Disability Information Provision (Level 4)

The National Certificate in Community Support Services (Disability Information Provision) (Level 4) is idesigned for people already working in the health and disability sector as Disability Information Consultants or equivalent, and/or those wishing to pursue a career within the sector.

Holders of this qualification will be able to demonstrate knowledge of supporting people with special needs, suspected abuse of people using health or disability services, culturally safe operating principles, Māori and Pacific values, self-advocacy, disability and aging in local and international contexts, the value of relationships in people’s lives for disability support, the impact on family/whānau when a member has a disability, and ethical behaviour in a health, disability, or community setting.

People awarded this qualification are able to provide information on disability legislation, specific conditions, transport, education, finance, employment, social and recreational activities; and advice and support that empowers individuals and promotes choice.

Some unit standards within this national qualification are found in other Careerforce developed and supported national qualifications.  Trainees are not required to repeat unit standards for which they already have credit.

ID			Title		Level		Credit
23385			Describe self-advocacy and support a self-advocacy process in a health or disability setting		3		3
23392			Describe ethical behaviour in a health, disability, or community setting		3		3
23380			Describe and apply culturally safe operating principles and Māori values in a health, disability, or community setting		3		6
23381			Describe and apply culturally safe operating principles and Pacific values in a health, disability, or community setting		3		6
1816			Analyse personal and community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities		4		5
24661			Demonstrate knowledge of disability and aging in local and international contexts		6		10
1811			Demonstrate knowledge of the implications for a sibling when a family/whānau member has a disability		3		3
1818			Demonstrate knowledge of the value of relationships in peoples' lives for disability support		3		4
24655			Support people with information needs in a health, disability, or community setting		4		3
24656			Support a person to identify aspirations and needs in a health, disability, or community setting		5		10
16874			Demonstrate an ability to support a person with a communication impairment		4		5
1836			Recognise indicators and describe responses to suspected abuse of people using health or disability services		3		4
24660			Collaborate within and across sectors in a health, disability or community context		5		7

Qualification Delivery

The New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres and Careerforce are working together to pilot the delivery of learning and assessment for this qualification.

Learning and Assessment

The pilot training programme design provides a range of learning opportunities including learning on the job, paced activities as appropriate; opportunities for group meetings and peer support, and facilitated sessions by the NZFDIC.

Learning Resources

Resources which contain learning material and activities are currently being developed for each unit standard. The learning covers most of the material required to understand the unit standard competencies. Workplaces are required to provide their trainees with copies of some of their policies and procedures to make the learning specific to the organisation. The NZFDIC will assist workplaces to identify the required policies and procedures. The NZFDIC is supporting the learning through its regional meetings, and is providing training opportunities nationally.

Assessment Resources

The NZFDIC has developed assessment schedules in conjunction with Careerforce and these schedules, together with the learning resources, will be sent to trainees following receipt of a signed training agreement and payment.
Assessment

The assessment activities include knowledge-based tasks and workplace verification tasks. Together these tasks confirm a trainee’s competency in practical tasks, underpinning knowledge, understanding of policies and procedures, and application of learning to the job.

Each trainee in the pilot will be allocated an assessment programme and notified of who will be assessing their work. The majority of assessment will be via portfolios, with at least one workplace visit. The workplace will collect evidence and information to help inform the assessment outcomes.

Results for successful trainees are submitted to Careerforce for the completed unit standards to be recorded against each trainee’s record of learning (ROL).

Cost

The cost of the qualification is $800.00 (incl. GST) per trainee.  This cost includes the learning and assessment resources, the majority of assessment resources, registering credits on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the Certificate.  Trainees will be hooked on to the NQF and provided with a student number.

Get Involved

For more information about this qualification and how to register, please contact:

Sallyjane Cranfield
Disability Information Service Dunedin
Telephone: 03 4716152
Facsimile: 03 4716159
Email: Sj.dis.dn@xtra.co.nz

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