVICE WORK WITH ABUSE,
NEGLECT, AND VIOLENCE
Describe selected aspects of the impact
of abuse, neglect, and violence on
human development
Comments to:
Careerforce
PO Box 2637
Wellington 6140
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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