National Competency Framework for Career Professionals

This project identified the competences required for delivering guidance services in a variety of contexts. As a part of the project, National Competency Framework for Career Professional was developed in a co-creation process involving hundreds of career professionals.
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Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
FIER - Research areas
JYU.Edu
Education, working life, and lifelong guidance
Faculty
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Funding
EU Next generation

Project description

Guidance competency refers to the knowledge, skills, competences and attitudes required to undertake lifelong guidance roles and tasks in whichever setting career guidance is provided (ELPGN, 2015).

National competency descriptions for career professionals spell out the professional skills and ethical principles required for delivering high-quality guidance services regardless of the context in which they are provided. The descriptions also serve as a basis for examining the existing training provision and identifying possible gaps in it as well as for developing basic training and continuing professional development in the field.

The project was a part of a development project on lifelong guidance co-ordinated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, and the Development and Administrative Services Centre (KEHA Centre) and it was implemented by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research.

Publications

      In English

  • Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kettunen, J., Kukkaneva, E., Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2024). A proposal for a National Competency Framework for Career Professionals. Finnish Institute for Educational Research Reports and Working Papers 6. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/6
     

  • Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kukkaneva, E. & Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2024). National Competency Framework for Career Professionals: Assessment Forms. Finnish Institute for Educational Research Reports and Working Papers 9. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/9

    På svenska

  • Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kettunen, J., Kukkaneva, E., Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2024).Kompetensbeskrivning för professionella inom vägledning och handledning. Pedagogiska forskningsinstitutet Rapporter och arbetspapper https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/6
     

  • Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kukkaneva, E. & Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2024). Kompetensbeskrivning för professionella inom vägledning och handledning: Bedömningsformulär. Pedagogiska forskningsinstitutet Rapporter och arbetspapper 5. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/5

    Suomeksi

  • Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kettunen, J., Kukkaneva, E. & Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2023). Ohjausalan ammattilaisten osaamiskuvaukset. Ehdotus kansalliseksi osaamiskehykseksi. Raportteja ja työpapereita 4. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/4
     
  • Kettunen, J., Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kukkaneva, E. & Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2023). Ohjausalan ammattilaisten osaamiskuvaukset: arviointilomakkeet. Raportteja ja työpapereita 7. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/7
     
  • Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., Kettunen, J., Kukkaneva, E. & Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. (2023). Ohjaustyön osaamiskuvausten selvitys ja yhteiskehittämisprosessi. Raportteja ja työpapereita 10. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. https://doi.org/10.17011/ktl-rt/10

Project team

Project leaders

Jaana Kettunen
Jaana Kettunen
Research Professor, Vice Director

Project members

Outi Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen
Outi Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen
Project Manager

External members

Helena Kasurinen

Erityisasiantuntija
HK career guidance and consulting Ldt

Research groups

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Research group

Lifelong guidance - guidance research

Elinikäinen ohjaus