Field          Community and Social Services

 

Revision of Mental Health and Addiction Support unit standard 26984

 

Subfield	Domain	ID
Health, Disability, and Aged Support	Mental Health and Addiction Support	26984

 

Careerforce, the Community Support Services ITO Ltd, has completed the revision of the unit standard listed above.

 

Date new version published                                                             September 2011

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2016

 

Summary

 

The unit standard listed above was registered in March 2011.  The sector has recommended that evidence requirement 1.2 is amended in order to better align the assessment requirements of this unit standard with its level and credits.

 

Main changes

 

·      Evidence requirement 1.2 was amended to indicate that the effects of classifying mental health issues must be described in terms of their potential impact on mental health and addiction service users and their natural supports.