Training for Career Development Professionals: Responding to Supply and Demand in the Next Decade

Patton, Wendy

doi:10.1177/103841620201100317

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“…A consequence has been the larger numbers of people from a wide range of professions who do not have specific training in career development engaging in the provision of career guidance services. The dearth of training provision for career development practitioners in Australia has been well documented (McCowan & McKenzie, 1997;NBEET, 1992;Patton, 2002), and was highlighted in the OECD review Report in 2002. This report concluded that ''too often, qualifications from apparently related fields seem to be regarded as proxies for guidance qualifications without any verification of whether they assure the requisite competencies or not.…”

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“…Overall, while policy reports have emphasised the need for a comprehensive career guidance service to be available for all Australians, a decline in real support for career education occurred (McCowan & Hyndman, 1998;Patton, 2002), and career personnel in schools having their time devoted to careers work reduced (Harrison, 1999). While a review of six countries (France, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and Great Britain) conducted by McCowan and Hyndman (1998) revealed career work increasing in national importance, until recently Australia remained ''conspicuous for its lack of focus on career activity as a major national priority'' (p. 39).…”

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Coming of Age? Overview of Career Guidance Policy and Practice in Australia

Patton

2005

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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In recent years significant international focus has highlighted the critical importance of managing life, learning and work in a constantly changing labour market. This changing world and the corresponding need for individuals to engage in repeated decision-making about learning and work has raised the importance of and necessity for the provision of career development services across the lifespan. This challenge is being addressed by many countries across the globe. Within this context, this paper discusses the initiatives enhancing the status of career service provision in Australia.Re´sume´. Qu'en est-il du temps de la vie? Vue d'ensemble de la politique et de la pratique en matie`re d'orientation professionnelle en Australie. Ces dernie`res anne´es, une attention particulie`re s'est manifeste´e au plan international qui souligne l'importance critique de la gestion de la vie, de l'e´tude et du travail dans un marche´du travail en mutation constante. Ce monde en mutation et le besoin correspondant des individus de s'engager dans un processus de prise de de´cision re´pe´te´au sujet de l'apprentissage et du travail soule`vent la question de l'importance et de la ne´cessite´de fournir des services d'aide au de´veloppement de la vie professionnelle pendant toute la dure´e de l'existence. De nombreux pays de par le monde s'attaquent a`ce de´fi. Dans ce contexte, cet article discute les initiatives qui valorisent le statut des services d'orientation professionnelle mis a`disposition en Australie.Zusammenfassung. Erwachsen geworden? Ü berblick u¨ber die Berufsberatungspolitik und -praxis in Australien. In den letzten Jahren hat eine wesentliche internationale Aufmerksamkeit die u¨berragende Bedeutung herausgestellt, die der Selbstorganisation der Lebensfu¨hrung, des Lernens und der Arbeit in einem sich sta¨ndig vera¨ndernden Arbeitsmarkt zukommt. Diese sich a¨ndernde Welt und die entsprechende Notwendigkeit fu¨r den Einzelnen, sich wiederholt mit Entscheidungsprozessen auf dem Gebiet des Lernens und der Arbeit auseinander zu setzen hat die Wichtigkeit und die Notwendigkeit eines lebensbegleitenden Angebots an Berufsberatungsdiensten betont. Dieser Aufgabe stellen sich viele La¨nder rund um die Erde. In diesem Zusammenhang stellt dieser Artikel die Initiativen aus Australien vor, mit denen dort das Angebot an Berufsberatung weiterentwickelt wurde.Resumen. ?'Alcanzando la madurez? Panorama de la Polı´tica y Pra´ctica de la Orientacio´n para la Carrera en Australia. En an˜os recientes, el foco de intere´s en el a´mbito internacional ha resaltado la importancia de gestionar la vida, el aprendizaje, y el trabajo en un mercado laboral cambiante. Estos cambios continuos, y la consecuente necesidad de los individuos a estar permanentemente tomando decisiones sobre el aprendizaje y el trabajo, ha aumentado la relevancia y la necesidad de los servicios de orientacio´n para la carrera a lo largo del ciclo vital. Este reto esta´siendo afrontado por muchos paı´ses alrededor del mundo. En este contexto, el artı´culo presenta las in...

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Section: The Provision and Support Of Training And Recognition Of Promentioning

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Section: The Post School Contextmentioning

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Coming of Age? Overview of Career Guidance Policy and Practice in Australia

Patton

2005

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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“…She sees this as a potential threat to the credibility of the career counseling profession in Australia since many of these individuals may lack specific training in the career development field. This in turn highlights the comparative lack of training opportunities for career development practitioners in Australia (McCowan & McKenzie, 1997; Patton, 2002). Furthermore for more general counseling psychology there exist only five universities offering accredited courses that provide the basis for membership of the APS College of Counselling Psychologists.…”

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The Current State and Future Direction of Counseling Psychology in Australia

Pryor

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2007

Applied Psychology

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Cet article décrit l'état actuel de la psychologie du counseling en Australie en termes de forces, faiblesses, opportunités et menaces. Parmi les forces identifiées, on trouve un champ professionnel très énergique, un large éventail d'activités de plus en plus acceptées de la part du public, des revues à comité de lecture, et une activité de recherche significative s'appuyant sur un engagement manifeste dans une démarche basée sur la preuve et appliquée au counseling. Les faiblesses soulignent l'accès inéquitable en termes de coût et d'éloignement géographique aux services de counseling de larges parties de la population australienne. La technologie fournit une occasion de relever des défis d'accès, de coût et d'implantation. En outre, les rapides changements économiques fournissent des opportunités pour les counselors de travailler activement avec des clients confrontés à des changements rapides et inattendus. Clairement, la psychologie du counseling se différencie comme champ théorique, de recherche et de pratique. Simultanément, elle peut mettre à disposition les compétences des psychologues du counseling lors d'investigations transdisciplinaires et d'applications ce qui constitue l'un des plus grands défis pour les psychologues australiens du counseling. Les développements futurs de la psychologie du counseling en Australie sont dépeints.This article outlines the current state of counseling psychology in Australia in terms of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths identified include a vibrant field of professional activity, a wide range of activities, increasing levels of public acceptance, successful peer-reviewed journals, and significant research activity that underlies a widespread commitment to an evidence-based approach to counseling. Weaknesses include the inequitable access to counseling services both in terms of cost and the geographic remoteness of parts of the Australian population. Technology provides an opportunity to address access, cost, and delivery challenges. Furthermore, the rapidly changing economic landscape provides opportunities for counselors to work proactively with clients who are confronted by rapid and unplanned change. Clearly differentiating counseling psychology as a field of theory, research, and practice while

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“…T h e results with respect to the training of career professionals in Australia clearly indicated a need for improvement. Despite the presence of eight postgraduate programs in career counselling offered by Australian universities (Patton, 2002), formal training for the profession was deemed inadequate. Unlike some professions that have career counselling as a subsidiary professional activity (e.g., psychologist, guidance officer), the professional entity of career counsellor is not regulated by state or commonwealth legislation.…”

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