Domain - Human Services

Domain - Human Services

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Level 3

Demonstrate knowledge of the implications for a sibling when a family/wh?nau member has a disability
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

1811 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the possible experiences of siblings; the possible roles and responsibilities of a sibling; and the support needs of a sibling to carry out their roles and responsibilities when a family or whanau member has a disability.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Explain and apply strategies to facilitate oral communication with a person with a hearing impairment
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23376 Unit Standard 2 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to explain and apply strategies to facilitate oral communication with a person with a hearing impairment.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Describe and demonstrate use of equipment for Deaf and/or hearing impaired people
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23378 Unit Standard 2 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe equipment and aids, and demonstrate equipment and aids used by Deaf and/or hearing impaired people.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of Deafness
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23379 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of terminology relating to Deafness; identify the major effects of Deafness on communication; demonstrate knowledge of the psycho-social effect of Deafness; and demonstrate knowledge of agencies and support services specifically for Deaf and/or hearing impaired people.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Undertake audiometry screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard, unit standard 24893, and unit standard 24894 were replaced by unit standard 28526 and unit standard 28527.

24892 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to undertake audiometry screening tests with children; undertake audiometry screening tests with children; and process audiometry screening test results.

Standard-setting body:

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

Undertake tympanometry screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard, unit standard 24892, and unit standard 24894 were replaced by unit standard 28526 and unit standard 28527.

24893 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to undertake tympanometry screening tests with children; undertake tympanometry screening tests with children; and process tympanometry screening test results.

Standard-setting body:

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

Undertake vision screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard, unit standard 24892, and unit standard 24894 were replaced by unit standard 28526 and unit standard 28527.

24894 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to undertake vision screening tests with children; undertake vision screening tests with children; and process vision test screening results.

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 4

Analyse personal and community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28523.

1816 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse own personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability; analyse own values and attitudes in terms of how they impact on a working relationship with a person with a disability that requires support; and analyse values and attitudes that exist in one's community towards people with disabilities and the impact on the lives of people with disabilities.

Standard-setting body:

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

Demonstrate knowledge of supporting a staff member in dealing with loss and grief
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18685 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of responding to a staff member experiencing a situation of loss and grief in a human services setting, and respond to a staff member experiencing a situation of loss and grief in a human services setting.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Level 5

Demonstrate knowledge of ethical issues when supporting a person with a disability
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18676 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: ethical principles when working with a person with a disability; the application of ethical principles to the candidate''s field of disability support service; and avenues of redress that are established to deal with ethical disputes and grievances in the candidate''s field of disability support service.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of history, philosophy and practice in the human services field
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18677 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the international historical development of human services support work in relation to acknowledged models and/or theorists; the New Zealand historical development of human services support work in relation to a major human services consumer and provider group; and current and possible future trends and issues in human services support work.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of disability issues and their implications for people with disabilities
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18678 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of disability as it applies to issues of access to basic rights and services; demonstrate knowledge of disability in terms of the support services available; and evaluate a service or an issue in terms of access and recommend strategies to improve access.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of sexuality issues and their implications for people with disabilities
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18679 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: issues of sexuality as it applies to disability; disability as it applies to issues of sexuality support; and disability sexuality support services in regards to procreation.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Support people with disabilities to access vocational opportunities
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18680 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: gather oral and written information on the vocational goals of a person with a disability; plan with a person with a disability to achieve their vocational goal; implement the vocational strategy; and evaluate the vocational strategy.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Support people with disabilities to increase their level of self-determination
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18681 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: communicate with people with disabilities in a manner that supports their self-determination; develop and document strategies with a person with a disability that enhance their level of self-determination; assist a person with a disability implement their self-determination strategies; and assist a person with a disability to evaluate their self-determination strategies.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of values-based leadership in the human services field
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

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18682 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse values-based leadership, and the impact of the application of values-based leadership in the human services field.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Facilitate a group in a human services setting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

18688 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the purpose and the process of a group in a human services setting; facilitate the group process in a human services setting; and evaluate the group process in a human services setting.

Standard-setting body:

Toitu te Waiora Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council Te P?kenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Data as at 29 March 2023