FIELDS              COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES and HEALTH

 

Review of Core Health, Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support, and Support of the Older Person unit standards

 

FIELD	Subfield	Domain	Id
Community and Social Services	Human Services	Practical and Professional Skills For Disability Support	1831, 1836, 16870,16871
Health	Health Studies	Core Health	5012
	Public Health	Support of the Older Person	5019

 

The Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation (CSSITO) has completed the review of the unit standards listed.

 

Date new versions published                                                 October 2007

 

Planned review date                                                                  December 2011

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

The CSSITO consulted widely on the review of these unit standards.  A feature of the review was the initial two-day sector meeting sponsored by the ITO held in Wellington in May 2004.  Prior to the meeting the community support services sector was extensively notified that the review was to be held and an open invitation to attend the meeting was offered.  Over 150 people attended the meeting representing all industry sectors and included service providers, government and non-government, government officials, employer and employee representatives, and consumers.  The training provider sectors, public and private, were also invited to attend through their respective professional associations.  The meeting was an opportunity for all interested parties to air their views on current qualifications and their aspirations for future qualifications development.

 

Sector feedback at the meeting confirmed the messages that the ITO had been receiving over the past three years through the moderation process and from employers that the unit standards and qualifications were no longer appropriate for the sector.  The unit standards and qualifications were written, classified, and structured in a way that was inflexible and were barriers to employee mobility across the caregiving sectors.  The industry needs a more flexible and mobile workforce and the unit standards need coherence across the sectors.  As a result it was decided to undertake a broad review of all of the ITO's unit standards and qualifications.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

·           A new domain, Human Services, has been registered in the Community Support subfield.

·           Unit standards 16870 and 16871 have been moved to the Human Services domain.

·           Unit standards 1836 and 5012 have been moved to the Community Support Services domain.

·           Titles have been simplified or clarified.

·           Legislation relating to each unit standard has been checked and the standards updated as required.

·           Definitions have been clarified and brought into line with other reviewed CSSITO unit standards.

·           Terminology within each unit standard has been brought into line with other reviewed CSSITO unit standards.

·           Unit standards have been checked for clarity of wording, completeness of coverage, compliance with safety standards and current best practice.  This has resulted in significant rewording and reordering, new performance criteria, and extension of the ranges to ensure the unit standards are applicable in a wider range of situations.

·           Prerequisites have been removed from all reviewed unit standards.

·           Elements and performance criteria of many unit standards have been changed to match the intent of titles, to improve assessability, interpretation, and to increase consistency of style across the standards.

·           The level of unit standard 1836 has decreased from 4 to 3.

·           Unit standard 5012 has been updated to reflect changes in the industry.  It has a new title and its credit total has increased from 2 to 5.

·           Unit standard 1831 has been replaced by a new unit standard 23382.

·           Unit standard 5019 has been replaced by two new unit standards: 23386 and 23387.  These two new unit standards have been classified to the Community Support Services domain.

·           Six other new unit standards have been developed setting out skills and knowledge required by the industry.

 

Unit standards categorised as category C expire at the end of December 2010.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for			Accreditation extended to
Nature of accreditation	Classification or standard	Level	Nature of accreditation	Classification or standard	Level
Subfield	Health Studies	Any	Standard	5012	3
Subfield	Public Health	Any	Subfield	Community Support	Same
Subfield	Human Services	Any	Subfield	Community Support	Same
Domain	Core Health	3	Standard	5012	3
Domain	Empowering People With Disabilities	Any	Domain	Human Services	Same
Domain	Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support	Any	Domain	Human Services	Same
Domain	Services, Resources and Communication for Disability Support	Any	Domain	Community Support Services	Same
				Human Services
Domain	Support of the Older Person	Any	Domain	Community Support Services	Same
Standard	1831	4	Standard	23382	3
Standard	5019	4	Standard	23386	3
			Standard	23387	3

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

AMAP 0024 has been updated to reflect the changes made to the standards.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Qualifications that contain the reviewed standards or classifications are tabled below.

 

Affected	The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits The qualification lists a C or D category standard
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

In the following tables qualifications that contain unit standards and classifications in both categories are identified in the Affected table, with the items that generated the Affected status in bold.

 

The following CSSITO qualifications are affected by the outcome of this review and have been part of an ongoing review process that will be completed in 2007.

 

Qualification title	Standard in the qualification
National Certificate in Community Support Services (Foundation Skills) [Ref: 1135]	5012
National Certificate in Diversional Therapy (Level 4) [Ref: 0727]	5012, 5019, 16870,
National Certificate in Human Services (Level 4) with optional strands in Deaf/hearing Impairment, Intellectual Disability, Physical Disability, and Blind/visual Impairment [Ref: 0728]	1836, 5012, 16870, 16871
National Certificate in Support of the Older Person (Level 3) with strands in Community, and Residential [Ref: 0729]	5012, 5019

 

Summary of main changes

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id
D	Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Field               Community and Social Services

Subfield         Community Support

Domain         Community Support Services

Id	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
23380	Describe and apply culturally safe operating principles and Māori values in a health, disability, or community setting	3	6	New
23381	Describe and apply culturally safe operating principles and Pacific values in a health, disability, or community setting	3	2	New
23385	Describe self-advocacy and support a self-advocacy process in a health or disability setting	3	3	New
23389	Demonstrate knowledge of risk management planning in a health, disability, or community setting	3	2	New
23392	Describe ethical behaviour in a health, disability, or community setting	3	3	New
23393	Apply a risk management plan for a person in a health, disability, or community setting	4	4	New

 

Subfield         Human Services

Subfield        Community Support

Id	Domain	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
1831       23382	Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support Community Support Services	Develop a support network with a person with a disability     Support a person to participate as a member of the community in a health or disability setting	4       3	4       3	C
1836	Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support Community Support Services	Recognise abuse indicators and describe procedures for recording and reporting suspected abuse Recognise indicators and describe responses to suspected abuse of people using health or disability services	4       3	4	B
16870	Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support Human Services	Demonstrate knowledge of causes and associated conditions related to intellectual disability	3	3	B
16871	Practical and Professional Skills for Disability Support Human Services	Demonstrate knowledge of causes and common effects of physical disability	3	3	B

 

Field               Health

Field               Community and Social Services

Subfield         Health Studies

Subfield        Community Support

Id	Domain	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
5012	Core Health Community Support Services	Lift and position people safely Demonstrate musculo-skeletal care and handle people safely in a health and disability setting	3	2 5	B

 

Field               Health

Field               Community and Social Services

Subfield         Public Health

Subfield        Community Support

Id	Domain	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
5019	Support of the Older Person	Assist an older person to meet their physical needs	4	15	C
23386   and	Community Support Services	Support a person to meet their personal care needs in a health or disability setting	3	6
23387		Demonstrate knowledge of the ageing process and the effects on individual support needs	3	7