ACS DSW Competency Road Map Phase II

2012

The current report represents Phase II of the Road Map of Core Competencies for the Direct Service Workforce. It follows Phase I, which provides an inventory and overview of competency initiatives developed in the United States to improve training and proficiency of the direct support workforce within and across several sectors, including behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and aging. This Phase II report builds on the Phase I Road Map process. The purpose is to share findings from a comparative analysis and systematic review of the competency sets identified during Phase I. Individual competency sets are applied in a comprehensive content analysis in order to provide a force field analysis and to pinpoint the feasibility of a core competency initiative. Finally, the authors provide some possible next steps that might be taken to advance the field in the area of competency development and implementation.

workforce, direct support professionals, core competency, cross sector, long term services and supports

Reports and monographs

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/tiki-index.php

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