• 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
    • 9. Acquiring competenceOccupational Competence Required Performance - what? Occupational Context - where? Learning Specification Knowledge Skills Assessment Specification Evidence Requirements - portfolio Assessment Strategy - methods/ criteria February 20049Ray 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