Describe Culturally Safe Principles and Pacific Values for a Consumer in a Health, Disability

Assessment

Describe culturally safe principles and Pacific values for a consumer in a health, disability, or community setting

Unit standard 25987 / Version 2
Level 3 / Credits 6
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To demonstrate competency, you must be able to: / Outcomes / Tasks
describe culturally safe principles and Pacific values for a consumer in a health, disability, or community setting / 1 / 1 – 4

Instructions

Your answers may be written (either electronically or by hand) or spoken.
If you need help with this assessment please contact your assessor.
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Filled in or written answers

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Verbal answers

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Definitions

The learner is you, the person being assessed. You may also be referred to as the trainee, student, candidate or employee in some instances.
The assessor is the person who will assess you.
Person refers to a person accessing services in a health or disability setting in either a residential care facility or in a private home. Other terms used for the person being supported include client, consumer, individual, resident, service user or tūroro.
Pacific nation group refers to the specific Pacific nation or nations to which the person belongs, or with which the person identifies. The main Pacific nations represented in New Zealand are: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. These nation groups encompass Pacific people who are immigrants to New Zealand, as well as people of Pacific origin who were born in New Zealand and who identify themselves as Pacific.

Important notes

This assessment must be undertaken in a supportive relationship that assists you to understand the meaning and application of culturally safe principles and Pacific values when working with a Pacific person in a health, disability, or community setting.

Resources

This is an open book assessment. The following learning resources may be useful when completing this assessment:

the Careerforce learning resource for this unit standard.
learning materials, books, the internet and your workplace’s policies and procedures.
the references listed at the back of this assessment.

Task 1:Principles and values
A Describe how culturally safe principles and Pacific values apply in a health, disability or community setting.
Culturally safe principles refer to those modes of thinking, planning, and acting that acknowledge and respect the defining characteristics, customs, values, and beliefs of a person from a particular population group. The principles respect differences between people which may include age, gender, spirituality, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, migrant status, disability, socio-economic status and employment. This assessment relates to these principles in general and to the values of Pacific peoples in particular.
Pacific values include the following headings that derive from the Pacific Analysis Framework, and which are generally held in common by Pacific nation groups: communitarianism, reciprocity, mutual help, focus on family or families and kinship, consensual approach, spirituality, respect, customs, protocols, ancestry and sense of place.
B Describe how principles relate to a Pacific person you are supporting.
Assessor comments (for assessor use only):
Task 1 result: / Achieved / More evidence required
Task 2: Health documents
A Describe how culturally safe principles and Pacific values are reflected in your workplace policies and procedures.
Workplace policies and procedures are the policies and procedures inyour workplaceand include ethical codes, standards, and other organisational requirements.
B Describe how culturally safe principles and Pacific values are presented tin two key Pacific health strategy documents.
Key Pacific health strategy documents may include:

Minister for Disability Issues. (2001). The New Zealand Disability Strategy – Making a world of difference: Whakanui Oranga. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at
Minister of Health and Minister of Pacific Island Affairs. (2010). Ala Mo'ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2010-2014.Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at
Ministry of Health. (2005). The Health of Pacific Peoples. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at moh.govt.nz
Tait, R. (2008). An Outcomes Framework for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand: Report for the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. Wellington: Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. Available at

Assessor comments (for assessor use only):
Task 2 result: / Achieved / More evidence required
Task 3: Communication and behaviour
You may wish to use the same culturally safe principles for this task that you identified and described in your response to task 1.
A Describe how you would consider culturally safe principles when supporting a Pacific person by usingverbal communication.
B Describe how you would consider culturally safe principles when supporting a Pacific person by usingnon-verbal communication.
C Describe how you would consider culturally safe principles when supporting a Pacific person by altering your behaviour.
Assessor comments (for assessor use only):
Task 3 result: / Achieved / More evidence required
Task 4:Family and kinship group values
Describe the similarities and differences of the values of the Pacific person you are supporting with the values held by this person’s family and kinship groups.
Assessor comments (for assessor use only):
Task 4 result: / Achieved / More evidence required

References

Key references for this unit standard may include but are not limited to:

Minister for Disability Issues. (2001). The New Zealand Disability Strategy – Making a world of difference: Whakanui Oranga. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at
Minister of Health and Minister of Pacific Island Affairs. (2010). Ala Mo'ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2010-2014. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at
Ministry of Health. (2005). The Health of Pacific Peoples. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at
Tait, R. (2008). An Outcomes Framework for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand: Report for the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. Wellington: Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs. Available at

Legislation and codes relevant to this unit standard include:

Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001.
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Human Rights Act 1993.
Privacy Act 1993.

New Zealand Standards relevant to this unit standard include:

NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (general) Standard.
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability services (core) Standards.
NZS 8158:2003 Home and Community Support Sector Standard; available at

Appeals

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US 25987 version 2 – Assessment – Culturally safe principle and Pacific values