Field Community and Social Services
Review of Social Services unit standards
Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
Social Services |
Community Work |
7993, 7998, 13100 |
Counselling |
13107 |
|
Iwi/Māori Social Services |
16257, 16266, 16267, 16269-16273, 16790-16794, 19401 |
|
Manage Social Services |
7940, 7941, 7951, 7978, 7988, 13078-13089, 13092, 13103 |
|
Pacific Island Social Services |
17104-17122 |
|
Professional Development of Social Service Workers |
7923, 7924 |
|
Provide Social Services |
7971, 7974, 13095, 13096, 13099, 13101, 13102, 13104-13106 |
|
Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence |
7969, 7986, 7987, 17457, 18299, 18304, 18305, 20357, 20358 |
|
Social Work |
7977, 7980 |
|
Whānau/Family and Foster Care |
20350, 20352, 20353, 21146-21150 |
|
Youth Development |
26124, 26125, 26127-26131, 26141-26146 |
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 > Social Services > Community Work
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7993 |
Contribute to strategies to effect community or social change |
4 |
3 |
D |
7998 |
Facilitate economic development in social service work |
6 |
9 |
D |
13100 |
Contribute to an economic development project in a social service setting |
3 |
6 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Counselling
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
13107 |
Use counselling skills with the telephone as the medium of communication |
5 |
9 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Iwi/Māori Social Services
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
16257 |
Assist healing using traditional Māori concepts in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
7 |
12 |
D |
16266 |
Implement a government policy in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
5 |
6 |
D |
16267 |
Develop a policy for practice in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
6 |
6 |
D |
16269 |
Identify, describe, and make contact with a Māori community in Iwi/Māori social services |
5 |
6 |
D |
16270 |
Co-ordinate and facilitate hui in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
6 |
9 |
D |
16271 |
Co-ordinate a whānau hui in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
4 |
3 |
D |
16272 |
Respond to the presenting concerns, issues, and needs of users of Iwi/Māori social services |
4 |
9 |
D |
16273 |
Contribute to community networks and liaison for Iwi/Māori social service purposes |
5 |
6 |
D |
16790 |
Facilitate change for Iwi/Māori social service purposes |
6 |
6 |
D |
16791 |
Analyse the impact of a social policy on Iwi/Māori in an Iwi/Māori social services setting |
6 |
6 |
D |
16792 |
Explain the history of an iwi for Iwi/Māori social service purposes |
5 |
9 |
D |
16793 |
Explain and apply knowledge of ngā atua for an Iwi/Māori social service purpose |
5 |
6 |
D |
16794 |
Apply te reo Māori in Iwi/Māori social services in a total immersion environment |
7 |
15 |
D |
19401 |
Integrate theory and practice in Iwi/Māori social service work |
5 |
12 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Manage Social Services
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7940 |
Manage relationships with news media for social service purposes |
5 |
3 |
D |
7941 |
Contract to provide social services |
7 |
3 |
D |
7951 |
Implement a social service research project |
7 |
9 |
D |
7978 |
Contract for service provision from other providers |
6 |
6 |
D |
7988 |
Facilitate the establishment or development of social service organisations |
6 |
6 |
D |
13078 |
Evaluate a social service provider |
7 |
9 |
D |
13079 |
Monitor and evaluate a social service programme |
6 |
6 |
D |
13080 |
Monitor and evaluate a social service project |
5 |
6 |
D |
13081 |
Conduct a Te Tiriti o Waitangi audit of a social service provider |
7 |
6 |
D |
13082 |
Conduct a Te Tiriti o Waitangi audit of a social service programme or project |
6 |
6 |
D |
13083 |
Conduct a cultural audit of a social service provider |
7 |
6 |
D |
13084 |
Conduct a cultural audit of a social service programme or project |
6 |
6 |
D |
13085 |
Provide information for governance decision making in a social service provider setting |
4 |
3 |
D |
13086 |
Demonstrate knowledge of law for governance of a social service provider |
4 |
3 |
D |
13087 |
Contribute to governance of a social service provider |
5 |
6 |
D |
13088 |
Manage risks in a social service provider setting |
6 |
9 |
D |
13089 |
Manage funds for a social service project |
6 |
6 |
D |
13092 |
Develop a partnership between a hapū, iwi, or Māori organisation and a social service provider |
6 |
9 |
D |
13103 |
Contribute to the development or establishment of a social service organisation |
4 |
6 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Pacific Island Social Services
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
17104 |
Demonstrate knowledge of working within Pacific Island social services |
3 |
3 |
D |
17105 |
Demonstrate knowledge of guidelines and ethics for Pacific Island social service practice |
4 |
4 |
D |
17106 |
Establish and maintain working relationships with people of own Pacific Island culture |
4 |
12 |
D |
17107 |
Locate, critique, and interpret Pacific Island social services research |
5 |
6 |
D |
17108 |
Participate in professional social service supervision in Pacific Island social services |
4 |
4 |
D |
17109 |
Assess the presenting needs of a user of Pacific Island social services |
4 |
6 |
D |
17110 |
Integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in a Pacific Island social service setting |
4 |
15 |
D |
17111 |
Negotiate service provision with a user of Pacific Island social services |
5 |
3 |
D |
17112 |
Contribute to a Pacific Island group in a social service setting |
4 |
6 |
D |
17113 |
Provide information to users of Pacific Island social services |
3 |
3 |
D |
17114 |
Respond to presenting needs of a user of Pacific Island social services |
3 |
6 |
D |
17115 |
Identify and access Pacific Island social services in the community |
4 |
3 |
D |
17116 |
Identify, respond to, and report suspected abuse as a Pacific Island social service worker |
4 |
3 |
D |
17117 |
Identify, select, and relate to Pacific Island community networks in a social services setting |
4 |
3 |
D |
17118 |
Act as an advocate for Pacific Island people in a Pacific Island social service setting |
4 |
3 |
D |
17119 |
Describe the influence of an event in relations between New Zealand and a Pacific nation's people |
5 |
9 |
D |
17120 |
Demonstrate knowledge of factors influencing migration of Pacific Island people to New Zealand |
3 |
3 |
D |
17121 |
Demonstrate knowledge of Pacific Island formal ceremonies |
3 |
4 |
D |
17122 |
Assess the influence of a Pacific Island social institution on Pacific Island people in New Zealand |
3 |
4 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Professional Development of Social Service Workers
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7923 |
Provide professional social services supervision |
7 |
9 |
D |
7924 |
Provide professional social services supervision as a field educator |
7 |
12 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Provide Social Services
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7971 |
Mediate between people in dispute in social service work |
6 |
6 |
D |
7974 |
Provide budget advice and monitoring for users of social services |
5 |
8 |
D |
13095 |
Provide assistance to an individual following a traumatic incident in the workplace |
3 |
4 |
D |
13096 |
Contribute to a team approach to critical incident stress intervention |
5 |
6 |
D |
13099 |
Contribute to a social service programme or project with a selected focus |
3 |
6 |
D |
13101 |
Contribute to raising funds for a social service project |
3 |
6 |
D |
13102 |
Identify and refer to community based social services with a selected focus |
3 |
3 |
D |
13104 |
Demonstrate knowledge of alcohol and other drugs in social service work |
4 |
9 |
D |
13105 |
Respond to a person with acute issues related to misuse of alcohol and other drugs |
5 |
6 |
D |
13106 |
Provide screening related to use or misuse of alcohol and other drugs |
5 |
6 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7969 |
Facilitate empowerment with people who have experienced abuse, neglect, or violence |
6 |
6 |
D |
7986 |
Plan and implement a non violence programme |
6 |
9 |
D |
7987 |
Contribute to a non violence programme |
5 |
6 |
D |
17457 |
Implement child abuse reporting procedures |
3 |
4 |
D |
18299 |
Investigate and manage intake in situations of suspected abuse, neglect, or violence |
6 |
9 |
D |
18304 |
Conduct case reviews of interventions in social service work with abuse, neglect, or violence |
6 |
6 |
D |
18305 |
Monitor and evaluate programmes in social service work with abuse, neglect, or violence |
6 |
9 |
D |
20357 |
Outline structural issues related to abuse, neglect, and violence in whānau/family and foster care |
4 |
5 |
D |
20358 |
Record and report suspected abuse, neglect, or violence in whānau/family and foster care |
3 |
3 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Work
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
7977 |
Co-ordinate service provision |
6 |
6 |
D |
7980 |
Facilitate programmes in residential care |
6 |
6 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Whānau/Family and Foster Care
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
20350 |
Develop carer relationships in whānau/family and foster care |
5 |
9 |
D |
20352 |
Manage behaviour of children and young people in whānau/family and foster care |
5 |
12 |
D |
20353 |
Provide care for an adolescent in whānau/family and foster care |
5 |
9 |
D |
21146 |
Use interpersonal skills in carer relationships in whānau/family and foster care |
5 |
9 |
D |
21147 |
Engage with whānau hui and family meetings in whānau/family and foster care |
6 |
6 |
D |
21148 |
Manage safety issues in whānau/family and foster care |
6 |
9 |
D |
21149 |
Research and apply knowledge of human development and health issues in whānau/family and foster care |
6 |
15 |
D |
21150 |
Integrate knowledge, skills, and values learning in whānau/family and foster care |
6 |
15 |
D |
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Youth Development
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
26124 |
Use understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi to propose a Treaty partnership approach to youth development |
5 |
15 |
26124 |
26125 |
Use knowledge of human development theory to develop positive youth development practice |
5 |
15 |
26125 |
26127 |
Assess risk, and work within risk management strategies, in youth development contexts |
5 |
15 |
26127 |
26128 |
Gather, analyse and present information for youth development purposes |
5 |
15 |
26128 |
26129 |
Develop and maintain intentional relationships with young people in youth development settings |
5 |
15 |
26129 |
26130 |
Work with a young person to map and strengthen their connectedness with their key social environments |
5 |
15 |
26130 |
26131 |
Manage personal performance and actively engage in self care as a youth development worker |
5 |
15 |
26131 |
26141 |
Support young people to influence regulatory processes to facilitate positive youth development |
7 |
15 |
26141 |
26142 |
Plan an organisation's programme of positive youth development initiatives |
7 |
15 |
26142 |
26143 |
Manage crisis interventions in youth development settings |
7 |
15 |
26143 |
26144 |
Research a problem or issue impacting on youth in Aotearoa New Zealand |
7 |
30 |
26144 |
26145 |
Support ongoing development of professional practice in a youth development context |
7 |
15 |
26145 |
26146 |
Critically analyse own capacity to integrate specialist practice to evolve positive youth development practice |
7 |
15 |
26146 |