A3.1 Reflective professional practice

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Career professionals critically evaluate, refine, and renew their work in collaboration with clients, colleagues, various actors in guidance and stakeholders.

The career professional has knowledge and understanding of

underpinning principles and features of critical reflection
underpinning conceptions, values and attitudes as well as thinking and operating models related to working as a career professional (see also section B2 Guidance and learning theories)
the boundaries of their profession and competency (see also A1.2 Professional responsibility)
the background and societal basis for organising guidance (see also section C1.1 Guidance in society)
the systemic nature of guidance (see also section C Systemic competency)

The career professional is able to

evaluate the ethical, theoretical, and philosophical principles behind their activities and their impact on guidance work (see also section B2.6 Guidance philosophy)
critically examine their activities in different guidance relationships and guidance-related processes in accordance with the ethical guidelines and principles of the field
assess the development of their competency and professional identity, and identify their strengths and areas for development
identify and evaluate the outcomes and impact of their activities from the perspective of the individual, the guidance process, and their organisation and the wider society
critically evaluate and renew their work in cooperation with clients, various collaborative partners and stakeholders
describe the role and locus of guidance as part of the basic task of their own organisation and policy sector

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