1. National Occupational Standards for Applied Psychology- who is competent to do what?Ray Miller
Chair, Professional Practice Board, BPSFebruary 20041Ray Miller: NOS
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3. A short history lesson1990 - feasibility project for occupational standards in Level 5 NVQ/SVQ
Mid 90’s - Level 5 NVQ exemplar project
1998 - National Occupational Standards for Applied Psychology (Generic)
No approval sought for NVQ/SVQs
NOS basis for defining competence
2001 - Review of NOSFebruary 20043Ray Miller: NOS
4. Why Occupational Standards?European harmonisation
Government training and education agenda
Employers' need for competence
Professional self regulation
Development of training options
Statutory Regulation
Continuing professional development
Re-accreditationFebruary 20044Ray Miller: NOS
5. What is competence?The assurance that an individual can complete a specified task to the required standard.Knowledge + Skills + Supervised Practice + ReviewFebruary 20045Ray Miller: NOS
6. Key PurposeTo develop and apply psychological principles, knowledge, models and methods in an ethical and scientific way in order to promote the development, well being and effectiveness of individuals, groups, organizations and societyFebruary 20046Ray Miller: NOS
7. Key RolesFebruary 20047Ray Miller: NOS
8. Model for developmentFebruary 20048Ray Miller: NOS
10. TrainingCompetence based
Maps requirements for different Divisions
Fits core competencies model (rather than core placement)
Greater flexibility in approach (routes/ levels)
Possibility of modular/ in service/ part time
Consistent and coherent across routes
Provides comparisons across DivisionsFebruary 200410Ray Miller: NOS
11. Professional regulationSets minimum standard for Chartering/ Statutory Regulation
Specification of limits of competence
Explicit criteria for re-accreditation
Accreditation of other learning and experience (e.g. overseas training)
Boundaries with other professionsFebruary 200411Ray Miller: NOS
12. Continuing professional developmentSets standard for maintaining competence
Comparison between previous standards and current requirements
Additional competencies or contexts can be acquired (e.g. Management/ Teaching)
Clear relationship between CPD and service requirements (and pay? Agenda for Change)
Lateral transfer - career change - explicit requirementsFebruary 200412Ray Miller: NOS
13. EmploymentUnderstanding job roles (and pay?)
Basis for job specification
Basis for employee specification/ recruitment
Template for service related development and training
Management of skill mix and governance
Workforce planning/ forecasting
Workforce development (PDP)February 200413Ray Miller: NOS
14. Where do we go from here?Final Generic Standards available from BPS
Divisions map existing training requirements to Standards
What is the same? What is different?
Agreeing terminology
Standardising the benchmarks/ assessment
Do we need Divisions?
Who is competent to do what? February 200414Ray Miller: NOS
15. Six step programContextualise NOS/ language simplification
Express qualifications in NOS terms
Course accreditation criteria in NOS terms
Develop NOS as criteria for registration (consultation with HPC)
Develop software to provide easy access to standards and applications
CPD “outputs” project – link to NOS
February 200415Ray Miller: NOS
16. Who is competent to do what?Increasing convergence of competence across some Divisions (DCP, DCoP, DHP)
Development of modular, extended, partial, shared training
Impact of CPD – career pathway
Safe practice or gold standard?
Do adjectival titles reliably reflect competence?
Need for the individual competence portfolio related to job requirements?February 200416Ray Miller: NOS
17. The competent psychologistFebruary 200417Ray Miller: NOS