In this unit, you will consider lifelong learning within the context of a career. You will develop knowledge and skills which will enable you to lead the delivery of career development programs to a wide-ranging clientele.

As a practitioner, you need to develop skills to create innovative and flexible programs that will meet individual needs and have a solid theoretical foundation as the basis of your practice. You will consider how varied theories and models of career development can inform your practice.

This unit will enable you to make connections between the theoretical foundations laid down in Career Development Theory and Policy and the construction of effective career development programs that foster personal understandings of a career, encourage individual construction of a career and are appropriate for diverse groups.