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Manage cultural needs of Māori prisoners
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working as corrections officers in a prison and
covers the management of cultural needs of Māori prisoners.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
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understand Māori cultural needs;
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actively manage the Māori cultural needs component of sentence
management plans;
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refer prisoners to appropriate support people;
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implement cultural plans for Māori prisoners; and
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evaluate the implementation of cultural plans for Māori 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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2
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 Act 1990;
Parole Act 2002;
Privacy Act 1993;
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 may include
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
Understand Māori cultural needs.
Performance criteria
1.1
The prisoner’s cultural needs are identified.
Range
1.2
The prisoner’s life experience is identified and described.
Range
1.3
family or whānau origins, history, and structure; community and
recreational involvement; influence of economic, political, and
socio-cultural structures, including ideological, kinship, and
religious structures, education and training; paid and unpaid work
experience.
Assessment identifies gaps and deficiencies in cultural knowledge.
Range
1.4
cultural assessment, sentence management plan.
tikanga knowledge, marae knowledge, hapū knowledge.
Cultural connection is established with the prisoner.
Range
whānau links, connections.
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1.5
Cultural aspirations are identified with the prisoner and agreed.
Range
1.6
language, genealogy, historical connections.
Key individuals within the prisoner's cultural network are identified.
Element 2
Actively manage the Māori cultural needs component of sentence management plans.
Performance criteria
2.1
The environment that is established is conducive to a working relationship for
the case officer and prisoner.
Element 3
Refer prisoners to appropriate support people.
Performance criteria
3.1
Plan identifies action to meet assessed cultural needs.
3.2
Plan is developed in consultation with the prisoner and identifies significant
people.
Range
whānau, hapū, iwi, kaumātua, chaplain, cultural advisors, support
agencies.
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
Implement cultural plans for Māori prisoners.
Performance criteria
4.1
Plan is implemented in accordance with the prisoner, identified individuals and
agencies, and other prison staff within agreed timeframe and conditions.
4.2
Plan is implemented in accordance with established enterprise procedures,
protocols and legal requirements.
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Element 5
Evaluate the implementation of cultural plans for Māori prisoners.
Performance criteria
5.1
Implementation of cultural plan is evaluated against planned objectives at
intervals stated in the plan, the validity of the plan is determined, and any
opportunities and needs for modification are identified.
5.2
Evaluation methods are appropriate to the nature of the plan, and the type of
evaluation information sought.
5.3
Plan modifications are made in accordance with the outcome of the evaluation
and enterprise standards.
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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