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      • C1 Professional Behaviour
      • C2 Interpersonal Competence
      • C3 Career Development Knowledge
      • C4 Needs Assessment and Referral
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      • S1 Assessment
      • S2 Facilitated Individual and Group Learning
      • S3 Career Counselling
      • S4 Information and Resource Management
      • S5 Work Development
      • S6 Community Capacity Building
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Self-Assessment and Professional Development for Career Practitioners

The Canadian Standards & Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs)

Assess yourself against this competency and record your evidence, actions, and plans in your
Career Competence Self-Assessment and Professional Development Form.

S5.1.1 – Liaise with clients, employers and professionals

S5 – Work Development

S5.1 – Develop Work Opportunities for Clients

S5.1.1 – Liaise with clients, employers and professionals

Why is this competency important?

  • to create employment opportunities for clients
  • to actively market clients to employers
  • to avoid duplication of services
  • to educate employers
  • to develop key workplace/community agency contacts
  • to improve clients’ potential for entering the workplace environment
  • to identify a proper fit between clients and key contacts
  • to help ensure inclusion of all clients
  • to help clients to be self-reliant

To demonstrate this competency, career development practitioners must:

  • identify and collaborate with interested organizations, e.g., employers, non-profit organizations, unions, employment equity organizations, government agencies
  • initiate and follow up on initial contacts with potential employers
  • assist employers in accessing appropriate information/services relevant to employers’ requests, e.g., upgrading programs for staff
  • maintain contacts in organizations that include clients, employers, professionals
  • maintain contacts in government agencies
  • maintain memberships
  • maintain databases, if available

The Career Competence Self-Assessment and Professional Development Planning Tool for Career Development Practitioners is developed by Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) and is made possible by The Canadian Standards & Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners.

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