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Developing a Professional Register

Steve Cosgrove and

Mike Ashe

PCA Conference – March 2013

Public protection

Professional regulation

System regulation

Professional ethos & values

Team and peer

assurance

Practice and organisation governance

National Standards

RISK ASSURANCE MATRIX

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Types of Register

• Voluntary Register• Statutory Register• Employer-led • Licensing

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Basic Register

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

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Core Principles & Functions

Principles:• Assure public protection• Assure quality of work• Affords credibility to the

sector• Provides a Code of Ethics

and Values for the sector• Demonstrates good use of

public funds• Enhances professional

status of sector

Functions:• Coverage: England and

Wales only • Rewards good practitioners

(badge, award, certificate)• Supports and enhances the

value of sector qualifications framework

• Register those currently employed in sector

PROBATION WORKER REGISTER

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Code of Practice for Probation Workers

Code of Ethics• Values

– Public protection– Enforcement of court order– Rehabilitation of offenders

• Principles– Commitment– Effective use of resources– Fairness– Value diversity

• Personal qualities– Integrity– Competence– resilience

Statement of Professional Conduct

• Explicit statement of expectations

• Work within the required legal framework

• Breach of the Statement of Professional Conduct may lead to de-registration

PROBATION WORKER REGISTER

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Probation Workers on the Register

Probation Workers on the Register:• Meet the agreed National

Occupational Standards which describe the knowledge, competence and skills of good practice

• Hold recognised and approved qualification(s)

• Are recognised as sector professionals

• Are committed to continuing competence (CPD)

• Adhere to the Code of Practice for Probation Workers

PROBATION WORKER REGISTER

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BASIC REGISTRATION CRITERIAEmployed in the Sector?

Supervising offenders?

PQF Qualified?Y Y

YN N N

Pre Registration PROBATION

WORKERREGISTER

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DE-REGISTRATION & APPEALS

APPLICATION FOR

REGISTRATIION - individual- employer- code of ethics

DE- REGISTRATION

Status CodeX ……Y DisciplinaryZ Public Safety

Routine Registration

check- employer- employee

REGISTRATION

DISCIPLINARY- Termination of employment- Public Safety implication

Employment Ends

REVIEW OF DE-REGISTRATION

CODINGPRE-

REGISTRATION

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

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BASIC REGISTER[ENHANCED]

PROBATION WORKER

REGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTER

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Employer Register

• All registrations verified, endorsed and countersigned

• Renewal registration check

• Information about Public Safety related termination

• Workforce Statistics and Research

• Workforce Skills Report • Planning and Organising

for Workforce Development

• Peer organisation network

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTER

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Public Access

PRE-REGISTEREDCOMMISSIONERREGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTER

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

PUBLIC

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A Drop-down menu for the Public

• Is my Probation Officer registered?

• What can I expect from my Probation Officer?

• The Code of Ethics for Probation Staff.

• Making a Complaint• Career opportunities

and career pathways

• What Training and Qualifications do I need?

• Post-qualifying training• Continuous professional

development• Are you interested in

working in the sector? You can Pre-Register with us.

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTERCOMMISSIONER

REGISTER PRE-REGISTEREDPUBLIC

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Workshop Questions

• How should the Register be used to promote good practice in the sector?

• What sort of interaction with the public should the Register provide?

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ASSOCIATE REGISTRATION

PUBLIC

Comprehensive Register

PRE-REGISTERED

SECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

FRAMEWORK

COMMISSIONERREGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTER

PROBATION WORKERREGISTER

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Developing the Probation Worker Register

PROBATION WORKER REGISTER

ASSOCIATE REGISTRATION

PRE-REGISTERED

SECTOR QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION

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CPD – Framework

• Purpose of CPD to ensure– competence to practice– taking in knowledge, skills

and practical experience.

• Structure– Formal & structured– Informal & Self-directed

• Renewal periods– 12m/24m/36m

• CPD models– Accounts– Points– Hours

• Quality assuring– Sampling– Qualifications

• Code of practice for training providers

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Developing the Employer Register

SECTOR QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK

Revised and new qualifications

and Staff Development

Strategies

HR Data and Skills Needs

Analysis

COMMISSIONERREGISTER

EMPLOYERREGISTER

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What the employer gets

• Up-to-date information about skills, qualifications, CPD and expiry dates.

• Match vacancies to people who meet role requirements

• Identify workforce skills gaps

• Measure workforce training needs and requirements

• Protection against litigation through verification of staff skills

• Easy to provide audit data

• Support and information

EMPLOYERREGISTER

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A Probation Institute

Remit• Qualifications• Register• CPD• Research• ComplaintsFunding• Registrant fees• Employer fees• Fund raising

Membership• Employers (public, private,

third sector)• NOMS• Public• HE / SFJ / VQ• Unions / staff organisations Connections with other relevant bodies (e.g. Health, LA, Police etc)

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Workshop Questions

• What sort of CPD model should be used to underpin continuing competence?

• What should be the remit of a Probation Institute?

• How should the links between training providers (including qualifying training) and the Register be handled?

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Feedback for the Report

Email addresses:• stevecos@live.co.uk• mikeashe_uk@yahoo.co.uk

Deadline for inclusion in the report: 3 April 2013