Stands for Continued Personal and Professional Development and Is Used to Prove That A

CPPD...... stands for Continued Personal and Professional Development and is used to prove that a person has kept their knowledge up to date. CPPD forms an important part of an officers working life which will help you throughout your career and is also used within the TSQF when you are due awards.

This guidance outlines commonly asked questions and the procedure for supplying this to the Qualifications Team.

CPPD is the process of collecting together documentation that outlines the skills and knowledge that you have gained over a 12 month period. This can be from a formal training course but also from your daily work duties. This allows you to apply what you have learnt.

In essence your CPPD -  provides an overview of your professional development to date;  reminds you of your achievements and how far you've progressed  directs your career and helps you keep your eye on your goals  uncovers gaps in your skills and capabilities  Opens up further development needs  provides examples and scenarios for a CV or interview  demonstrates your professional standing to clients and employers  helps you with your career development or a possible career change.

The collection of evidence for your CPPD record proves to your authority that they can be assured that you have the knowledge and ability to carry out your duties day to day. This also helps should you need to provide evidence to CTSI for the use towards awards within the TSQF. Below are types of evidence you can use, not exhaustive:

Reading professional journals or changes to Learning from colleagues or shared learning legislative changes, or leanring new from networking methods of working - Internal & external training - TS Today / Review - Seminars - e-learning - Working with colleagues on - Regulators' Development Needs projects/investigations Analysis (RDNA)

Shadowing an experienced colleagues Coaching and mentoring - Gaining experience and knowledge from - Teaching others and providing others knowledge to others

Organisational or role changes Critical incidents or events - Reflections and learning points taking on - Lessons learned from situations that new responsibility occur - Learing from secondments to other - Any planning and reporting required departments or organisations/temporary job swaps within departments - Covering for colleagues from other sections or deputising

The next section looks at the requirements for CPPD and Awards. CPPD and Exemptions and Exams

This section explains the process for providing CPPD for Awards within the TSQF.

The use of exemptions or exams within the TSQF are subject to rules regarding how old they are.

If you have sat an exam within the TSQF or sat an exam elsewhere and it is now over five years old since you sat them, you will need to give the team CPPD evidence that shows you have kept your knowledge up to date.

The diagram below explains what the 5 year rule is.

What to do checklist 

1 Identify what subjects need CPPD.

2 Download the appropriate Syllabus.

3 Collate evidence ensuring aligned to syllabus.

4 Does your evidence total the hours needed?

5 Take copies and post or email to team.

6 Received confirmation of receipt of evidence?

7 Has the evidence been accepted? (must allow a couple of weeks minimum)

Step 1 Step 2 You will receive an email The team log which subjects confirming that your and the evidence received evidence has been received. and email to the assessor.

Step 3 Step 4 The assessor will look at They will check how many what evidence is submitted hours can be attributed to and whether it correlates to the evidence, does it meet the syllabus. the requirement. Step 5 Step 6 The assessor sends the You will be contacted to team a report indicating if inform if the evidence has the evidence meets the been agreed or if further requirements. evidence needed. When CPPD evidence has been approved, the outcome will last for 5 years.

If a further five years goes past and you are put forward for a new award that uses the subject you've previously had approved; you will be asked to provide new CPPD evidence again.

Depending on the subjects needing CPPD will determine how many hours CPPD evidence is needed.