Field Community and Social Services
Review, Revision and Rollover of Community Support Services unit standards
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Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
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Health, Disability, and Aged Support |
Community Support Services |
5012, 23452, 26977 |
Careerforce, the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Ltd, has completed the review of unit standards 5012 and 26977, and revision and rollover of unit standard 23452. Standard 23452 was revised and rolled over to provide better alignment of language and complementarity of outcomes across the standards as a set. Synchronisation of the planned review date for the standards will allow for feedback from users to inform a comprehensive review of the suite.
Date new versions published May 2013
Planned review date December 2015
Summary
Unit standards 5012 and 26977 were reviewed to ensure they meet current needs of industry and are consistent with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) publication, Moving and Handling People: The New Zealand Guidelines. To assist with the review an expert panel was established in July 2011 to consider feedback that had been received on the unit standards and to align the reviewed standards with the ACC guidelines, which were in draft form at that time. The suggested amendments to the standards were checked for agreement and consistency with the final version of the ACC guidelines after they were published in March 2012. The review resulted in such significant change to standard 5012 that the decision was made to designate it expiring and replace it with a new standard.
Unit standard 23452 was revised and rolled over in order to provide consistency of language across the standards.
The review dates of the revised and replacement standards have been synchronised.
Main changes resulting from the revision and rollover
· The title of unit standard 23452 was updated to provide consistency of language across the standards covered by this report, to provide greater clarity of the purpose of the standard, and to provide better alignment of this standard with the outcomes of the review.
· The words 'safe' and 'safely' were removed from unit standard 23452 following a recommendation resulting from the review. (Techniques cannot be guaranteed to be safe; the techniques and actions included in these standards are those which mitigate risk.)
· The purpose statement of unit standard 23452 was amended to provide greater clarity about the intended learners.
· Definitions, references, New Zealand Standards, codes and legislation were updated in the explanatory notes.
· The outcomes, evidence requirements and range statements for unit standard 23452 were amended.
· The credit value of unit standard 23452 was reduced from 4 credits to 3 credits following feedback that the credit value was too high.
Main changes resulting from the review
· Unit standard 5012 was replaced by unit standard 27833.
· The title of unit standard 26977 was updated to provide consistency of language across the standards covered by this report, to provide better alignment with the outcomes of the review, and to provide greater clarity of the purpose of the standards.
· The words 'safe' and 'safely' were removed from unit standard 26977 following a recommendation resulting from the review. (Techniques cannot be guaranteed to be safe; the techniques and actions included in these standards are those which mitigate risk.)
· The purpose statement of unit standard 26977 was amended to provide greater clarity over the intended learners.
· Definitions, references, New Zealand Standards, codes and legislation were updated in the explanatory notes.
· The outcomes of unit standard 26977 were amended to align with the ACC guidelines, and to clearly distinguish it from the new standard 27833.
· Evidence requirements and range statements for unit standard 26977 were amended.
The last date for assessment of superseded versions of standard 23452 and 26977 is 31 December 2014. Results will not be accepted where the assessment date is after the last date for assessment of the superseded versions of these standards.
The Category C unit standard will expire at the end of December 2014
Impact on existing organisations with consent to assess
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Current consent for |
Consent extended to | ||||
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Nature of consent |
Classification or ID |
Level |
Nature of consent |
Classification or ID |
Level |
|
Standard |
5012 |
3 |
Standard |
27833 |
3 |
Impact on registered qualifications
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Key to type of impact | |
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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 |
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Not materially affected |
The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification |
The following Careerforce qualifications are impacted by the outcome of this Review and will be updated when they are reviewed in 2013. The classifications and/or standards that generated the status Affected are listed in bold.
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Ref |
Qualification Title |
ID |
|
727 |
National Certificate in Diversional Therapy (Level 4) |
5012
|
|
1391 |
National Certificate in Community Support Services (Residential) (Level 3) |
5012
|
|
1397 |
National Certificate in Community Support Services (Intellectual Disability) (Level 3) |
5012 |
|
1677 |
National Certificate in Health, Disability, and Aged Support (Health Assistants) (Level 3) with strands in Dietitian Assistance, Dental Assistance, Healthcare Assistance, and Rehabilitation Assistance |
26977 |
|
1679 |
National Certificate in Community Support Services (Orderlies) (Level 3) |
26977 |
This review, revision and rollover do not impact on qualifications developed by other SSBs.
Detailed list of unit standards - classification, title, level, and credits
All changes are in bold.
Revision and Rollover
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Community Support Services
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ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
|
23452 |
Demonstrate knowledge of handling equipment and people safely in a health or disability setting Describe techniques for moving equipment and people in a health, disability, or aged care context |
2
|
4
3 |
Review
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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 |
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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 |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Community Support Services
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category | ||
|
5012
27833 |
Demonstrate musculo-skeletal care and handle people safely in a health or disability setting Support people to use assistive equipment and move in a health, disability, or aged care context |
3
3 |
5
5 |
C | ||
|
26977 |
Support a person to use moving and assistive equipment safely in an aged care, health, or disability context Move a person using equipment and care for equipment in a health, disability, or aged care context |
3
|
4
|
B | ||