Field           Community and Social Services

 

Review of Community Support unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Community Support

Blindness, Deafblindness and Vision Impairment

1820, 23366-23370

Community Field Work

20963, 20967, 20968

Disability Support Assessment, Planning, and Coordination

24658, 24660, 24662

Human Services

23376, 23378, 23379

 

Careerforce has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                                                       January 2019

 

Summary

 

The unit standards listed above have had little or no results reported in the period 2014-2018.  After consultation with industry and all organisations with consent to assess against these standards, it was determined the standards should be set to expire.

 

Main changes

 

·      All standards were designated expiring without replacement.

 

Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2021

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

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

 

Community and Social Services > Community Support > Blindness, Deafblindness and Vision Impairment

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

1820

Guide blind, deafblind, and vision impaired people

3

3

D

23366

Demonstrate knowledge of, and use, uncontracted braille with limited punctuation

4

4

D

23367

Demonstrate knowledge of vision impairment

4

4

D

23368

Demonstrate basic knowledge of vision impairment and blindness

3

3

D

23369

Demonstrate basic knowledge of deafblindness and interact with a deafblind person

3

2

D

23370

Demonstrate knowledge of deafblindness and communicate with a deafblind person

4

4

D

 

Community and Social Services > Community Support > Community Field Work

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

20963

Demonstrate knowledge of arachnoiditis and chronic back pain in a community field work setting

3

3

D

20967

Demonstrate knowledge of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a community field work setting

4

4

D

20968

Demonstrate knowledge of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in a community field work setting

4

7

D

 

Community and Social Services > Community Support > Disability Support Assessment, Planning, and Coordination

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

24658

Confirm eligibility to allocate resources to a person in a health, disability, or community setting

5

5

D

24660

Collaborate within and across sectors in a health, disability or community context

5

7

D

24662

Demonstrate an integrated practice theory for disability support assessment, planning, and coordination

5

10

D

 

Community and Social Services > Community Support > Human Services

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

23376

Explain and apply strategies to facilitate oral communication with a person with a hearing impairment

3

2

D

23378

Describe and demonstrate use of equipment for Deaf and/or hearing impaired people

3

2

D

23379

Demonstrate knowledge of Deafness

3

3

D