5.1 – Develop Evidence-Based Interventions
Purpose & Context
Career Development Professionals (CDPs) keep well-informed of research presenting empirical evidence of interventions that work best to help clients find and keep meaningful employment. Using these insights, CDPs develop evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes.
Effective Performance
Competent career development professionals must be able to:
- P1. Identify barriers faced by client, e.g. limited education, poverty, lack of Canadian work experience
- P2. Develop measurable client outcomes, for example:
- Resolve pre-employability or job readiness needs
- Make career decisions
- Enhance skills
- Find a job
- Maintain a job
- Advance career
- P3. Review research to identify intervention best suited to client
- P4. Develop intervention, for example:
- Formulate objectives
- Write action plan
- P5. Monitor individual progress throughout the intervention, for example:
- Discuss client’s perception of progress
- Review action plan regularly
- P6. Measure the effectiveness of the intervention, e.g. goal achievement, level of social participation
- P7. Adjust intervention when necessary
- P8. Complete required records within required timeframe
- P9. Share outcomes with others to improve field of practice, e.g. colleagues, researchers, policy makers
Knowledge & Understanding
Competent career development professionals must know and understand:
- K1. Code of Ethics
- K2. Legislation, e.g. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
- K3. Evidence-based intervention design
Contextual Variables
Competent career development professionals must be able to perform this competency in the following range of contexts:
Glossary & Key References
Terms
Industry-specific terms contained in the standard defined here, where applicable.
Evidence-based research: research guided by descriptive and qualitative research and scientific principles.
Information Sources and Resources for Consideration
Context Rating Scales
Criticality
Q: What is the consequence of a professional being unable to perform this skill according to the standard?
Frequency
Q: How frequent and under what conditions is this skill performed?
Level of Difficulty
Q: Under routine circumstances, how would you rate the level of difficulty in performing this skill?
Time Required to Gain Proficiency
Q: What is the average length of time or number of repeated events that are minimally necessary for an individual to become proficient in performing the skill to the standard?
To become fully proficient in this competency, a career development professional requires a minimum of one year of experience with at least 40 different clients, representing a broad range of individuals.
Autonomy
Practitioners typically perform this competency without supervision, and as part of a team and/or alone.
Automation
It is unlikely that this competency will automate.