How to record your CPD

Published: 04/09/2023

This video provides step-by-step guidance on how to record your continuing professional development (CPD) on the Research in Practice website and upload it to Social Work England.

This video provides step-by-step guidance on how to record your continuing professional development (CPD) on the Research in Practice website and upload it to Social Work England.

CPD can range from attending a learning event to reflecting on a piece of research, listening to a podcast or using a practice tool – anything that has had a positive impact upon your practice and development.

Research in Practice learning resources enable you to make evidence-informed decisions and support you to continue to develop in your role. Anyone with an account can easily keep an ongoing record of their CPD by signing in and navigating to ‘Your CPD’. 

Length: 5 minutes. 

Talking Points 

This video looks at: 

  • How you can record CPD on the Research in Practice website.
  • How you can use the Research in Practice CPD page to record CPD with Social Work England.
  • The range of resources that are available with your Research in Practice account that can support you to access to meet your CPD requirements.

Reflective questions  

  • What Research in Practice resources, research or blogs have you read that have impacted your social work practice?
  • Have you attended any Research in Practice learning events that have influenced your practice?
  • How might you use different types of resources to embed learning in your work?

Related resources  

All Research in Practice resources allow you to add to your CPD record. We are providing guidance and information to support the recording, registration and regulation of CPD over the coming months which will be available on our dedicated CPD page.

Professional Standards

PQS:KSS - Promote and govern excellent practice | Developing excellent practitioners | Purposeful and effective social work | Performance management and improvement | Lead and govern excellent practice | Creating a context for excellent practice | Designing a system to support effective practice | Developing excellent practitioners | Support effective decision-making | Quality assurance and improvement | The role of social workers | Developing confident and capable social workers

PCF - Professionalism | Knowledge | Critical reflection and analysis

RCOT - Support development | Identify needs

CPD recording, registration and regulation

If you have a Research in Practice account you can easily keep a record of your continuing professional development.
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