CPD and recertification 2016

ANZASW & SWRB

2016

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ANZASW is the professional Association for Social

Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand, established in 1964

Run by and for the benefit of members

Advocates, lobbies and provides an independent voice for social workers

Professional Development, conferences, research

and professional publications

Promotes ethical practice and Quality Standards

Liaising with tertiary institutes, swrb

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Professional identity, networks, Branches, Roopu, interest groups and on line forums

Competency Assessment and Recertification

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The SWRB is a Crown Entity responsible for ensuring that the purposes of the SWR Act 2003 are carried out. This includes: Protecting the safety of the public

Creating a framework for registration i.e. it established the Board to register SWs and it established a Tribunal to consider complaints

It promotes the benefits of registration

It enhances the professionalism of SW

The SWRB is not a “membership” organisation. It is the Statutory Regulator for the profession. The SWRB purpose is outlined in Section 3 of the Act. The Board has various functions which are set out under sec 99 of the SWR Act.

It also has various obligations as set out under Secs 100 and 101 of The Act

The SWR Act is available on the SWRB website

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7.2 Members are required to acquire the knowledge & skills relevant to their field of work; to ensure that these are kept up to date & maintain a critical response to new knowledge.

7.3 Continuing professional development is a requirement, through activities such as formal or ad hoc continuing education courses, familiarity with the current social work literature, professional forums and debate, in order to maintain skills, knowledge and competence.

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ANZASW Recertification Portfolio is made up of:

The Cover Sheet which updates your member information

The Declaration Page

Five Annual CPD Logs, evidencing a minimum of 20 hours CPD each year

If candidates have already completed Logs on the ANZASW 2011 & 2014 Templates –there is no requirement to copy & paste information into the 2015 Template

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SWRB recertification requirements 2015 Application form – available from the website

As from 1st January 2016 CPD log for the previous 5 years on revised SWRB template.

The SWRB will only accept the new log in the new format now

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2011 -13

2014 2015 -16

The skill and knowledge identified as being needed for development of professional SW practice.

Agreed learning activity

Date of activity and time in hours

Critical Reflections on learning and development of professional practice

Reflection on the relevance of the learning to the selected ANZASW Practice Standard/s

Supervisor /manager written feedback and signoff

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2011-2013 have a reflective conversation with your current Supervisor / Manager about the CPD you have completed in this period and obtain written feedback & sign-off covering all CPD completed.

SWRB Supervisor / Manager feedback & sign-off requirements Must have supervisor/manager comment and sign

off for 2014/2015/2016

If unable to get sign off for 2012/2013 have a reflective conversation with current supervisor/manager about CPD you have completed and obtain overall feedback and sign off

If in doubt contact Barbara at the SWRB

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Professional Development is aligned to:

Professional aspirations

Career development

Agency goals & requirements

CPD Benefits:

The practitioner

The service

People who use the service

An annual CPD plan is negotiated between the Practitioner and their Supervisor / Manager

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CPD as an individual plan CPD must be a planned purposive activity

Must be a minimum of 20 hours per year

May be related to personal professional goals or

agency requirements

Some activities will be unplanned and also valuable but there needs to be evidence that annual planning with manager or supervisor occurs

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ANZASW requires Practitioners to:

complete substantial critical reflections on at least two different Practice Standards each year;

Critically reflect on all 10 Practice Standards over 5 years;

Many CPD activities will apply to more than one Practice Standard

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CPD and relationship to competence standards The relevance of completed CPD to at least 2

competence standards should be critically reflected upon each year

The SWRB requires that across the 5 year period the relevance of the completed CPD to all competence standards are critically reflected upon

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The minimum CPD requirement is 20 hours per year.

Completing 30 hours 1 year does not mean that only 10 hours need to be completed the following year

Many members complete far in excess of the minimum CPD hours

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Annual requirements The Board acknowledges that many social

workers do more than 20 hours CPD per year – hours cannot be carried over from one year to the next;

Many CPD activities may be relevant to more than 1 competence standards. However at least 2 different competence standards need to be the area of substantial critical reflection each year.

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The ANZASW CPD Log can cover a 12 month period that “works” for the member

For example ◦ Starting on the Anniversary date of their

Competency Certificate

◦ Aligned to their Performance Development Plan year

◦ At the commencement of a new job

Initial CPD Logs may be slight less than or more than a year as the Member aligns dates.

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Annual requirements It is expected that the 1st CPD year will normally

commence at the expiry date of the previous competence certificate and each year thereafter.

It is not expected that 10 hours of CPD each year will address any particular standard. However there needs to be evidence of enough learning in a CPD activity to enable critical reflection

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No not necessarily .

All of the Practice Standards should be addressed with “reasonable” hours

The requirement is for a substantial critical reflection on 2 Practice Standards each year over the five years

It is recognised that some valuable CPD opportunities are unplanned– members are be able to take advantage of opportunities as and when they present

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Reflective Practice Reflective practice means recounting a past practice example in order to inform future practice. Remember you cannot reflect forward!

SW reflection relates to thinking about what you did, why you did it, how you did it and for what purpose.

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Critically Reflective Practice

Critically reflective practice moves beyond reflection and includes an examination of practice that addresses the practitioner’s own assumptions and the power differentials encountered, taking account of the contextualized nature of the environment in which the practice has been undertaken.

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What was the nature of the event / experience? What aspect went well / was good about the event / experience? What did not go so well / was not so good? What were my feelings about what happened? What were the feelings of others? What have I learnt from the experience? What can I learn from exploring these feelings about myself as a professional? What did others think I should learn? What do I need to do next? How can I use what I have learnt in my practice? Has my attitude, perception or awareness changed? Has my knowledge been updated and/or refreshed? Have I gained or enhanced knowledge? Have I developed or enhanced skills? Have I applied new knowledge/skills and continue to use these in my work area?

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Formal study eg Post Grad Diplomas

Conferences – the workshops attended

Workshops

Courses

Seminars

Research - including agency or community based research

Study /practice / structured visits to explore social work issues in another field, region or country

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Acting up for a short period – the learning required Project work – outside your job description Policy development – outside your job description Service evaluation – outside your job description Scoping & developing a new programme Supervising student placements – the learning

required Research & planning required to deliver a course /

seminar / webinar / workshop Sitting on competency panels Writing articles / books Reviewing books / articles Participating in Journal Clubs

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Self-structured study, using resources like websites, library books etc

Reading journals/articles eg Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work

Updating knowledge through the internet, eg accessing material from other Social Work Association websites

Voluntary work

It is expected that SWs will utilise minimum of two different learning activities when completing their annual CPD.

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Supervision received or delivered to meet the supervision requirements of the ANZASW and or the SWRB supervision policy;

Attendance at Team Meetings;

Organisational training, for example First Aid, Health & Safety, use of computer systems/technology , use of data bases etc ;

Activities which are included in a job description will not usually be considered as CPD if they are a normal component of routine

practice.

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Some comments on CPD activities: When supervising students or ‘acting up’ it is not the

total hours involved in these activities that count as CPD. It is the hours of learning in preparation, or carrying out of these activities that are counted as CPD

Similarly with other activities such as policy development, voluntary work – it is the hours related to the learning that is important.

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What Members Value Advocacy for the social work

profession Having a ‘voice’ for the

profession Advocacy on social justice &

human rights issues Professional development –

local & national Professional Indemnity

Insurance Competency Assessment &

Recertification Promoting ethical, professional

practice Networks – Branches, Roopu,

Interest Groups, IFSW & online forums for developing & maintaining professional identity

Professional publications Website

The Value of Registration Professional recognition Seen as peer with other

professionals – e.g. in health Clients know that RSWs have: a level of qualification,

need to have professional supervision

engage in ongoing continuing professional development

Employers see registration as assisting with complaint management

ANZASW SWRB

ANZASW SWRB

Janetta Whaley

Competency

Co-ordinator

compman@anzasw.org.nz

027 22 69 279

Barbara Gilray Senior Social Work Advisor

Barbara.gilray@swrb.govt.nz 04 931 2655

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