Plan and design the career development offer
Overview
This standard is for career development practitioners.
This standard is about understanding the market needs and requirements for career development and being able to provide a provision that is relevant, valued and sustainable. It includes planning, designing and negotiating the content and scope of delivery.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- identify the need and market for career development provision
- consult with clients and organisations to identify and explore their specific requirements
- plan and design a core provision offer based on need, best practice and practitioner skills and knowledge within resources available
- communicate, influence and negotiate with clients and organisations on how the provision offer can best meet their needs and provide most value
- identify the outcomes and appropriate measures of success for proposed interventions
- agree with clients and organisations appropriate contracts, proposals or agreements to define scope, budget and compliance with professional standards and code of ethics
- work in collaboration with clients and organisations to design the provision content, and identify how it links with other interventions
- work in collaboration with clients and organisations to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate the provision
- train others as required to deliver the provision offer
- evaluate effectiveness of provision offer 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 requirements, 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 current and emerging needs for career development provision and the range of clients and stakeholders
how to provide evidence of the benefits that career development provision offer to a range of clients and stakeholder groups
the key components of an effective career development provision offer
- how to plan and design the career development provision offer to meet different needs and contexts
- measures and indicators of success, and how to agree these for the provision provided
- how to write a proposal or contract that defines the scope, costs and quality assurance for the provision on offer
awareness of a range of career development resources and techniques to deliver the provision offer
the value and range of learning approaches
- how to coach, train and mentor others to deliver aspects of the career development provision
- how to encourage individuals' ownership of the career development process
- the potential of technology to improve delivery and how to overcome any limitations it presents
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.
Resources
This covers any physical or human resource that supports the learning and development process and could include technical equipment, digital technologies (including online tools and apps), handouts, workbooks, people – for example external speakers – and visits to places of interest
Provision
The career development activities offered by a team, service, organisation or sector.
Stakeholders
All those who have an interest in career development activities.