Earlier this year, IACD partner, the Scottish Community Learning and Development Standards Council held a public vote of its members. The result of the vote was 92% in favour of the proposal for having a public register of community learning and development practitioners employed across the country. (Community learning and development embraces community education and community development occupations employed by a wide range of municipal, public sector and non governmental organisations).
It is a declaration that they are an open and proud profession. Happy to be recognised publicly.
The public register will make it simpler for members to provide evidence of membership when applying for jobs.
It will make it simpler for employers verifying applicants for jobs.
If someone wished to make a complaint about a practitioner they could verify the person’s membership status.
The public register will permit searching for a member by name, and will then show the membership status and geographical region that the member predominantly works in.
We shall be holding a panel debate at the World Community Development Conference this month, being held in Dundee, Scotland, on professional training issues, including practitioner registrations.
The Scottish Standards Council, IACD partner in producing international standards for community development, will be working over the next couple of months to put the register online and will advise members and employers when the system is live.
426 votes were cast
392 voted YES in favour of a public register.
You can find out more from
CLD Standards Council for Scotland
The Optima
58 Robertson Street
Glasgow, G2 8DU
United Kingdom
