C4.1 Planning and organisation

C4.1 Planning and organisation

Career professionals plan and organises their work in accordance with the ethical principles of the field, quality criteria, local needs, and operating conditions, as well as legislation, administrative guidelines and regulations that impact professional practice.

The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

  • the importance of strategic competency in guidance work
  • legislation, regulations and administrative instructions that impact professional practice
  • various user groups of services
  • guidance as part of the organisation's overall operations and its operating culture
  • their work as part of the regional and local lifelong guidance ecosystem
  • available resources and multisectoral overall resources for the provision of services
  • the basis for the most appropriate and efficient use of existing multisectoral overall resources

The career professional is able to

  • draw up an action plan as a basis for their work (see also section C3.2 Multisectoral networking)
  • identify the essential user groups for guidance services in their administrative sector
  • carry out an assessment of service needs among different user groups
  • plan guidance and guidance services as part of their organisation's operations
  • plan guidance and guidance services as part of the services of regional cooperation networks
  • create a culture of trust and openness in their work community as a basis for cooperation
  • proactively develop guidance and guidance services

Contextual variables

Comprehensive and upper level secondary education Comprehensive and upper level secondary education
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The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

  • the basics of school level legislation, curriculum, and qualifications
  • other administrative guidelines and instructions concerning the level of education
  • institutional strategic and operational plan for guidance provision

The career professional is able to

  • plan, implement and evaluate guidance in accordance with legislation concerning the level of education and the administrative guidelines, curricula and qualification criteria guiding the activities
  • plan, implement and evaluate in accordance with institutional strategic and operational plan for guidance provision
Higher education Higher education
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The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

  • higher education legislation, administrative guidelines, and qualification criteria
  • institutional strategic and operational plan for guidance provision

The career professional is able to

  • plan, implement and evaluate guidance in accordance with higher educa-tion legislation and administrative guidelines
  • plan, implement and evaluate guidance according to the institutional strategic and operational plan for guidance provision
Employment services Employment services
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The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

  • legislation and national and regional guidelines on the operation of employment services
  • common operating principles, plans and guidelines of their own organisation

The career professional is able to

  • plan, implement and evaluate guidance services in accordance with legis-lation and administrative and organisational guidelines of the employment services
  • respect the right of individuals to self-determination and autonomy in harmony with other normative obligations of the employment services
Ohjaamo One-Stop-Guidance Centers Ohjaamo One-Stop-Guidance Centers
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The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

  • legislation on the operation of Ohjaamo One-Stop-Guidance Centers and national and regional guidelines
  • common operating principles, plans and guidelines of their own organisa-tion

The career professional is able to

  • design, implement and evaluate guidance services in accordance with national, regional and organisational guidelines