1. The Future of Social Work CPD
Training Is Now Here
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2. The New Approach to CPD
Changed from the General Social Care Council
to
Health & Care Professions Council requirements for
CPD
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3. The New Approach to CPD
Continuing professional development is essential
to ensure that social workers remain
up to date with professional developments, and
can adjust their practice in line with new
evidence
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4. The New Approach to CPD
Recognition that learning can, and does, take
place in a range of different ways and
circumstances. It is not always associated with a
course and the development need may be met
through a range of different activities.
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5. The New Approach to CPD
Outcomes of learning and career development
routes are identified
within the professional capabilities framework
(PCF)
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6. PCF
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7. The New Approach to CPD
“Social workers will be supported by employers and expected to
take professional responsibility for developing their skills to a
high professional level, through undertaking learning and
development activities over and above the core
standards required for re-registration with HCPC”
The College Of Social Work
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8. The New Approach To CPD
This principle makes explicit the need for social workers to take
responsibility for identifying and meeting their individual professional
needs. Learning activities will arise from everyday work, as well as any
other requirements imposed by external circumstances or
organisational needs. Professional social workers are expected to be
proactive in identifying needs and ways of meeting them
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9. Social Work Reform Board & TCSW
8 Standards for Employers of SW in England and Supervision
Framework
This is a requirement for Recruiters too!
6. Provide opportunities for CPD, as well as access to research and
practice guidance
7. Ensure social workers can maintain their professional registration
8. Establish effective partnerships with HE institutions and other
organisations to support the delivery of SW education and CPD
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10. The New Approach to CPD
GOOD NEWS FOR
RECRUITERS!
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11. The New Approach to CPD
No Training is the right training, CPD should be
based on the needs of the social worker to
develop the professional-self using a range of
training which supports self learning and
development with the social worker evidencing
through their portfolio how they use this
learning for the benefit of service users
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12. A Range of L&D
- Action learning sets
- Access to research
- Professional supervision
- Critical incident analysis
- Critical reflection
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13. Broadening Opportunities
In-house
External
Distance learning courses
Academically accredited modules/courses
“Master Classes”
Master Level CPD courses
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14. The New Approach to CPD
Even with out the onus from the Reform Board
for employers to support this development
Recruiters still need to ensure their locum social
workers are fit for purpose and support them to
register a portfolio in line with these changes,
helping them to track their CPD
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15. The Challenge for Recruiters
How do you evidence locum Social worker to re-
registration, assess their learning needs, offer
CPD so that they can stay employable?
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16. The Challenge for Recruiters
Learning and development needs must now be
identified, planned for and monitored
through annual appraisal cycles and
supervision
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17. The Challenge for Recruiters
Mechanisms for recognising and recording CPD activities
will be established to provide clarity of process, and port
ability across the country
How will this be possible for Locum Social Workers who
move frequently from job to job?
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18. Meeting The New Approach Now
Focus not on hours but the regulator expects a range of planned
learning activities through out the 2 year period with reflection on
the impact of practice of that learning. Each time it comes to an end
each worker will have to summarise their CPD and its impact, starting
at 2012. A random 2.5 % of SWs be chosen to as evidence
It is important that social workers keep their learning log
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19. The Regulator: HCPC Website
1. Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their
CPD activities;
2. Demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning
activities relevant to current or future practice;
3. Seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of
their practice and service delivery;
4. Seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user; and
5. Upon request, present a written profile (which must be their own
work and supported by evidence) explaining how they have met the
standards for CPD.
Whenever a profession renews its registration, we randomly audit
(check) the CPD of 2.5 per cent of professionals from that profession.
Those registrants who are chosen for audit must submit a CPD
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20. How To Meet the Requirements
Standard 1. (HCPC)
Make sure your locums are keeping a continuous
record or log of the types and dates of activities
they are doing – A CPD profile : List covering 2
years and an individual learning plans
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21. How To Meet The Requirements
Standard 2.
Have the evidence accessible in one place so it
can be printed off for the Regulators if required,
this is the portfolio – including a detailed
personal statement
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22. How To Meet The Requirements
Standard 3.
Make sure your locums have been doing
reflective logs of a good standard on a regular
basis over the 2 years - using a reflective
template that shows development
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23. How To Meet The Requirements
Standard 4.
Ensure that the reflective logs that your locums
are doing over the 2 years - identify the impact
of their development on service users
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24. How To Meet The Requirements
Standard 5.
Give the Regulators the completed portfolios of
all your locums if requested – an easy to use
process of gathering information
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25. The CPD Profile For Locum Social
Workers
A CPD profile has four components:
List of CPD activities (for the last two years)
Summary of recent work (for the last two
years) - 500 words maximum
Statement of how standards have been met -
1,500 words maximum
Supporting evidence
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26. How We Assist Recruiters
www.SocialWorkProcesses.co.uk
www.SocialWorkManagement.co.uk
Membership Portal For Locum Social Workers
ePortfolio
Reflective Log Template
Training Needs Analysis
CPD Training
ASYE – Assessed and Supported Year In Employment
Learning and Development Advisor
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