Domain - Wh?nau Ora and Community Support

Domain - Wh?nau Ora and Community Support

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Level 3

Provide information about resources and support services in a health or wellbeing setting

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Version 9

1810 Unit Standard 2 Credits

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This unit standard is for people providing services in a health or wellbeing setting. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe community support services and resources for family, whanau or support person(s); and provide information about a community support service or resource to family, whanau or support person(s) in a health or wellbeing setting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Describe the benefits of breastfeeding, available support services, and Baby Friendly Initiatives

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Version 5

26801 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard can: describe the benefits of breastfeeding, the risks of not breastfeeding, and key advice given by health care professionals regarding breastfeeding; describe the support services available to breastfeeding mothers and caregivers and their family and whanau; and describe Baby Friendly Initiatives that support successful breastfeeding.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Describe information, interactions, and strategies that support breastfeeding, and demonstrate breastfeeding care

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Version 4

26802 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard can: describe information that assists women, caregivers, and their family and whanau in making good choices about breastfeeding their babies; describe interactions with mothers and caregivers and their family and whanau concerning breastfeeding; describe how Implementing and Monitoring the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in New Zealand: The Code in New Zealand applies to own role; and demonstrate tasks that support breastfeeding care in a hospital-based or community-based setting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Communicate with consumers and others, and access communication supports in a health, disability, or community setting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28557.

26975 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe own organisation's communication policies and procedures; communicate with consumers to support their wellness; assist consumers to access communication supports; and communicate with members of own and/or another organisation to support consumers' wellness, in a health, disability, or community setting.

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Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Describe tobacco use and dependence and evidence-based smoking cessation treatments

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27504 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: background factors that influence tobacco use and dependence; tobacco use and dependence, and evidence-based smoking cessation treatments available in New Zealand.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Assess a person for tobacco dependence and support a person to develop a stop-smoking plan

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27505 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to receive referrals and assess a person for tobacco dependence, and support a person to develop a stop-smoking plan.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

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Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Support a person to implement a stop-smoking plan and provide ongoing support to assist a person to remain smoke free

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27506 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to support a person to implement a stop-smoking plan, and provide ongoing support to assist a person to remain smoke free.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Describe tobacco control and health promotion as ways of enhancing health through smoking cessation

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Version 2

27507 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe tobacco control and health promotion as ways of enhancing health through smoking cessation.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Level 4

Describe the sociological concepts of wellness in a New Zealand context
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

27886 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit are able to describe: characteristics of a healthy environment in relation to laws of a specific New Zealand community; the impact of environmental factors upon wellness; and key components of wellness in relation to the Maori Health Model, Te Whare Tapa Wha.

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Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Undertake self-care to maintain and enhance personal wellness in a health or wellbeing setting

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28537 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to undertake self-care to maintain and enhance personal wellness in a health or wellbeing setting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Explain factors influencing people's health and wellbeing and their implications when providing support

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Version 2

29457 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to explain: . the influence of people''s holistic needs on their health and wellbeing; . the influence of people''s own perspectives and contexts on their experience of disability, impairment, conditions, and situations; . the influence of experiencing stigma, discrimination and/or a disabling society on people''s health and wellbeing, and, . how factors influencing people''s health and wellbeing should be considered when providing support in a health or wellbeing setting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of Aotearoa New Zealand's contemporary health and wellbeing sector

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29458 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: . outline the contemporary priorities and challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand''s health and wellbeing sector and the implications of these on own role in a health or wellbeing setting, and, . examine contemporary initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand''s health and wellbeing sector.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Engage with tangata whenua and provide information on community support services in a health or wellbeing setting

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Version 2

29459 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: . demonstrate tikanga and kawa for engagement with tangata whenua in a health or wellbeing setting, and, . demonstrate knowledge of community support services or resources available to support the health and wellbeing of tangata whenua.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Toit? te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council

Data as at 12 December 2024