“I use RCOT career development framework (and AHP framework). I refer to each pillar in my annual appraisal and use them set achievable learning goals for the year” “I used this and the NES DNAT to map my career levels and it helped me apply for a new position as an advanced practitioner” “It’s something I’m really interested in but in working life other things have taken priority. Lack of time to spend exploring these” “Regularly use career development framework as my appraisal so minimum yearly but often six months into new job” “Have also structured supervision and appraisals for myself and others in this format of four pillars when my development does not always fit employer templates. Helpful to see where levels go up but also down” “guidance and time to be able to ‘figure out next steps’”
To develop agency and autonomy in your career – you need to set time aside regularly to engage and reflect on your employability and career to really understand what it important to you for your life long and life wide employability. Work is not just about work – it impacts on our wider life. Getting into good habits with regular pit stops to reflect and consider where you are and where you want to be, will help to support and guide and inspire you, provide meaning and positivity to your work, and its contribution to wider life.
There are various frameworks available for you to “track” where you are and where the next stages may be for your development. Within this section there are a range of career framework resources across the pillars of practice for you to look at and to consider using, to help frame your reflections and career decisions.
