Field           Community and Social Services

 

Review of Health, Disability, and Aged Support and Social Services unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Health, Disability, and Aged Support

Mental Health and Addiction Support

18547, 19750, 22833-22835, 22837, 22838, 22840, 27078, 27085, 27087, 27090

Social Services

Employment Support

20043

Manage Social Services

7946

Social Service Work in Suicide Intervention

18150, 18151, 18154-18157

Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence

17456, 18297

Social Work

7979, 7981-7983, 19415

 

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

 

Date new versions published                                                                      May 2020

 

Summary

 

The unit standards listed above have had low and decreasing usage over the past five years and/or were available only in National qualifications that have been discontinued.  After consultation with industry and all organisations with consent to assess against these standards, it was decided to expire them.

 

Main changes

 

·      All standards were designated expiring without replacement.

 

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

 

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 > Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Mental Health and Addiction Support

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

18547

Support a mental health consumer/tangata whai ora in their management of alcohol and/or other drugs

6

12

D

19750

Provide support to families/whānau in mental health support work

6

15

D

22833

Support a consumer/tangata whai ora to achieve a recovery goal in mental health support work

6

15

D

22834

Analyse discrimination and implement an individual advocacy strategy in mental health support work

6

9

D

22835

Implement a strategy to respond to discrimination against consumers/tangata whai ora

6

15

D

22837

Demonstrate an integrated practice theory for mental health support work

6

15

D

22838

Analyse legal structures and laws for mental health support work

5

6

D

22840

Critique and interpret a research project relevant to a mental health service user group

5

9

D

27078

Provide support strategies for addiction service users with co-existing problems in mental health and addiction services

5

8

D

27085

Describe and implement strategies for working with family/whānau of mental health and addiction service users

5

6

D

27087

Describe and manage challenges posed when supporting family/whānau of mental health and addiction service users

5

8

D

27090

Explain and apply Māori values when supporting tangata whai ora and their whānau in mental health and addiction services

5

6

D

 

Community and Social Services > Social Services > Employment Support

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

20043

Support mental health consumers/tangata whai ora to access employment support services

6

12

D

 

Community and Social Services > Social Services > Manage Social Services

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

7946

Manage volunteer social service workers

6

6

D

 

Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Service Work in Suicide Intervention

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

18150

Demonstrate knowledge of mental health and mental health services for suicide intervention

6

9

D

18151

Demonstrate knowledge of loss and grief in suicide intervention

4

9

D

18154

Analyse contextual factors related to suicide

6

9

D

18155

Assess a person identified as at risk of suicide

6

6

D

18156

Manage risk of suicide with a person

6

9

D

18157

Demonstrate self-awareness related to suicide intervention

4

6

D

 

Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Service Work with Abuse, Neglect, and Violence

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

17456

Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for child protection procedures within a workplace

3

2

D

18297

Undertake assessments in situations of abuse, neglect, or violence

6

9

D

 

Community and Social Services > Social Services > Social Work

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

7979

Facilitate alternative care placements

6

6

D

7981

Contribute to care of people in a residential setting

5

6

D

7982

Contribute to discharge of residents from residential care

5

6

D

7983

Assist people to resettle in the community following residential care

5

6

D

19415

Demonstrate an integrated practice theory for social work

6

24

D