Search results for ‘Subject term:"staff development"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 72
Profiles and portfolios: a guide for health and social care
- Authors:
- HULL Cathy, REDFERN Liz, SHUTTLEWORTH Ann
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 160p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd
This revised and updated second edition of Profiles and Portfolios provides a complete guide to designing and maintaining a profile or portfolio. The text uses a practical step-by-step approach, has been expanded to cover a wide range of topics related to keeping a personal portfolio in a health as well as a social care context, and teaches the skills necessary for reflective practice.
Specification for development of the practice learning qualification (Social Services)
- Author:
- SCOTTISH INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
The requirement to develop new qualifications in practice learning is set out in Confidence in Practice Learning and reflects the outcome of consultations on reform of the Practice Teaching Award carried out by the Scottish Social Services Council in 2003. This specification was drawn up by a working group representing key stakeholders and is designed to inform further detailed development of the learning outcomes, content, delivery and assessment of each stage by the collaborative development group. The qualification programme aims to equip individuals who support the professional development and learning of others within the social services with the skills, knowledge and understanding to achieve high quality ethical interventions and positive learning outcomes, and contribute to the development of learning cultures.
Social care workforce development: Age Concern’s response to TOPSS consultation on strategy objectives
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people who have care and support needs should be able to exercise choice about how and where these needs are met, with care provided free after an assessment of need. This policy position paper on the green social care paper concerns educational standards for developing the carer workforce.
Personal development in counsellor training: towards a clarification of inter-related concepts
- Authors:
- DONATI Mark, WATTS Mary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 33(4), November 2005, pp.475-484.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Despite its widely acknowledged importance to effective therapeutic practice across theoretical orientations, it has been suggested that counsellor ‘personal development’ remains a poorly defined area of training, and that the concept is itself endowed with numerous implicit meanings. In an attempt to move towards a more explicit and rigorous understanding of the area, the present paper reviews some of the key concepts found within it drawing on and, where possible, synthesising the views of different writers. The review seeks to build upon previous work carried out in the area by Irving and Williams (1999) and to stimulate further critical discussion of the topic.
Competence
- Author:
- NAGY Thomas F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 11(1/2), 2005, pp.27-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Competence in mental health is explored in many roles, including that of researcher, author, teacher, supervisor, therapist, evaluator, consultant, forensic specialist, case manager, and administrator. It is viewed not only as a construct but also as an ongoing process within the individual. Five fundamental areas are examined: (1) Maintaining high standards of competence, (2) keeping within one's boundaries of competence and limitations of one's expertise, (3) maintaining competence in human diversity in practice and research, (4) engaging in continuing education in scientific and professional areas, and (5) protecting the welfare of others when standards are lacking. Guidance is also received from ethics codes, published standards of practice, federal and state laws, and institutional policies and regulations. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The youth work learning centre: successes and lessons learned
- Author:
- KRUEGER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(5), October 2005, pp.357-370.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In 1979 the Wisconsin Association of Child Care Workers’ dream to create a center where workers and professors could work together on education programs, certification, and research became a reality when the Child Care Learning Center, now called the Youth Work Learning Center (YWLC), was founded at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Twenty-five years later the center is a primary source of education, training, and research for child and youth care workers in Wisconsin. The author describes the approach developed and the lessons learned.
Climb every mountain
- Author:
- O'DOWD Adrian
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 1.08.05, 2005, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Reports an initiative at Waltham Forest LBC which is inspiring staff to progress up the career ladder.
HR capacity audit tool
- Author:
- NHS PARTNERS
- Publisher:
- NHS Partners
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The Capacity Audit Tool is a series of questions, presented in a variety of ways, which aim to enable you to reveal and acknowledge areas of good practice as well as to help highlight areas for change and development. There are three key methods of implementation and adoption. These include: self-administration i.e. adoption of the audit tool within your department, for completion by members of the HR team, use at an away-day or during a team meeting; health community implementation for peer review and benchmarking i.e. using existing/future networking arrangements to share completed reports following self-administration; to complete sections as a health community group; and Workforce Development Directorate/Confederation involvement for strategic debate and direction setting.
Learning the easy way
- Author:
- CULLEN Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 1.03.05, 2005, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Provides an overview of how learning resource centre networks (LRCNs) can help in continuing professional development of social care staff.
Continuing professional social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Authors:
- BEDDOE Liz, HENRICKSON Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 15(2), December 2005, pp.75-90.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The registration of social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand and other jurisdictions raises issues of cost, benefit, and equity of access to opportunities for further education. There is frequently lack of clarity or competition among employers, registration and examining boards, and professional associations about what continuing professional education is appropriate or valued. This paper is a report of a national survey of social workers: what they value and identify as barriers and bridges to continuing professional education. Almost all of the 285 social worker respondents in our study highly value continuing professional education, and would like clarity and increased support in order to carry it out.