Field Community and Social Services
Registration of skill standards for Social Services Work with Abuse, Neglect and Violence
Toitū te Waiora Workforce Community, Health, Education and Social Services Workforce Development Council has developed four new skill standards in the Social Services Work with Abuse, Neglect and Violence domain.
Date new versions published January 2026
Planned review date December 2030
Summary
Toitū te Waiora has developed four new skill standards to provide learning and assessment for new Level 4 and Level 5 micro-credentials concerning family violence risk and safety practice. The standards will also be available for assessment in existing Level 4 and Level 5 health and wellbeing programmes of study. The primary reason for developing new skill standards was to map assessment against the Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention’s Family Violence Risk and Safety Practice Framework.
Consultation with subject matter experts took place between May and September 2025. Public consultation on the new skill standards was then sought through the Toitū te Waiora website in September 2025.
These standards were transferred from Toitū te Waiora WDC (6048) to the Education, Health and Community Industry Skills Board (20595) to reflect the 2025 VET reforms.
Main changes
· Four new skill standards were developed to provide assessment standards for new Level 4 and Level 5 micro-credentials concerning family violence risk and safety practice.
Detailed list of standards – classification, title, level, and credits
All changes are in bold.
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A |
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
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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 |
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C |
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID |
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D |
Standard will expire and not be replaced |
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ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
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41124 |
Recognise and respond to family violence risk |
4 |
10 |
New |
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41125 |
Analyse family violence risk |
5 |
10 |
New |
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41126 |
Respond safely to family violence risk |
5 |
10 |
New |
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41127 |
Make warm referrals to support safety in family violence risk |
5 |
10 |
New |