What can RCSLT do for you A student perspective

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What can RCSLT do for you?A student perspective

• Moira Little
• Deputy Chair
• RCSLT Scotland Board
• With thanks to Rubana Hussein,
• Professional Development Standards Manager, RCSLT
• Rubana.Hussein_at_rcslt.org

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Today

• Whats the role of your professional body?
• Why should you belong to RCSLT?
• How does RCSLT support you in your transition
  from student to practitioner?
• Whats the difference between RCSLT and Health
  Professions Council?
• RCSLT supporting your CPD
• What is RCSLT involved in at the moment?

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What does RCSLT do?

• A wide range of benefits and services for its
  members
• Represents the interests of the profession to the
  public, government, voluntary organisations and
  other professions
• Publishes position papers on topics affecting the
  profession (critical care position paper)

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What does RCSLT do?

• Represents the profession in each of the UK
  devolved governments
• Works with SLT professional associations overseas
• Provides support and advice to SLTs, members of
  the public and clients

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What does RCSLT do?

• Certifies SLT qualifying courses so that
  graduates are eligible for RCSLT membership

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How does RCSLT decide what to do?
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How does RCSLT decide what to do?

• The work of RCSLT is overseen and governed by
  Council, a group of SLTs elected by the
  membership
• Members make important contributions to the work
  of RCSLT (on a voluntary basis)

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Member Benefits
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RCSLT member benefitsWhats in it for you?

• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Bulletin supplement (SLT magazine)
• CQ3 an essential guide to your professional
  standards
• Member website area

• Clinical Guidelines to support and guide
  decision-making (evidence based practice)
• International Journal of Language and Disorders
  of Communication (6x per year)

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RCSLT member benefits

• Opportunities to work with RCSLT
• NQP framework
• Access to information services and confidential
  advice

• Support for your CPD RCSLT online diary,
  Toolkit
• Information about professional networks such as
  specific interest groups (SIGs)

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Members Questions
I want to set up an online SIG. What are the
legal implications of discussing cases online?
Ive had an idea about a new use for a type of
therapy. How do I protect my intellectual
property?
I do not agree with my managers decision on
treating a patient what can I do?
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Student to Therapist
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From Student to Therapist

• Starting your career as a Speech and Language
• Therapist an essential guide
• This RCSLT publication is sent to all SLT
  graduates and provides information about finding
  and applying for a job, and your continuing
  professional development as an SLT
• Practising membership forms can be downloaded
  from the RCSLT website

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First year of practice

• Newly qualified therapists are entered into the
  NQP category of RCSLT membership when they
  graduate
• You then transfer to certified member after
  approx one year of satisfactory working practice,
  confirmed by your manager

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RCSLT NQP Framework

• RCSLT has developed a competency-based framework
  for NQPs to support learning and development in
  the first year of practice it also provides
  evidence that you are ready to transfer to full
  membership
• The framework is used as part of the supervision
  and support systems you would expect from your
  employer in your first post www.rcslt.org/resour
  ces/newlyqualifiedpractitioner

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Sample NQP Framework
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RCSLT and HPC
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RCSLT and HPC

• RCSLT
• Professional Body
• Supports patients and practitioners
• Member-led, Responds to government policy
• Holds the body of knowledge for the SLT profession

• HPC
• Regulatory Body
• Protects the public
• Operates in line with legislation Health
  Professions Order
• Sets threshold standards of proficiency for 13
  professions

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RCSLT and HPC

• Responds to HPC consultations
• Produces Curriculum Guidance and Standards for
  Practice Based Learning to support universities
  in meeting HPCs standards of education and
  training
• Inputs to HPC professional liaison groups
• Represents RCSLT members interests to HPC e.g.
  deregistration

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CPD
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What is CPD?

• The Health Professions Council (HPC) defines CPD
  as follows
• A range of learning activities through which
  health professionals maintain and develop
  throughout their career to ensure that they
  retain their capacity to practice safely,
  effectively and legally within their evolving
  scope of practice.

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Providing supportThe RCSLT CPD toolkit

• Contains guidance on..
• Personal Development Plans
• Reflective writing
• Significant event analysis
• CPD and audit
• CPD and peer review
• CPD and mentoring

• HPC requirements for CPD

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RCSLT Policy and Partnerships
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Policy and Partnerships Team

• What is policy? Why is it important?
• Policy is a set or principles or a plan which
  guides an organisation.
• Government policy in health, education and social
  care shapes the environments you will work in.
• Partnership working with other organisations
  is one way to help to influence policy.

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Policy and Partnerships Team

• Who are the policy and partnerships team?
• CPOs trained SLTs, based in every nation
• Policy Officers non-SLTs, work to support CPOs,
  based around policy topics
• Governed by a board of members

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Policy and Partnerships Team

• What kind of work do we do?
• Responding to consultations
• Lobbying and campaigning
• Providing expertise and advice
• Events and conferences

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Policy and Partnerships Team

• Bercow Review
• Review of SLCN services for children in England,
  produced 40 recommendations in July 2008
• Five themes - communication is crucial, early
  identification and intervention, services
  designed around the family, joint working is
  critical, postcode lottery
• Next steps
• What will be the impact on the profession and for
  you?

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Policy and Partnerships Team

• Graduate Unemployment
• Why did this happen?
• What is the situation at the moment?
• What are RCSLT doing?
• How will this affect you?

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Policy and Partnerships Team

• If you would like more information about the
  team or any of our work, please contact
• Sarah Keegan, Policy Officer
• sarah.keegan_at_rcslt.org
• 0207 378 3003

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Getting involved with RCSLT

• As a member you can contribute by
• joining specific interest groups
• being involved in RCSLT boards, committees and
  working groups
• participating in consultations on RCSLT policy
  development
• becoming an advisor (a network of SLTs offering
  clinical/professional advice in their specialist
  areas)
• writing articles for Bulletin

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RCSLT Contacts

• Membership Services Tel. [phone]
• Email membership_at_rcslt.org
• Information Services Tel. [phone]
• Email information_at_rcslt.org
• We always welcome feedback from you
• www.rcslt.org