Becoming actively engaged in your professional body through a network role is a fantastic professional development opportunity . You ’ ll be able to actively shape your community , grow your skill set , influence key activities , build valuable connections with your peers and develop leadership skills that directly advance your profession …”
Becoming actively engaged in your professional body through a network role is a fantastic professional development opportunity . You ’ ll be able to actively shape your community , grow your skill set , influence key activities , build valuable connections with your peers and develop leadership skills that directly advance your profession …”
The CDF sets out four pillars and nine levels of development to enable occupational therapists to plan and track their progress . This means these positions will be rooted in the guiding principles that practitioners are already familiar with and working towards as part of their professional development . This will enable us to :
• Provide structure to our volunteer roles in the context of your roles as OTs .
• Offer members greater clarity on expectations if you are interested in taking on a volunteer position .
• Clearly set out how members can develop and progress in their volunteer positions .
• Support volunteers to apply the skills and experiences they develop into their professional roles and career development .
Our new volunteer positions
Together with members and volunteers , we ’ ve identified the new community leadership positions that we need to deliver active , engaging and impactful networks ( see table ).
Each position has a detailed role description setting out what we ’ re looking for members to bring to these roles and how we ’ ll support them .
Emma Grover , RCOT Professional Development Lead , says : ‘ Becoming actively engaged in your professional body through a network role is a fantastic professional development opportunity .
Role
Career development framework level
You ’ ll be able to actively shape your community , grow your skill set , influence key activities , build valuable connections with your peers and develop leadership skills that directly advance your profession .
‘ By using the RCOT Career Development Framework , we ’ ll offer members structure towards their development that they can monitor and track as they progress .’
Core purpose
Executives |
9 |
Provide executive leadership and to promote their practice , professional or regional network . |
Leads |
7 / 8 |
Provide strategic leadership across networks or towards network activities related to a specific function , for example equity , diversity and belonging , continuing professional development , research or member engagement . |
Co-ordinators |
5 / 6 |
Design and deliver network activities related to a specific function to support networks achieve their objectives . |
Get involved
If you want to find out more about supporting our new communities by taking on a community leadership position visit www . rcot . co . uk / reimagining-communities . You ’ ll find detailed role descriptions for all the positions and details of how to express your interest in a position .
If you need any help or would like more information , please contact communities @ rcot . co . uk .
Words DR NIKKI DANIELS , RCOT Head of Communities and Connections , and DR CHRISTINA FUENTES TIBBITT , RCOT Communities Manager communities @ rcot . co . uk
November 2024 OTnews 17