QUALIFICATIONS

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Competence or Quality Assurance
• Sue Hunter Steve Batty

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Workshop 6 Programme

• Group Work
• Justice Sector Qualifications
• The way forward
• Questions

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Group Challenge
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Skills for Justice Qualifications

• Current Position

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Skills for Justice Qualifications

• Qualifications Framework includes-
• Custodial Care
• Court Services
• Youth Justice
• Community Justice
• Policing Law Enforcement

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Justice Sector Qualifications

• Developing Qualifications
• Qualifications that meet the needs of employers
• Work with practitioners training providers
• Qualifications that reflect National Occupational
  Standards

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Skills for Justice Qualifications
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Police Qualifications Framework

• Policing Qualifications Pathways 8.11.06.pdf

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Quality Assurance or Competence?
Processes Critical Processes ISO Recognition C
ontinuous Procurement Upkeep / Upgrade Disposal
People Critical Skills NOS Qualifications/Regis
tration CPD Recruitment/Selection CPD Career
Management

• Which?
• Standards
• Accreditation
• Improvement
• Equipment

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Professional People Management
Best Practice
National Occupational Standards
Qualification Frameworks
Registers
CPD
Competency Frameworks
Staff Appraisal
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Justice Sector Qualifications

• The Way Forward

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The Way Forward

• Skills Management Strategy (SSA)

• Assess skills needs
• Assess provision
• Identify gaps and shortages Sector
  Qualifications Strategy (SQS)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Engage
• Agree

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SQS development process
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To get involved in the SQS ..

• E-mail steve.batty_at_skillsforjustice.com

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QualificationsCompetence or Quality Assurance?

• Critical skills of staff need to be quality
  assured
• Qualifications can do this
• Employers need to identify which skills need to
  be quality assured SSA/SQS
• SfJ will develop the qualifications required by
  the sector

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Any Questions?