Domain - Social Service Work in Suicide Intervention

Domain - Social Service Work in Suicide Intervention

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Level 4

Describe selected aspects of mental health and mental health services for suicide intervention
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18149 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe selected aspects of mental health in relation to suicide intervention; describe the roles and functions of selected workers from mental health occupational groups and professional disciplines in the provision of mental health services for suicide intervention; and describe selected mental health services in the local community related to suicide intervention.

Standard-setting body:

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

Demonstrate knowledge of loss and grief in suicide intervention
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18151 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe loss and grief; demonstrate knowledge of loss and grief support networks; and demonstrate knowledge of loss and grief in relation to suicide.

Standard-setting body:

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

Recognise, respond to, and report suicide risk factors and signs of distress in a person
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 18153 were replaced by unit standard 32153 and unit standard 32154.

18152 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe suicide risk factors and signs of distress that indicate that a person may be at risk of suicide; recognise suicide risk factors and signs of distress in a person; respond to a person with suicide risk factors and signs of distress; record and report on suicide risk factors and signs of distress in a person; and make a referral of a person with suicide risk factors and signs of distress.

Standard-setting body:

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

Describe selected contextual factors related to suicide
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 18152 were replaced by unit standard 32153 and unit standard 32154.

18153 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe selected contextual factors related to suicide from a Maori perspective, and describe selected contextual factors related to suicide from a Tauiwi perspective.

Standard-setting body:

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

Demonstrate self-awareness related to suicide intervention
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18157 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe own cultural perspectives and life experience related to suicide, and demonstrate awareness of the outcomes of own personal history for working with suicide situations.

Standard-setting body:

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

Describe suicide and suicide supports in New Zealand, explain ways to respond, and respond, to suicide ideation

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Version 1 This unit standard and unit standard 32154 replaced unit standard 18152 and unit standard 18153.

32153 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe suicide within a New Zealand context, factors that might contribute to suicide and/or suicide ideation and possible impacts of suicide on others; describe supports available in New Zealand to a suicidal person and a person providing support; explain response types and response approaches when a person presents signs of suicide ideation; respond to a person presenting signs of suicide ideation; and describe postvention and a support worker''s role when working with a person bereaved by suicide.

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Standard-setting body:

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

Demonstrate knowledge of role, impacts and self-care options for support people in a suicide intervention context

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Version 1 This unit standard and unit standard 32153 replaced unit standard 18152 and unit standard 18153.

32154 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain own role when supporting a suicidal person; explain potential impacts of suicide on a person working in a suicide intervention context and describe possible support and self-care options.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 24 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 6

Demonstrate knowledge of mental health and mental health services for suicide intervention
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18150 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of mental health in relation to suicide intervention; analyse the roles and functions of workers from mental health occupational groups in the provision of mental health services for suicide intervention; and analyse the provision of mental health services in the local community related to suicide intervention.

Standard-setting body:

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

Analyse contextual factors related to suicide
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18154 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse contextual factors related to suicide from a Maori perspective, and analyse contextual factors related to suicide from a Tauiwi perspective.

Standard-setting body:

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

Assess a person identified as at risk of suicide
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18155 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: attend to immediate safety in a suicide risk situation; establish an environment for assessing risk of suicide; gather information about a person in a situation of suicide risk; and assess the information gathered about a person in a situation of suicide risk. This unit standard is intended for people who wish to upgrade their existing social service knowledge and skills for working in suicide intervention. It pre-supposes that candidates have existing competence in social service knowledge and skills at a level equivalent to or higher than that of this unit standard.

Standard-setting body:

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

Manage risk of suicide with a person
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18156 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: establish an environment for managing risk of suicide with a person; provide intervention for managing risk of suicide with a person; consult and refer in suicide risk management; and monitor and follow up in suicide risk management. This unit standard is intended for people who wish to upgrade their existing social service knowledge and skills for working in suicide intervention. It pre-supposes that candidates have existing competence in social service knowledge and skills at a level equivalent to or higher than that of this unit standard.

Standard-setting body:

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

Data as at 2024-05-02 23:01:16.14