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 |