1. Careers Profession Alliance - One voice for the profession
Strengthening the profession through a new national register of career development professionals

2. Today Today Brief Background on CPA Cover and discuss:
Purpose of the register of career development professionals
Benefits of a national register
Key principles for the register
Ensuring Standards
Career progression and supports

3. Background
Remit of the Careers Profession Alliance is: To bring together the professional bodies engaged in careers development in the UK to create a careers profession comparable to other chartered professions both in public standing and in the rigour and supervision of its members

4. Background
Five professional associations on Executive Group ( ICG, ACEG, NAEGA, NISCA, ACPI) representing wide footprint of careers sector
UK wide remit - Four home nations
Early CPA work leading to consultation on future governance and structure (Single Institute or Federal arrangements)
Development of Professional Standards Framework
Funding from DBIS to take forward national register and career progression framework

5. Professional Standards Framework
National register of careers professionals is set in context of wider membership structure and professional standards framework of CPA/successor body
Professional Standards Framework covering (for different categories of membership):
Entry Standards and criteria
CPD and Ethics
Complaints and Discipline

6. Other important things
Government support for Professional Standards in guidance and contracts
Quality assurance
- CPA Professional standards for individuals
Matrix for organisations
National quality in careers standard (QiCS) for provision
Employer Engagement – e.g. Relationship to contracts, skilled workforce, qualifications and CPD
CPA use of the umbrella term Career Development Profession. ‘Footprint’ of the whole sector

7. The Register
Purpose
Single national point of reference for ensuring professional status of careers professionals
Recognised as such by customers, members of the profession, policy makers and funders

8. Benefits Need to be clear and realised for success:
For customers: Confidence in the competence and ethical standing of the careers development professional and ability to report dissatisfaction
For those on the register: Professional recognition and confidence in peers
For policy makers and funders: Confidence that membership of register is an assurance of quality of individuals delivering services

9. Register Some Principles
Meaningful to all members of the profession and realised benefits
Robust and rigorous in entry standards and requirements
Accessible to all career professionals across the sector
Supported by a career progression framework- access to qualifications, CPD, ethical supports
Integral part of a wider professional standards framework

10. Register Ensuring Standards
Code of Ethics - Declaration (sign up) and support for ethical understanding
Entry Standards - Based on QCF Level 6 and above, recognised qualifications, national occupational standards, evidence and assessment of competence
CPD requirements - Hours, inputs and outputs, reflective learning, links to competence, monitoring of CPD and support through career progression framework
Complaints and discipline process with robust procedures including a range of sanctions and appeals

11. On line resource
Potential Features of online register and career progression framework:
Application for Register
Declaration for Code of ethics and ethical practice, CPD requirements, Complaints and discipline
Progression Routes from L3 to L4 in membership and on to L6 for register
Accredited qualification routes to L6 and non accredited competency framework for those with a Level 6 qualification
Ability to upload evidence requirements
Mapping a range of qualifications for ‘gap’ analysis
CPD development logs and planning tools
Links to qualification routes, training and CPD supports
Case study job profiles to support movement across the sector