Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply career development standards
- Research contemporary career development theories, models, frameworks and strategies in relation to a 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 preparing to work with specific target groups
- Analyse career development needs of specific target groups
- Plan for the support systems and resources required to provide quality career development service delivery in a specific context and for a target group
- Apply effective action planning skills in career development counselling services
- Establish ongoing professional and follow-up support for clients of career development services
- Implement career development services strategies
- Develop strategies for career development services to reflect the contextual needs and aspirations of the specific target group
- Encourage individuals to commit to and access, career development services
- Establish mechanisms to follow-up the 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, 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 the quality of career development services
- Discuss alternative career development strategies with key stakeholders