NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Meet needs of prisoners
Level
3
Purpose
14643 version 4
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Credits
3
This unit standard is for people working as officers in a prison
environment and covers identification of and response to the
needs of prisoners.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
 identify prisoner needs;
 respond to prisoner needs; and
 document prisoner needs and responses.
Classification
Offender Management > Prisoner Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for workplace assessment.
2
Boundaries of unit standard
This unit standard covers prisoner needs such as food, warmth, information, shelter,
safety and security, medical, gender-specific, culture-specific, spiritual.
This unit standard does not cover prisoner needs that fall outside of the Policy and
Procedures Manual requirements.
3
References
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;
PS Operations Manual, Department of Corrections, available at
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/policy-and-legislation/ps-operations-manual.html;
Privacy Act 1993;
Sentencing Act 2002;
and their subsequent amendments or replacements.
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
4
14643 version 4
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Assessment range
a Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must meet all the principles of
behaviour and criteria as detailed in the Prison Services Operations Manual
(PSOM), Department of Corrections (available at
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/policy-and-legislation/ps-operations-manual.html),
the Department of Corrections Code of Conduct, other documented national
policies and procedures, and prison-specific procedures.
b The range statements in this unit standard must be applied according to prisonspecific equipment, procedures, and processes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify prisoner needs.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identify immediate and/or basic needs of prisoners.
Range
may include but is not limited to – immediate needs checklist, atrisk assessment, unit induction, workplace induction, health and
safety induction, information requests;
evidence of three is required.
1.2
Determine prisoner needs that fall outside of operating requirements.
1.3
Identify changes in situations which impact on the prisoner.
1.4
Assess prisoner needs and requests for relevance and make decisions based
on the capacity to implement the requests.
Outcome 2
Respond to prisoner needs.
Range
may include but is not limited to – information, access to services, follow-up,
service providers, special needs;
evidence of three is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Communicate with prisoners clearly and concisely and check prisoner
understanding.
2.2
Make referrals to services where appropriate.
2.3
Respond to needs of prisoners.
2.4
Implement follow-up action to required standard and within agreed timeframe.
2.5
Liaise with other parties to respond to prisoner needs.
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
14643 version 4
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Outcome 3
Document prisoner needs and responses.
Range
actions requested, actions taken.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Record information completely, concisely, accurately, and legibly in the required
format and scheduled timeframe.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 June 1999
30 June 2012
Revision
2
3 April 2001
30 June 2012
Review
3
25 July 2006
30 June 2012
Review
4
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
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, 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 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.
Consent 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.
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
14643 version 4
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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.
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016