LEARNING A LIVING MISSION STATEMENT

The Learning a Living programme aims to provide high quality continuing professional development (CPD) for Occupational Psychologists and those working in related fields, which incorporates opportunities for knowledge sharing and networking.

The objectives of Learning a Living Workshops are to:

• Address specific development needs identified by Division of Occupational Psychology members;
• Enhance the existing skills of any Practitioner as part of an on-going process of continuing professional development;
• Assist Division of Occupational Psychology members achieve Practitioner status;
• Develop new knowledge or skills in the field of Occupational Psychology.

Learning a Living workshops can provide valuable experience for Chartered Occupational Psychologists’ annual CPD requirements and for Practitioners-in-Training working towards Chartered status. For the old route Chartership process all the workshops clearly align with one or more of the eight areas of competence in Occupational Psychology. The new Qualification in Occupational Psychology requires demonstration of competence in the National Occupational Standards (NOS) in Psychology as well as these eight areas (now called the Knowledge Dimension).

The annual CPD requirements for qualified practitioners include reference to the six Key Role areas of the NOS and these are shown below.

N.B. As the learning goals for each individual are likely to be different, it is for each delegate to decide how the Learning a Living workshop attended applies to the NOS. It is possible that a workshop may relate to more than one NOS category, but you will need to demonstrate, in the ‘Learning Outcome and Reflective Evaluation’ section of your CPD Log, the learning you have gained from the workshop and how this relates to each of the NOS Key Roles assigned.

National Occupational Standards - Key Roles:
Ethics* - Develop, implement and maintain personal and professional standards and ethical practice.
Practice* - Apply psychological and related methods, concepts, models, theories and knowledge derived from reproducible research findings.
Research and Evaluation* - Research and develop new and existing psychological methods, concepts, models, theories and instruments in psychology.
Communication* - Communicate psychological knowledge, principles, methods, needs and policy requirements.
Training - Develop and train the application of psychological skills, knowledge, practices and procedures.
Management - Manage the provision of psychological systems, services and resources.

(* indicates a Core Requirement)
You must record CPD activity against each of the four core requirements.