Social Services unit standards
Subfield | Domain | ID |
Community Support | Human Services | 1816, 1818, 16870, 16871, 23371, 23372, 23375, 23377, 24892, 24893, 24894, 24895 |
Health, Disability, and | Allied Health Assistance | 27465, 27466, 27467, 27468, |
Aged Support | 27469 | |
Community Support | 20827, 20965, 23382, 23385, | |
Services | 23388, 23391, 23925, 26970, | |
26977, 26980, 26981, 27458 | ||
Core Health | 23374, 27457, 27460, 27461, 27462 | |
Health and Disability | 1836, 25987, 27142, 27310, | |
Principles in Practice | 27311, 27312, 27313, 27314, | |
27316, 27459 | ||
Older Persons' Health and Wellbeing | 23387 | |
Whānau Ora and Community Support | 1810, 26975 | |
Social Services | Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence | 17454 |
Whānau/Family and | 20348, 20349, 20351, 20354, | |
Foster Care | 20355, 20356 |
Careerforce (Community Support Services ITO) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
The review of the unit standards above was prompted by the outcomes of the mandatory reviews of qualifications.
The unit standards were reviewed to ensure that they were fit for purpose and relevant, and to consider their alignment with outcomes listed in the new qualifications.
A number of unit standards were identified as having a broader application across the health and wellbeing sectors and were amended to ensure they were achievable in a range of settings. Unit standards were also amended to replace the terms ‘client’, ‘consumer’ and ‘patient’ with ‘person’.
Where gaps were identified new standards were created to develop a pathway towards the new qualifications. In some cases, existing unit standards were replaced with new unit standards which aligned more closely with the outcomes of new qualifications.
Consultation on the changes was carried out through a series of meetings with key sector representatives to seek feedback and endorsement. In addition, the changes were notified through publicity on Careerforce’s website and a survey inviting comment and feedback.
Unit standards in expiring domains that were not reviewed will be considered in consultation with the sector at a later date.
The level of two unit standards was adjusted to more accurately reflect the performance expectations and/or candidate’s level of responsibility.
The credit value of 14 unit standards was adjusted to more accurately reflect the time required to achieve the standard.
Six unit standards were designated expiring and will not be replaced.
15 unit standards were designated expiring and replaced with 14 new unit standards.
13 new unit standards were developed to meet new requirements identified during the mandatory review.
Purpose statements, explanatory notes (including definitions), entry information, outcomes and evidence requirements were updated to ensure they are fit for purpose.
A number of unit standards were amended to broaden the context in which they could be achieved.
Unit standards from lapsing domains were reclassified into current domains.
The last date for assessment of superseded versions of reviewed standards is 31 December 2017.
Current consent for | Consent extended to | ||||
Nature of consent | Classification or ID | Level | Nature of consent | Classification or ID | Level |
Subfield | Community Support | Any | Domain | Supporting People with Disabilities | Same |
3+ | Standards | 1818, 23375, 23377, 24895, 28527 | 3 | ||
Standard | 28526 | 4 | |||
Domain | Community Support Services | 2 | Standard | 26980 | 3 |
Domain | Health and Disability Principles in Practice | 2 | Standard | 28535 | 3 |
Domain | Human Services | Any | Domain | Supporting People with Disabilities | Same |
Domain | Human Services | 3+ | Standards | 1818, 23375, 23377, 24895, 28527 | 3 |
Standard | 28526 | 4 | |||
Domain | Whānau Ora and Community Support | 3+ | Standard | 28557 | 3 |
Standard | 1816 | 4 | Standard | 28523 | 3 |
Standard | 1836 | 3 | Standard | 28521 | 3 |
Standard | 20351 | 4 | Standard | 28552 | 3 |
Standard | 20354 | 4 | Standard | 28553 | 3 |
Standard | 20355 | 4 | Standard | 28554 | 3 |
Standard | 20356 | 4 | Standard | 28555 | 3 |
Standard | 26970 | 3 | Standard | 28544 | 3 |
Standard | 26975 | 3 | Standard | 28557 | 3 |
Standard | 27316 | 4 | Standard | 28549 | 3 |
None.
Key to type of impact | |
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 |
The following Careerforce qualifications are impacted by the outcome of this Review. The standards that generated the status Affected are listed in bold.
Ref | Qualification Title | ID |
0727 | National Certificate in Diversional Therapy (Level 4) | 16870, 23375, 23385, 23388, 26977 |
1147 | National Diploma in Whānau/Family and Foster Care (Level 6) | 20349, 20351 |
1299 | National Diploma in Mental Health (Mental Health Support Work) (Level 6) | 25987 |
1382 | National Certificate in Disability Support Assessment, Planning, and Coordination (Level 5) | 25987 |
1406 | National Certificate in Community Support Services (Disability Information Provision) (Level 4) | 1816, 1818, 1836, 23385, 25987 |
1678 | National Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Support (Level 4) with optional strands in Addiction, Family/Whānau, and Kaupapa Māori | 25987 |
All changes are in bold. The details of recommended alternative unit standards are in Italics.
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 |
* | New standards that are bold and italicised are recommended replacements only. |
Community and Social Services > Community Support
ID | Domain | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
1816 | Human | Analyse personal and community | 4 | 5 | C |
Services | values and attitudes and their | ||||
impact on people with disabilities | |||||
28523 | Supporting | Describe community values | 3 | 2 | |
People with | and attitudes and their impact | ||||
Disabilities | on people with disabilities | ||||
1818 | Human Services Health and Disability Principles in Practice | Demonstrate knowledge of the value of relationships in peoples' lives for disability support Describe the value of relationships in people’s lives in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 3 | B |
ID | Domain | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
16870 | Human Services Supporting People with Disabilities | Demonstrate knowledge of causes and associated conditions related to intellectual disability Describe intellectual disability and the support needs of a person with an intellectual disability | 3 | 3 4 | B |
16871 | Human Services Supporting People with Disabilities | Demonstrate knowledge of causes and common effects of physical disability Describe physical disability and the support needs of a person with a physical disability | 3 | 3 4 | B |
23371 | Human Services Supporting People with Disabilities | Support personal planning to enhance individual lifestyles with a person with a disability | 3 | 4 5 | B |
23372 | Human Services Supporting People with Disabilities | Describe law in relation to intellectual disability and high and complex needs and legal services available to consumers Describe law in relation to intellectual disability and high and complex needs and legal services available to people | 3 | 3 | B |
23375 | Human Services Sensory Support | Demonstrate knowledge of hearing impairment Describe hearing impairment | 3 | 3 5 | B |
23377 | Human Services Sensory Support | Describe and use visual strategies for communicating with Deaf and hearing impaired people Use visual strategies for communicating with Deaf and hearing impaired people | 3 | 2 3 | B |
ID | Domain | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
24892 24893 24894 28526 28527 | Human Services Human Services Human Services Sensory Support Sensory Support | Undertake audiometry screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting Undertake tympanometry screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting Undertake vision screening tests with children in a health, disability, or community setting Record, interpret, and explain vision and hearing screening results for children in a health or wellbeing setting Carry out vision and hearing screening tests for children in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 3 3 4 3 | 8 6 4 5 25 | C C C |
24895 | Human Services Sensory Support | Demonstrate knowledge of the visual system and vision impairment Describe the visual system and vision impairment | 3 | 6 5 | B |
26975 | Whānau Ora | Communicate with consumers | 3 | 6 | C |
and | and others, and access | ||||
Community | communication supports in a | ||||
Support | health, disability, or community | ||||
setting | |||||
28557 | Health and | Communicate to support | 3 | 5 | |
Disability | people’s health and wellbeing | ||||
Principles in | |||||
Practice |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Allied Health Assistance
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
27465 | Contribute to therapeutic programmes and/or groups as a health assistant Contribute to therapeutic programmes and/or groups in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 6 5 | B |
27466 | Apply modalities in physiotherapy as a health assistant | 4 | 6 | B |
27467 | Apply supported communication strategies as a health assistant Apply supported communication strategies in a health or wellbeing setting | 4 | 5 | B |
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
27468 | Apply safe swallowing strategies as a health | 4 | 4 | B |
assistant in an aged care, health, or disability | ||||
context | ||||
Apply safe swallowing strategies in a health or | 3 | 5 | ||
wellbeing setting | ||||
27469 | Use specialised assistive and/or therapeutic equipment with clients as a health assistant Use specialised assistive and/or therapeutic equipment with people in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 | B |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Community Support Services
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
20827 | Support a person to use prescribed medication in a health or disability context Support a person to use prescribed medication in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | B |
20965 | Demonstrate knowledge of epilepsy and support needs of a person with epilepsy in a health care setting Describe epilepsy and the support needs of a person with epilepsy in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 | B |
23382 | Support a person to participate as a member of the community in a health or disability setting Support a person to participate as a member of the community in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | B |
23385 | Describe self-advocacy and support a self- advocacy process in a health or disability setting Demonstrate knowledge of advocacy and self-advocacy in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 4 | B |
23388 | Provide support to a person whose behaviour presents challenges in a health or disability setting Provide support to a person whose behaviour presents challenges in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 | B |
23391 | Respond to loss and grief in a health, disability, or community setting Respond to loss and grief in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 2 | B |
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
23925 | Support, mentor, and facilitate a consumer to maximise independence in a health or disability setting Support, mentor and facilitate a person to maximise independence in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 6 | B |
26970 | Provide support to people of different ethnicity | 3 | 6 | C |
in an aged care, health, or disability context | ||||
28544 | Provide support to people from different | 3 | 5 | |
cultures in a health or wellbeing setting | ||||
26977 | Move a person using equipment and care for equipment in a health, disability, or aged care context Move a person using equipment and care for equipment in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 | B |
26980 | Provide key comfort cares, and report changes in the condition of a person at the end of his or her life Provide comfort cares, and report changes in the condition of a person with a life- limiting condition | 2 3 | 3 | B |
26981 | Describe risks, impacts, and actions for falls and minimise risk of falls in an aged care, health, or disability context Describe risks, impacts, and actions for falls and minimise risk of falls in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | B |
27458 | Support a client to develop and achieve goals as a health assistant in a health or disability interdisciplinary team Support a person to achieve goals in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | B |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Core Health
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
23374 | Describe autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and available supports Describe autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and support strategies | 3 | 3 | B |
27457 | Describe the anatomy and physiology of systems and associated organs of the human body | 3 | 4 6 | B |
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
27460 | Describe clients' nutritional requirements and feeding issues in an aged care, health, or disability context Describe a person’s nutritional requirements and feeding issues in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | B |
27461 | Describe indicators of wellness, interventions, care, and support for people at different human lifespan stages Describe indicators of wellness, interventions, care, and support for people at different lifespan stages | 3 | 6 5 | B |
27462 | Describe the impact of, and manage, a client's | 3 | 3 | D |
chronic illness as a health assistant | ||||
28520 | Demonstrate knowledge of specific | 3 | 9 | New* |
conditions and their impacts when | ||||
providing support in a health or wellbeing | ||||
setting | ||||
28547 | Support a person with diabetes in a health | 3 | 3 | New* |
or wellbeing setting | ||||
28550 | Support a person with chronic obstructive | 3 | 3 | New* |
pulmonary disease (COPD) in a health or | ||||
wellbeing setting | ||||
28737 | Demonstrate knowledge of pressure injuries and pressure care | 3 | 4 | New |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability Principles in Practice
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
1836 | Recognise indicators and describe responses | 3 | 4 | C |
to suspected abuse of people using health or | ||||
disability services | ||||
28521 | Recognise and describe responses to | 3 | 5 | |
vulnerability and abuse in a health or | ||||
wellbeing setting | ||||
25987 | Describe culturally safe principles and Pacific values for a consumer in a health, disability, or community setting Describe culturally safe principles and Pacific values for people in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 6 | B |
27142 | Identify infectious conditions and apply | 2 | 4 | C |
infection control practices in an aged care, | ||||
health, or disability context | ||||
28535 | Demonstrate knowledge of procedures for | 3 | 4 | |
infection control in a health or wellbeing | ||||
setting |
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
27310 | Prepare and transfer clients when working as | 3 | 3 | D |
an orderly in a health or disability context | ||||
27311 | Collect and transport items related to client | 3 | 3 | D |
care when working as an orderly in a health or | ||||
disability context | ||||
28530 | Move and store equipment in a healthcare | 3 | 7 | New* |
facility | ||||
28531 | Transport people in a healthcare facility | 3 | 5 | New* |
27312 | Describe and use administration systems when working as an orderly in a health or disability context | 3 | 3 | D |
27313 | Receive and transfer a deceased person to a | 3 | 6 | C |
mortuary when working as an orderly in a | ||||
health or disability context | ||||
28532 | Transport a deceased person in a | 3 | 5 | |
healthcare facility | ||||
27314 | Describe procedures, and uplift and transport | 3 | 4 | C |
body parts when working as an orderly in a | ||||
health or disability context | ||||
28533 | Transport body parts in a healthcare facility | 3 | 5 | |
27316 | Collect, transport, and dispose of healthcare | 4 | 5 | C |
waste when working as an orderly in a health | ||||
or disability context | ||||
28549 | Collect and transport healthcare waste in a | 3 | 3 | |
healthcare facility | ||||
27459 | Observe, evaluate, and report the impacts of changes in clients' health or functional status as a health assistant Observe and respond to changes in people in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 4 | B |
28524 | Describe a person’s holistic needs and their impact on a person’s health and wellbeing | 3 | 5 | New |
28528 | Describe and apply a person-centred approach in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 3 | New |
28534 | Support the effective functioning of a healthcare facility as an orderly | 3 | 5 | New |
28536 | Apply health, safety, and security practices in a health or wellbeing setting | 3 | 5 | New |
28738 | Describe the key principles of palliative care and a support worker’s role in a palliative approach to care | 3 | 3 | New |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Older Persons' Health and Wellbeing
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
23387 | Demonstrate knowledge of the ageing process and its effects on individual support needs Describe the ageing process and its effects on a person’s lifestyle and wellbeing | 3 | 7 | B |
Community and Social Services > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Whānau Ora and Community Support
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
1810 | Explain resources and support agencies for families or whanau who have a member with a disability Provide information about resources and support services in a health and wellbeing setting | 3 | 2 | B |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
17454 | Demonstrate knowledge of child abuse Describe risk factors and indicators of child abuse | 3 | 4 5 | B |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
20348 | Describe and manage human development and health issues for whānau/family and foster care | 4 | 12 | D |
20349 | Prepare to establish working relationships with | 5 | 9 | D |
whānau in whānau/family and foster care | ||||
28551 | Demonstrate knowledge of working | 3 | 5 | New* |
relationships with whānau/family in | ||||
whānau/family and foster care | ||||
20351 | Describe laws related to whānau/family and foster | 4 | 6 | C |
care | ||||
28552 | Describe laws relevant to whānau/family and | 3 | 5 | |
foster care | ||||
20354 | Support a child or young person to leave | 4 | 6 | C |
whānau/family and foster care | ||||
28553 | Support a child or young person to leave | 3 | 5 | |
whānau/family and foster care |
ID | Title | Level | Credit | Review Category |
20355 | Provide a safe environment in whānau/family and | 4 | 4 | C |
foster care | ||||
28554 | Provide a safe environment for a child or young | 3 | 3 | |
person in whānau/family and foster care | ||||
20356 | Demonstrate carer safety in whānau/family and | 4 | 4 | C |
foster care | ||||
28555 | Demonstrate carer safety in whānau/family and | 3 | 3 | |
foster care | ||||
28525 | Describe attachment in whānau/family and foster care | 3 | 5 | New |