Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research and confirm career trends
- Apply knowledge of changing organisational structures, lifespan of careers and methods of conducting work search, recruitment and selection processes
- Analyse changing worker and employer issues, rights and responsibilities in context of changing work practices
- Examine importance of quality careers development services
- Maintain all research, documentation, sources and references (electronic or physical) to a high degree of currency and relevance
- Analyse implications of relevant policy, legislation, professional codes of practice and national standards relating to worker and employer issues
- Research changes and trends in theory of career development counselling and practice
- Confirm clusters, levels and combinations of transferable employability skills and preferences that may open employment options spanning more than one occupation or career pathway
- Assess and confirm ongoing career development needs of target group
- Analyse history and records in assessing needs of target group
- Assess success of previous career development services and techniques used for individual or target group
- Deploy other means to investigate appropriate care and counselling approaches as required
- Maintain privacy and security of all data, research and personal records according to relevant policy, legislation, professional codes of practice and national standards
- Establish existing work-life balance requirements, issues and needs
- Maintain quality of career development services and professional practice
- Analyse and review relevance of career theories, models, frameworks and research for target group
- Incorporate into career development services and professional practice, major changes and trends influencing workplace and career-related options and choices
- Comply with all relevant policy, legislation, professional codes of practice and national standards that influence delivery of career development services