NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Work with young people in youth work
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: establish a
relationship with a young person; identify and describe a young
person's strengths, sense of identity, social bonds, and needs;
and support a young person to strengthen their connections.
Classification
Social Services > Youth Development
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 16843, Demonstrate knowledge of the meaning of Te Tiriti
o Waitangi in youth work; and Unit 22256, Explain the
principles and underlying philosophy of the Youth Development
Strategy.
Explanatory notes
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Glossary
Characteristics and needs of young people may be physical, spiritual, or mental.
Characteristics include: age and stage of development, coping strategies, culture,
disabilities, experience and knowledge, gender, health status, personal history,
language, sexual orientation, socio-economic situation, risk and resiliency factors.
Needs include physical comfort, safety, and privacy.
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Assessment notes
This unit standard may be assessed against evidence of demonstrated performance
in the workplace, and through the use of simulated workplace situations that closely
approximate the performance required in workplace settings. Workplace settings can
include field education placements. All evidence must be in accordance with criteria
established by legislation, ethical practice, and youth work agency guidelines.
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All communications are treated confidentially. The scope and limits of confidentiality
are defined through negotiation and informed consent, and criteria established by
legislation, ethical practice, and youth work agency guidelines. In the context of this
unit standard, sources of criteria established by legislation, ethical practice, and
youth work agency guidelines include but are not limited to: Official Information Act
1982; Privacy Act 1993; codes of practice issued by the Privacy Commissioner; youth
work codes of ethics; youth work agency codes of conduct, protocols, staff manuals,
and strategic plans. Relevant additional legislation and the codes of conduct, and
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youth work agency guidelines will be determined according to the context of
assessment.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard may include but is not limited to: Children,
Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989; Crimes Act 1961; Human Rights Act
1993; Health And Safety in Employment Act 1992; Official Information Act 1982;
Privacy Act 1993.
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Resources
Ministry of Youth Affairs. 2002. Youth development strategy Aotearoa – Action for
child and youth development. Wellington: Ministry of Youth Affairs. Available online
from the Ministry of Youth Development (http://www.myd.govt.nz), along with
supporting documents.
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which may be found online at
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources.asp.
Convention on the Rights of the Child, which may be found online at:
http://www.unicef.org/crc/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Establish a relationship with a young person.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The relationship demonstrates unconditional positive regard, respect, and belief
in the young person.
1.2
The relationship is transparent in terms of clear roles, boundaries, and legal
responsibilities of the youth worker and agency.
1.3
Rapport building creates a connection with the young person in accordance with
their characteristics and needs.
Outcome 2
Identify and describe a young person's strengths, sense of identity, social bonds, and
needs, in consultation with the young person.
Range
evidence is required in relation to one young person.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The young person's strengths are identified and described.
Range
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strengths may include but are not limited to – preferred activities,
achievements, personal supports, future plans, abilities, passions.
Evidence is required of two.
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2.2
The young person's sense of identity is identified and described.
Range
2.3
sense of identity may include but is not limited to – whakapapa,
home town, land, ethnicity, sub-culture, sexual orientation, selfimage.
Evidence is required of one.
The young person's social bonds are identified and described.
Range
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social bonds may include but are not limited to – whānau, hapū,
iwi; place of education; place of work; peer network; community.
Evidence is required of one.
The young person's needs are identified and described.
Range
needs may include but are not limited to – day activity, resources,
skills, goals, social situation, personal support, information.
Evidence is required of one.
Outcome 3
Support a young person to strengthen their connections.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The young person is supported to identify their connections.
Range
3.2
connections may include but are not limited to – community,
education, employment, family/whānau, social.
Evidence is required of one.
The young person is supported to strengthen a selected connection.
Range
Planned review date
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support may include but is not limited to – advocacy, information
giving, mediation, mentoring, personal support, recreational
activity, referral to other support, service provision.
Evidence is required of two.
31 December 2017
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 August 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
2
20 March 2003
31 December 2014
Review
3
26 November 2007
31 December 2014
Rollover and
Revision
4
21 February 2013
N/A
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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,
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.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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 Careerforce info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
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