Domain - Whānau/Family and Foster Care

Domain - Whānau/Family and Foster Care

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Level 3

Support a child or young person to leave whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 20354.

28553 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is designed for those people whose activities bring them into contact with children, or who have a responsibility to respond to children in a whanau/family and foster care setting. People credited with this standard are able to support a child or young person to leave whanau /family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 4

Describe and manage human development and health issues for whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

20348 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe selected aspects of human development for whanau/family and foster care; describe selected aspects of health/hauora for whanau/family and foster care; and manage selected aspects of human development and health/hauora in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Describe laws related to whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28552.

20351 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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This is a theory unit standard for carers in whanau/family and foster care. People credited with this standard are able to describe laws related to whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Support a child or young person to leave whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28553.

20354 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this standard are able to describe issues in supporting a child or young person to leave whanau/family and foster care, and support a child or young person through the leaving process from whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Provide a safe environment in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28554.

20355 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe a safe environment in whanau/family and foster care, and maintain a safe environment in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate carer safety in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28555.

20356 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe carer safety in whanau/family and foster care, and maintain own safety as a carer in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Level 5

Prepare to establish working relationships with whānau in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

20349 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: outline the meaning of whanau, hapu, and iwi as kinship structures; outline the effects of colonisation on whanau, hapu, and iwi; use words and phrases in te reo Maori that are relevant to whanau/family and foster care; and plan to establish and maintain a working relationship with a whanau in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Develop carer relationships in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

20350 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the impact of whanau/family and foster care on children and young people and the families or whanau of both children and young people and carers; identify essential features of the culture and life experience of the child or young person and their family or whanau; identify own reaction as a carer to the culture and life experience of the child or young person and their family or whanau; and develop a relationship as carer with the child or young person, and their family or whanau.

Standard-setting body:

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

Manage behaviour of children and young people in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

20352 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe management of challenging behaviour in whanau/family and foster care; describe potential reactions to and methods of dealing with challenging behaviour in whanau/family and foster care; and implement planned ways of dealing with challenging behaviour in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

Provide care for an adolescent in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

20353 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this standard are able to: describe aspects of adolescent development; describe adolescent health issues and ways carers can respond; describe suicide issues in adolescence and ways carers can respond; describe schooling issues in adolescence; describe issues related to adolescent law breaking and other delinquent behaviour; and support an adolescent through a significant issue of adolescence.

Standard-setting body:

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

Use interpersonal skills in carer relationships in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

21146 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: assist the child or young person and their whanau or family to identify the purpose and goals of the relationship in whanau/family and foster care; assist the child or young person and their whanau or family to work towards achieving the identified goals for the relationship in whanau/family and foster care; and effect closure of the relationship in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 6

Engage with whānau hui and family meetings in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

21147 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: contribute to planning and co-ordination of the whanau hui or family meeting; engage in discussions with the whanau or family; and contribute to the closure of the whanau hui or family meeting.

Standard-setting body:

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

Manage safety issues in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

21148 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain safety issues for whanau/family and foster care; accept a child or young person into a safe environment in whanau/family and foster care; and provide safe care in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

Research and apply knowledge of human development and health issues in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 4

21149 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: research an aspect of human development or health/hauora for whanau/family and foster care, and apply strategies to respond to a specific aspect of human development or health/hauora in whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

Integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in whānau/family and foster care
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

21150 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and describe knowledge, skills, and values in whanau/family and foster care; reflect on self as a carer in whanau/family and foster care; and integrate new learning into a knowledge, skills, and value base for whanau/family and foster care.

Standard-setting body:

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

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