NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate professional practice in a women's prison
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard is for people working as officers in a prison
environment and covers professional practice in a women's
prison.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
 demonstrate knowledge of issues relevant to women’s
imprisonment;
 apply best practice management in a women’s prison; and
 maintain personal and team wellbeing in a women’s prison.
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 officers working in women’s prisons and does not cover
officers working in men’s prisons.
3
References
Corrections Act 2004;
Corrections Regulations 2005;
Crimes Act 1961;
Crimes of Torture Act 1989;
Criminal Justice Act 1985;
Department of Corrections Code of Conduct;
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.
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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
Demonstrate knowledge of issues relevant to women’s imprisonment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Define causes of women’s offending in relation to prison requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – sexual abuse, domestic violence,
alcohol and drug abuse, health issues.
1.2
Describe impact of societal influences on women’s criminal offending in relation
to prison requirements.
1.3
Describe specific women’s gender issues that impact on a prison environment.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – pregnancy, babies and toddlers.
Describe specific management issues of women prisoners in relation to prison
requirements.
Outcome 2
Apply best practice management in a women’s prison.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Identify individual women’s imprisonment issues and needs.
2.2
Implement offender management plans to address identified issues and needs.
2.3
Apply Code of Conduct requirements in the context of women’s imprisonment
issues and needs.
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Identify and coordinate external individuals and agencies required to help
implement operating requirements to ensure smooth implementation.
includes but is not limited to – health, medical, chaplain,
programmes facilitator, Community Alcohol and Drug Services,
Child Youth and Family Services, New Zealand Prisoner Aid and
Rehabilitation Society;
evidence of three is required.
Range
2.5
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Define team member roles and functions and implement them accordingly.
Outcome 3
Maintain personal and team wellbeing in a women’s prison.
Range
health, training, individual, team.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Develop and implement coping and support strategies to ensure personal,
mental, and physical wellbeing is maintained throughout work in a women’s
prison.
3.2
Identify training requirements to work in a women’s prison and implement
solutions with unit manager and other agencies to enhance personal
performance.
3.3
Identify opportunities to support others in the team and implement them.
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.
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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.
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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