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Manage specific cultural needs of prisoners
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working as corrections officers in a prison and
covers the management of specific cultural needs of prisoners.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
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identify cultural background of prisoners;
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identify cultural needs of prisoners;
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manage cultural plans for prisoners; and
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review cultural objectives for prisoners.
Subfield
Offender Management
Domain
Prisoner Management
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 Act1990;
Parole Act 2002;
Policy and Procedures Manual, Department of Corrections, available at
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/public/policyandlegislation/ppm/
Privacy Act 1993;
Sentence Management Manual;
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
Assessment should be against the documented national policies and procedures and
prison specific procedures.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify cultural background of prisoners.
Performance criteria
1.1
The prisoner’s own culture is identified and described in terms of prisoner and
prison requirements.
Range
1.2
age, gender, cultures, dominant cultural values, kinship, religious
structures.
The prisoner’s own life experience is identified and described.
Range
family origins, history, and structure; community and recreational
involvement; influence of socio-cultural structures, including
kinship, religious structures, education and training.
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Element 2
Identify cultural needs of prisoners.
Performance criteria
2.1
Candidate identifies cultural needs in post-sentencing assessments.
Range
2.2
Post-Sentencing Assessment.
Cultural connection is identified.
Range
family links, connections.
2.3
Cultural objectives are identified.
2.4
Key individuals within prisoner’s cultural network are identified.
Element 3
Manage cultural plans for prisoners.
Performance criteria
3.1
Candidate identifies action required to meet assessed cultural needs.
3.2
Candidate identifies significant people involved in the managing of the cultural
plan.
3.3
Plan is agreed to and signed off by the prisoner in accordance with established
procedures.
3.4
Recorded information is complete, concise, accurate, and legible.
3.5
Information is recorded in the required format and filed within scheduled
timeframe, according to industry specifications.
Element 4
Review cultural objectives for prisoners.
Performance criteria
4.1
Implementation of plan is reviewed against plan objectives at intervals required,
the validity of the plan is determined, and any opportunities and needs for
modification are identified.
4.2
Review is carried out in accordance with the Policy and Procedures Manual.
4.3
Plan modifications are made in accordance with the outcome of the review and
enterprise standards.
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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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