The role of higher education in CPD

Making CPD important and relevant:The role of HEIs

Annie Hudson Chief Executive

The College of Social Work

 

 The nature of the ‘problem’•Weak professional status + standing – ‘basic training’•Many false starts – undelivered promise•‘Thinkers’ vs ‘doers’ paradigm •‘Ivory towers’ vs ‘anti-intellectual’•Professional discourses Consequences •Retention rates + morale •Evidence + analysis in practice •Outcomes for children + families •Career pathways mixed and jagged

The Professional Capabilities Framework

 Current landscape + maximising opportunities•HEI engagement + best practice

•‘What academics did for us’: impact + evidence

•Levers: employer standards, HCPC reregn

•TCSW CPD endorsement (23 so far)

•The new ‘architecture’ + SW training reviews

•Social work cultures + identities: changing times?

Key ingredients•Brave vision :CPD as ‘conduit to learned practice’?

•What is ‘good’? Impact, portability + progression

•Partnership triangles + knowledge exchange

•A national framework? Standards + requirements

•Assessment questions

•Quality assurance of provision