A new approach to continuing competence

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1 A new approach to continuing competence

2 Why we regulate The purpose of our regulation is to: protect consumers of legal services support the operation of the rule of law and the proper administration of justice

3 Why change 16 hours? No guarantee of competence Wrong sort of learning and development behaviour Compliance not competence New approaches to learning and development

4 Regulatory obligation Principle 5: You must provide a proper standard of service to your clients For a solicitor, an integral part of providing a proper standard of service will be to comply with the Competence Statement for solicitors

5 What does it involve? Removes requirement for solicitors to undertake 16 hours per year of CPD Focuses instead on individual training needs, making sure training is relevant and useful Reflect on practice Identify learning and development needs Plan and address needs Record and evaluate Make an annual declaration

6 Other changes 1 November 2014, no requirement to undertake accredited training Stop authorising external and internal providers from 1 November April 2015, no requirement to undertake Management Course Stage 1 We will no longer award hours for our events

7 Benefits Learning and development can be tailored to individual, role and learning style Freedom and flexibility to determine learning carried out Competence Statement clarifies what we mean by a proper standard of service

8 Competence statement Describes the core skills the public should be able to expect from solicitors: ethics, professionalism and judgement technical legal practice working with other people managing yourself and your work

9 What does this mean for you Until 31 October 2016, solicitors can choose either: To follow existing CPD requirements or From 1 April 2015, adopt the new approach

10 Annual Declaration All solicitors that adopt the new approach will need to make an annual declaration I have reflected on my practice and addressed any identified learning and development needs Declaration made through PCRE by individual solicitor or on behalf of individual solicitor

11 PCRE 2016 PCRE Either: 16-hours declaration or new declaration if adopted new approach in 2014/15 CPD year 2017 PCRE All solicitors will make the new declaration

12 What is reflection? Reflection means creating opportunities to step back from your practice to consider: How you think you are performing What you think you have learned from your experience What you might do differently next time Does not need to be time consuming

13 Other sources Appraisal and performance reviews Client feedback File reviews Competence Statement Output of reflection is a learning and development need

14 What is planning? To help you plan, you may want to think about: what you need to do why you need to it when you need to do it how you will do it prioritising your learning and development needs Record information Review regularly

15 Development Plan

16 Addressing needs Any approach is valid as long as you can demonstrate how it contributes to you delivering a proper standard of service Tailor to suit learning and development needs It is important to turn learning into doing something differently in your job

17 Record and evaluate Record the activity you have undertaken: what you did how it was related to ensuring your competence what you learnt when the activity was completed Evaluate whether the activity addressed your learning and development need(s)

18 Story so far Have you adopted our new approach to continuing competence?

19 Story so far How have you adopted the new approach?

20 Story so far How long did it take you?

21 Story so far Have much did it cost you to adopt the new approach?

22 Further support Tool kit Blogs Video case studies Webinars Engagement events Talk to us

23 CPD toolkit