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Trainee AssessmentA person’s rights

23686 Describe a person's rights in a health or wellbeing setting (version 3, level 2, 1 credits)

Your name:

Your workplace:

Your date of birth:

NSN number (if you know it):

Declaration I was told about and understand the assessment requirements and appeals process.

My answers are my own work and I have not directly copied from any source.

Evidence provided was either produced by myself or is evidence from others about my work.

I understand that this assessment may be used for moderation and quality control purposes.

I understand that when I achieve this unit standard my result will be registered with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

I confirm the above declaration: Yes No Date:

Assessment summary (completed by assessor)

Trainee’s name

Trainee’s performance summary

Assessment tasks Date achieved

Task 1: The Code of Rights

Task 2: Safeguarding a person's rights

Unit standard resultsI have assessed the trainee and confirm the trainee has demonstrated competency in:

Unit standard Version Level Credits

23686 Describe a person's rights in a health or wellbeing setting

3 2 1

Assessor’s name: Assessor’s number:

Signature: Date:

A person’s rights (US 23686 v3) Trainee Assessment © Careerforce – Issue 1.3 – June 2020 1

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Trainee informationGetting started Contact your assessor or workplace observer to talk about what you need to do.

As you do the tasks Answer all questions. Refer to real or simulated situations when answering questions.

For knowledge assessment questions you can choose to write your answers or your assessor may record your verbal answers for you.

The assessment must be your own work. Careerforce does not allow direct copying from any source, such as Careerforce learning materials, books, printed material, the internet or another person, for answers to assessment questions. Exact technical terms and definitions may be used only if it is shown where they came from. This may include work policies and procedures, legislation, standards and codes.

When you finish Make sure you have completed any parts where the assessor/observer has said you need to

do more work.

If your assessor requires more information, add your extra information to the bottom of your original answer, or on a separate sheet of paper with your name on it, date it, and answer any questions the assessor has asked you.

AppealsIf you wish to appeal against the assessment result or process, talk to your assessor.

If you’re still not satisfied, you can appeal to Careerforce by completing the assessment result appeal form. You can find this form online at www.careerforce.org.nz/contact-us/

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our online feedback form at www.careerforce.org.nz/contact/resource-assessment-feedback

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DefinitionsThe word trainee in this assessment refers to you, the person being assessed. Other terms that may be used are candidate, student or employee.

An organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the employer and include ethical codes, standards and other organisational requirements.

Codes are an agreed set of foundation or guiding principles established by a health or wellbeing service provider, professional organisation or regulatory body. These may include organisational codes of conduct or ethics, codes of rights, a professional association's codes of conduct, rules, or ethics and international conventions.

Person refers to a person accessing services in a health or wellbeing setting. Other terms used for the person being supported include client, consumer, individual, resident, service user or tūroro.

Health and wellbeing outcomes refers to the impact of personal, institutional and systemic factors on the emotional, physical, environmental, spiritual and social wellbeing of the community, family, whānau and individuals.

Health and wellbeing setting includes the aged care, acute care, community support, disability, mental health and social service sectors.

Health care and healthcare services refers both to the provider of services to people and their families/whānau, as well as the type of services provided. Needs include physical comfort, safety and privacy.

PPE is the abbreviation for personal protective equipment. For example, gloves, safety glasses, protective clothing, helmets.

A personal plan is an individual or group plan for service delivery, developed by service providers with the person or people receiving support and their family/whānau. It may include a care plan or a rehabilitation plan.

A person-centred approach respects the person and treats them as an individual, focusing on their needs, abilities and achievements. It takes into account the whole person’s needs.

A restorative approach is working in partnership with the person, encouraging and enabling them.

Holistic means looking at all of a person’s needs – physical, mental, social, cultural and spiritual – and how these affect their enjoyment or quality of life.

Wellness is when a person becomes aware of and makes conscious choices towards achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle. This process may include learning new life skills that address both the positive and negative aspects of human existence.


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Wellness support plan is a general term used to cover the individual plans that are developed by service providers with mental health and addiction service users and their natural supports for service delivery. Different service providers may use different terms, for example, recovery plan.

Support strategies refers to a broad range of plans, actions and interventions which may be remedial, therapeutic or restorative in nature, and that aim to maintain, improve or restore a person’s independence and/or interdependence by using the person’s existing strengths and appropriate resources.

Natural supports refers to any assistance, relationships or interactions provided to a person by family/whānau, friends, peers, co-workers or community volunteers. In a specifically Māori context, natural supports may include but are not limited to: kaumātua, kuia, tohunga, whānau, iwi and hapū.

Significant others within a residential care facility refers to residents, family/whānau and staff. Significant others within a private home refers to family/whānau and other health professionals.

A health professional is a person who is registered as a practitioner of a particular health profession to deliver health services in accordance with a defined scope of practice.

A health assistant is a person who directly assists a health professional in the provision of health services to people.

Interdisciplinary team members include clinicians and health professionals, team leaders or managers, health assistants and support workers who work together to achieve shared goals. The team may include natural supports.

A multi-disciplinary team has members of different healthcare professions, each with specialised skills and expertise, who coordinate and communicate with each other to provide quality care.

A multi-disciplinary personal plan is a personal plan developed jointly by all members of the multi-disciplinary team, the person being supported and their family/whānau.

A workplace assessor or assessor is the person who will assess you.

An observer is someone who understands the assessment, works closely with you and can confirm that you have performed the task competently.

The terms verifier and verification may be used in some assessments instead of observer or observation.

Verification is a process undertaken by a verifier and/or assessor. They may verify authenticity, the validity of evidence and/or the trainee’s workplace performance.

To attest means to be a witness to the accuracy of an actual document and/or situation.

An attestation is when a person attests to documents and/or work that has been completed by you. This person will usually be your manager, supervisor or team leader who has seen your work recently, within the past 12 months.

An evidence requirement or ER refers to the evidence that the unit standard requires you to provide and/or the actions that you must do or demonstrate.


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Task 1: The Code of RightsQ1Q1 What is the Code of Rights for?

Q2Q2 What are the ten rights in the Code of Rights? Use your own words to describe what each one is.

Right Description


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Task 1: Assessor feedback to trainee

When the assessor agrees you have completed this task successfully, they will sign it off on the assessment summary page at the front of this assessment.


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Task 2: Safeguarding a person's rightsQ1Q1 Fill in the table below to write definitions for each phrase and describe what

they mean for you in your role as a support worker. If this is not in your role, say so, but still write definitions for each phrase.

Phrase What it means How I might use this in my role

Enduring power of attorney (EPOA or EPA)

An advance directive

Q2Q2 How can people make complaints in your workplace?

How can someone you support make a complaint?

What happens next when someone you support makes a complaint?


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Where would you go to find out more about how someone you support can make a complaint?

Task 2: Assessor feedback to trainee

When the assessor agrees you have completed this task successfully, they will sign it off on the assessment summary page at the front of this assessment.


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