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Title / Analyse personal and community values and attitudes and their impact on people with disabilities
Level / 4 / Credits / 5
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to:analyseown personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability;analyseown values and attitudes in terms of how they impact on a working relationship with a person with a disabilitythat requires support; and analyse values and attitudes that exist in one’s community towards people with disabilities and the impact on the lives of people with disabilities.
Classification / Community Support > Human Services
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Open.
Explanatory notes
1The performance of all elements of this unit standard must comply with any relevant cultural or legislative requirements including the rights and responsibilities of people receiving services or supports as outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
2In this sector, support given to a person should be given in a manner that maximises the independence of that person. Support must be appropriate to the needs of the person and utilise existing strengths and, wherever possible, optimise the use of the local community. Performance of the elements of this unit standard must fit within these broad parameters.
3Definitions
Attitude refers to a manner of thought, feeling, or behaviour.
Values refers to principles and philosophies.
Community refers to the society, including neighbourhood, work and leisure environment, relevant to the person undergoing assessment.
4Assessment evidence related to values must be presented for any three areas in which values are held from – ethnicity, culture, employment status, religion, age, political perspective, sexual orientation, gender, family/whānau circumstances, education.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Analyse own personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability.
Evidence requirements
1.1The analysis explains how experiences in life have influenced personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability.
Outcome 2
Analyse own values and attitudes in terms of how they impact on a working relationship with a person with a disability that requires support.
Rangeevidence of two situations is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1The analysis explains how personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability influence personal support provision.
2.2Impact on working relationship is analysed in terms of outlining situations where personal values and attitudes towards people with a disability are in conflict with those of a person being supported.
Outcome 3
Analyse values and attitudes that exist in one’s community towards people with disabilities and the impact on the lives of people with disabilities.
Evidence requirements
3.1Values and attitudes are analysed in terms of comparing a historical and current perspective of people with disabilities.
3.2The community’s values and attitudes towards people with a disability are analysed in terms of the impact on the person with the disability being supported.
Replacement information / This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28523.This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 21 March 2005 / 31 December 2018
Review / 2 / 21 March 1995 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 3 / 28 August 1996 / 31 December 2018
Review / 4 / 24 November 1999 / 31 December 2018
Review / 5 / 20 March 2008 / 31 December 2018
Review / 6 / 16 April 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0024
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Community Support Services ITO LimitedSSB Code 101814 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut