The Standards Council for Community Learning and Development for Scotland is the professional body for those working in community learning and development.
Its vision is one of supporting the continuing improvement of community learning and development practice to provide quality services for communities and individuals across Scotland.
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has directed the CLD Standards Council to:
- deliver a professional approvals structure for qualifications, courses and development opportunities for everyone involved in CLD
- consider and establish a registration system available to practitioners delivering and active in CLD practice
- develop and establish a model of supported induction, CPD and training opportunities.
The Standards Council is made up of four committees: Approval, CPD, Registration and Executive. More than 50 people from across the full spectrum of activity in CLD sit on them.
The committee members have a wide-range of knowledge and expertise, with backgrounds in the voluntary sector, social enterprise and local authorities. They include practitioners, managers, trainers and academics, specialists in youth work, adult literacies, community development and more.
The Standards Council is committed to:
- ensuring high quality workforce development strategies, including a supported induction stage, through their work with employers and national partners
- advocating on behalf of the sector on matters pertaining to registration, training courses and CPD in CLD
- advising government with regard to registration, training courses and CPD in CLD.
Key projects that the Standards Council has undertaken to date include:
- drafting, consulting on and publishing the CPD Strategy for CLD
- refreshing the CLD Competences and producing a resource pack to support their use
- refreshing the Guidelines for the Approval of CLD Learning Programmes
- drafting, consulting on and publishing a Code of Ethics for CLD.
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