Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply career development standards
- Research contemporary career development theories, models, frameworks and strategies for specific context and target group
- Analyse codes of professional conduct and career development standards, and how they can be applied in work practice
- Apply regulatory requirements, policies, guidelines, standards and resources
- Plan for and undertake ongoing personal professional development
- Apply career development standards to all aspects of work role
- Establish and maintain relationships with professional peers and service providers
- Plan for career development services
- Apply career development theories in preparation to work with specific target groups
- Analyse career development needs of specific target groups
- Plan for support systems and resources required to provide high-quality career development service delivery in specific context and for target group
- Apply effective action-planning skills in career development counselling services
- Establish ongoing professional and followup support for clients of career development services
- Implement career development services strategies
- Develop strategies for career development services to reflect contextual needs and aspirations of specific target group
- Encourage individuals to commit to, and access, career development services
- Establish mechanisms to followup provision of career development services
- Implement strategies to ensure records storage, security and privacy in accordance with professional and organisational requirements
- Establish referral procedures and contacts
- Review career development services delivery strategies and plans
- Review career development services and service delivery strategies against plans and standards, and identify any gaps
- Advocate for target group and individual career development needs and choices
- Determine strategies to improve quality of career development services
- Discuss alternative career development strategies with key stakeholders