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SOCIAL WORK
Contribute to discharge of residents
from residential care
level:
5
credit:
6
planned review date:
June 2006
sub-field:
Social Services
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to contribute
to discharge planning of residents from residential care, and
manage discharge of the resident from residential care.
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.
Decision making parties may include but are not limited
to: the resident, their family or whānau, other care
givers, other residential staff, staff of specialist services,
staff of social services in the community.
The discharge plan may include: provision for:
accommodation,
educational
and
vocational
opportunities, travel arrangements, health care, other
care, protection, supervision arrangements.
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Self endangerment may include suicide risk, risks
resulting from mental illness, risks from alcohol or drug
usage.
Service provider standards include but are not limited
to: service provider strategic plans, kaupapa, governing
legislation, staff manuals, kawa, or tikanga.
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
Contribute to discharge planning of residents from residential care.
performance criteria
1.1
Contributions are according to assessment of the resident's progress in
achieving the objectives of the residential care plan.
Range:
contributions may include but are not limited to - oral contributions
to discharge planning meetings, family meetings or whānau hui;
written records or reports; discharge discussions with the resident.
1.2
Contributions include liaison with people in the community who are significant to
the discharge planning process.
1.3
Contributions assist the decision making parties to make the discharge decision
according to the assessment of progress and other essential factors.
Range:
1.4
assessment of progress includes - an assessment of achievement
of the objectives in the residential care plan; identification of
objectives that are partially achieved or have not been achieved;
other essential factors include - family or whānau considerations;
care givers; accommodation options in the community; financial,
educational and vocational needs; legislative requirements.
Contributions assist the decision making parties to establish a discharge plan
that has as its first consideration the safety and wellbeing of the resident and
other affected people on discharge.
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Range:
other affected people may include - members of the resident's
family or whānau, care givers, other members of the community.
element 2
Manage discharge of the resident from residential care.
performance criteria
2.1
Management of discharge includes liaison with people in the community who
are significant to the discharge of the resident from residential care.
2.2
Resources and other provisions and arrangements in the discharge plan are
managed in accordance with the social service worker's role and responsibilities
in the discharge plan.
2.3
Discharge of the resident from residential care is managed in accordance with
service provider standards.
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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