Help individuals evaluate their progress and achievement and plan for the future
Overview
This standard is for career development practitioners.
This standard is about helping individuals to evaluate their progress and achievement against goals and development objectives, identify barriers and adapt their plans for the future.
The process should enable individuals to develop the skills to review their own progress and implement their development objectives.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- provide opportunities for individuals to obtain feedback on progress
- help individuals to apply the career management skills they have developed and recognise those they still require to develop
- enable individuals to review the effectiveness of the methods they are using to plan for the future
- encourage individuals to identify any barriers to progress and achievement
- motivate individuals to overcome barriers to progress and achievement
- enable individuals to review the ongoing relevance of goals and development objectives
- enable individuals to update revised goals, development objectives and action plans in appropriate formats
- evaluate the effectiveness of work with individuals, how their outcomes were achieved and plan improvements as required
- act in ways that adhere to the ethical practice required within your organisation or profession
- challenge any prejudice, use of stereotypes, discrimination and unethical or oppressive behaviour
- encourage individual autonomy in the career development process
- promote inclusivity, diversity and equality of opportunity
- maintain confidentiality and security of individual information that meets relevant legal requirements and organisational policies
- demonstrate understanding of legal requirement, local procedures and own accountability for safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- legal, organisational and policy requirements relevant to your role and the activities being carried out
- relevant ethical principles and codes of professional ethical practice and the consequences of not adhering to them
- the boundaries and limits of own professional expertise
- the boundaries of confidentiality, when it is appropriate to disclose confidential information to others and the processes required
measures to safeguard young people and vulnerable adults
the process of progress review, different types and ways of giving feedback
- the positive effect on motivation of recognising achievements
- how to measure success against goals and development objectives
how to establish what action has and has not been taken and the reasons why
how, why and what account should be taken of prior learning and experience
- the barriers to development and employment, how to recognise them and strategies to overcome them
the potential of technology to improve support and how to overcome any limitations it presents
why goals and objectives may need to change
- appropriate sources of specialist support within and outside the organisation to meet the specific needs of individuals
- how to encourage individuals' ownership of the career development process
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Technology
Hardware (devices/kit) and online methods/tools/apps which can be used in the delivery and assessment of learning programmes.