National Competency Profile Validation Survey On-Line
March 15, - April 18 2008
Survey link: CAPPE Competency Validation Survey
The British Columbia Task Group for Counselling Regulation has developed an Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile that is being recommended as the minimum standard for registration with the proposed BC College of Counselling Therapists. CAPPE BC is participating in the Validation Survey for this Competency Profile and CAPPE National is sponsoring the opportunity for all of its members across Canada to participate in this survey as well. The Competency Profile has already been validated by a number of other counselling-related professions across Canada.
The Competency Profile is a list of “Generic Entry-to-Practice” competency statements, each representing a job skill, learned knowledge and inherent values that are applied in professional practice. Competencies may be used as a benchmark to review existing and new educational requirements and as a basis for mobility/portability of Professional Association and College members across the provinces. Competency requirements are the standard on which the Federal Government requires professions to base registration criteria.
The National Survey is comprised of three sections:
- Demographic Questions
- The proposed BC Entry-to-Practice Competencies (applicable to all Chaplains and Pastoral Counsellors)
- The proposed Spiritual Care Specialty Competencies (which have been developed based on the DACUM Core Competencies)
The validation of the Spiritual Care Specialty Competencies will provide data for Ontario and BC to begin to develop competency requirements for college registration at the ‘advanced’ or ‘specialized’ level for the Spiritual Care Professional. Both Entry Level and Specialty Level registration must be reflective of curriculum requirements within CAPPE education programs. The validation of the Spiritual Care Specialty Competencies is preparatory work that will enable CAPPE to position itself as a leader in shaping the Spiritual Care Specialty within any provincial college. The validation of both Entry-to-Practice competencies and Specialty competencies will enable everyone to see the larger picture of college registration as it relates to our profession.
It is imperative that CAPPE continue to develop national competencies for its educational programs that are preparatory for individual registration within a provincial college. The Validation Survey is a vehicle through which CAPPE can achieve this imperative. It also provides CAPPE as an organization, and each one of us, the opportunity to reflect on what we do and why it is important.
Ontario CAPPE members will be participating in the Validation Survey as well as a second survey that is preparatory to the formation of the Ontario College of Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists. The two surveys have been designed to avoid overlap and ensure clear relationships between the BC competencies, the Ontario competencies and the CAPPE specialty competencies. Ontario CAPPE members will be asked to first complete the Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile for Psychotherapy and Registered Mental Health Therapy in the Province of Ontario, and secondly, to complete only Section B, The Spiritual Care Professional Competencies, of the national mailing.
The Validation Survey will require a willingness to give of your time and may require up to 1-½ hours to complete. In recognition of the donation of your time, the Professional Practice Commission will enter your name into a lottery. The winner of the lottery will receive one year’s membership free of charge.
The survey is open on-line March 15, 2008 and will close on April 18, 2008. We will have an opportunity at our National Conference in Victoria to further discuss its implications for us as individual members of CAPPE and as an organization.
CAPPE Competency Validation Survey
Thank you for your time and participating in this vision for Professional Spiritual Care giving.
Mary Catherine Fortuna, CAPPE Certified Chaplain
BC College Development Lead and CAPPE representative on the BC Task Group
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