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Conscious Competency and the Youth Work Practitioner. Conscious Competence Model. No firm proof of ownership Inspired by Confucius and Socrates Explains the process and stages of learning and applying a new skill, behaviour, ability or technique Explanation of how we learn
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Conscious Competence Model • No firm proof of ownership • Inspired by Confucius and Socrates • Explains the process and stages of learning and applying a new skill, behaviour, ability or technique • Explanation of how we learn • Tool to unpacking the scope of the youth work practitioner
Risks and Opportunities • Skillful • Upholds COE • Application • Integration • Enlightened • Insight • Understanding • Penny dropped • Vulnerable to complacency • Instinctual • Mastery • May forget theory • Unaware • Don’t see a need • Wanting to learn • Accidental learning
Set skill standards for the youth work sector • Design qualifications for the youth work sector • Support workplace learning • How do we at Careerforce decide on a set of competencies and develop the tools to assess these? • Sector consultation and participation • Sector feedback • Validation • Moderation • Pilot programmes • Review qualifications (TRoQ) • Fit for purpose • Duplications • Learning pathways for youth workers
Youth Work Qualifications Youth Work L3 • New or recent youth workers • Ilearn • Free access to all learning resources and assessments • Youth workers are assessed in-house • Assessors trained by Careerforce • Rebate to cover training costs Youth Work L3 – Skills Recognition • Experienced youth workers (over a year) • Series of conversations and a evidence portfolio • Specialist Skills Recognition assessors provided Youth Work L4, L5 and L6 • currently being reviewed and re-developed post-TRoQ • Become involved and have a say
Ancient Oriental proverb He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool - shun him, He who knows not, and knows that he knows not is ignorant - teach him, He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep – wake him, But he who knows, and knows that he knows, is a wise man - follow him.