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level:
5
credit:
6
planned review date:
June 2006
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: manage
intake of the person discharged from residential care into the
community; assist the person to manage the transition from
residence to the community; and assist the person to resettle
in the community.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
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
explain the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the
social services, and are able to apply this competence
to the context of assessment for this unit standard (for
further clarification, please refer to Unit 7927, Explain
the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the social
services).
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Those who may be the subject of residential care
include children, young persons, and adults (including
elders).
They may require residential care for:
parenting purposes, care and protection, safety from
self endangerment, prevention of criminal offending,
youth justice requirements, physical or mental health
needs, disability related needs, prevention or
management of alcohol or drug usage, economic
development, health care, housing, human rights, legal
issues, sexuality and sexual orientation needs,
prevention of abuse, neglect, or violence. In the
context of this unit standard, residents may be
individuals or groups. People awarded credit for this
unit standard demonstrate competence in one context,
with any combination of the above factors.
3
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 status-based
role in relation to survivors. Abuse, neglect, and
violence may occur within or outside of families and
whānau.
Characteristics and needs of residents may include but
are not limited to: physical, spiritual, and mental
characteristics,
including age
and
stage
of
development, culture, disability, gender, health status,
language, sexual orientation; and needs to be
respected, affirmed, supported, physical comfort,
safety, and privacy.
The discharge plan may include: provision for:
accommodation,
educational
and
vocational
opportunities, travel arrangements, health care, other
care, protection, supervision arrangements.
Self endangerment may include suicide risk, risks
resulting from mental illness, risks from alcohol or drug
usage.
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Significant people may include but are not limited to:
the resident's family or whānau, other care givers in the
community, staff of specialist services in the
community, other staff of community social services,
employers, accommodation sources, health workers.
4
All communications are treated confidentially, except
where there is an ethical, legal, or organisational duty
on the social service worker to report abuse, neglect,
and violence. Residents are informed of the scope and
limits of confidentiality as defined by criteria established
by legislation, ethical practice, and service provider
guidelines. In the context of this unit standard, sources
of criteria established by legislation, ethical practice,
and service provider guidelines include but are not
limited to: Children, Young Persons and Their Families
Act 1989, Domestic Violence Act 1995 Section 43,
Health Act 1956 Sections 22B and 22C, Official
Information Act 1982, Privacy Act 1993, service
provider codes of conduct, codes of practice issued by
the Privacy Commissioner, social service codes of
ethics, and service provider guidelines, protocols, staff
manuals, strategic plans, kawa, or tikanga.
5
Other statutes and criteria relevant to this unit standard:
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966, Children,
Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989, Criminal
Justice Act 1985, Guardianship Act 1968, Health Act
1956, Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001,
Mental
Health
(Compulsory
Assessment
and
Treatment) Act 1992 and Old People's Homes
Regulations 1987. People awarded this unit standard
demonstrate knowledge of the provisions of these
statutes and criteria relating to residential care,
according to their relevance to the assessment context.
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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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Manage intake of a person discharged from residential care into the community.
performance criteria
1.1
Service provider intake procedures are completed according to the discharge
plan and criteria established by legislation, ethical practice, and service provider
guidelines.
1.2
Management of intake includes clarification with the person of the role, function,
services offered, and any legal responsibilities of the social service worker and
service provider.
element 2
Assist the person to manage the transition from residence to the community.
performance criteria
2.1
Assistance provided encourages self-determination of the person and
discourages dependency on the social service worker or service provider.
2.2
Assistance includes liaison and facilitation with people in the community who
are significant to the discharge plan in accordance with the social service
worker's role and responsibilities in the discharge plan.
2.3
Liaison and facilitation is directed towards assisting parties to the discharge
plan to contribute to the person's resettlement.
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2.4
Assistance includes management of resources and other arrangements in
accordance with the social service worker's role and responsibilities in the
discharge plan.
element 3
Assist the person to resettle in the community.
performance criteria
3.1
Assistance encourages self-determination of the person and discourages
dependency on the social service worker or service provider.
3.2
Assistance includes assisting the person to identify requirements for life in the
community in terms of their assessment of all relevant factors.
Range:
3.3
relevant factors include but are not limited to - the person's
discharge plan; the person’s abilities, means, resources, needs,
aims, objectives.
Assistance is directed towards enabling the person to establish a community
lifestyle that has as its first consideration the safety and wellbeing of the person
and others.
Range:
others include - members of the person's family or whānau, care
givers, other members of the community.
3.4
Assistance includes enabling the person to evaluate their actual participation in
the community against the person's aims and objectives for life in the
community.
3.5
Assistance includes facilitating the parties to the discharge plan to review the
plan, identify further options, and where necessary to amend the plan according
to the outcomes of the evaluation of progress and other essential factors.
Range:
evaluation of progress - assessment of achievement of the
objectives in the discharge plan, identification of objectives that
are partially achieved or have not been achieved;
other essential factors - family or whānau; care givers;
accommodation options in the community; financial, educational,
and vocational needs; legislative requirements.
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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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