21 August 2015

6 things you should know about the HCPC’s Education and Training Committee

Education Manager, Tracey Samuel-Smith, explains the key roles of our Education and Training Committee (ETC) and how their decisions can impact education providers.

The ETC is a statutory committee of the Council, and advises on matters relating to education, training and registration. Members of the Committee make up the Education and Training Panels who deal with visitor’s reports from the approval and monitoring processes. Their decisions directly impact education providers so it’s important to understand their role. 

Here’s six things that, as an education provider,
you should know about the ETC:


1. The Education and Training Committee consider recommendations from appointed visitors about whether a programme has met the appropriate standards.

2. The Education and Training Committee comprises six members of Council - three registrant and three lay members (in accordance with our Code of Corporate Governance). As such, not all of our regulated professions are represented on the Committee. Therefore they use visitor recommendations to make a final decision on programme approval and ongoing approval.

3. The Education and Training Committee will consider input from education providers, who have the opportunity to contribute to the decision-making process by submitting observations on any condition or recommendation in a visitors’ report. 

4. The Committee can vary any condition or recommendation in a visitors’ report. For example when they decide a condition exceeds threshold or is not relevant to a standard.

5. The Committee can withdraw approval from any education or training programme that closes or no longer meets our standards.

6. The Education and Training Panel sits ten times per year. Dates of panel meetings are available on the HCPC website. These dates should be considered by education providers planning a visit or undertaking a significant change to a programme.

For more information about the HCPC’s Education and Training Committee, visit www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutus/committees


1 comment:

  1. Why did your committe pass a person with one degree in social science gained in Australia who themselves don't except this degree to become a social worker yet HCPC EGLAND turned it into a BA social worker degree.
    Info from Australia;
    CSU's Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) equips graduates with the skills required to work in a variety of community social services.
    • Why study this course?
    The Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) equips graduates with the skills required to work in a variety of community social services. The Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) is widely recognized as a base grade qualification for employment with many human service providing agencies within Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments as well as non-government charities and private service providers. The course is primarily intended for those graduates of Australian TAFE and Registered Training Organizations offering the two-year full-time (or equivalent) Diploma of Community Welfare or similar. The course is ideal for students whose employment preferences do not require their eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) upon graduation.
    Professional recognition
    The Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) degree is recognised throughout Australia, and by the Commonwealth and NSW Public Services as an approved three-year tertiary qualification for employment purposes. It is envisaged that the specialisation of gerontology could also gain recognition for employment in the sector where a focus on aged care work is required.
    HCPC are cheating the system cheating real students studying the corruption has to stop and the only way is to sack and bring in new staff no wonder so many families are have the children stolen by corruption and this is what it is HCPC Corruption management

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