| "Being recognised as a Career Planning Professional" By January 2012 all Career Planning Professionals in Australia must be Professionally Accredited as per the National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners Project, commissioned through the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA).
The purpose of this formal accreditation is to ensure that the professional standards of Career Practitioners are current, relevant and reflect international best practice.
Benefits of undertaking a Career Practitioners Program with ACPI (Australian Chapter) Inc
International Credibility:
ACPI membership has international credibility expanding the opportunities available to you both locally and internationally.
Diverse Applications:
The expertise Career Practitioners gain in mentoring, networking and change management, benefit those in many occupations, including HR Professionals, Life Coaches and Outplacement and Career Management Practitioners.
Networking:
ACPI Accreditation allows for an extensive network of professionals and other career practitioners to be established. Personal networking is crucial to managing and developing a rewarding position as a Career Practitioner as it paves the way for developing new business alliances.
Ethical Practice:
Complying with ethical practice is essential to developing a career within this vocation as professionals demand high standards of behaviour in respect of the services that are provided by Career Practitioners.
Enhancing Knowledge:
The approach utilised by Career Practitioners in guiding individuals, has been continuously evolving in a progressively competitive and global market. This program allows a way to expose key trends, issues and current industry information and thinking.
The Career Practitioner Program is aimed at those who have had previous experience in career development, guidance or counselling, with a view to seek and participate in continuing professional development; and for those wishing to launch themselves into this industry, gaining appropriate and relevant skills to successfully work as a Career Practitioner.
Training and Commitment
Industry-based Career Practitioners have the opportunity to undertake professional development which meets their needs; both as practitioners and for accreditation through ACPI (Australian Chapter). This professional development opportunity can deliver a program which: - Recognises the practise management experience needed by practitioners by offering industry based assignment.
- Offers contemporary methodology that builds upon experience, research and reflection, requiring the participant to apply the learning to their daily work and modify future practice.
- Offers a well supported and flexible delivery mode.
Apart from acknowledging accreditation, the Career Practitioners program facilitates ongoing professional extension of coaching, mentoring and career development skills. This is achieved through:
An initial training package – 6 Modules covering: - Career Planning Theory
- Assessment Tools
- Analysis of the World of Work
- Job Search Methodologies
- Consultancy and Change
- Practise Management
Extension Packages – 3 Modules covering: - The Principles of Marketing Practise, also essential to the Career Planning Process
- Counselling Skills
- Networking
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