Scope of Competence
Also called: boundaries of competence, competence
Definition
The range of activities a particular practitioner can perform well because of their training, supervised experience and continuing education — narrower than the scope of practice their credential permits. Working outside it requires obtaining training or supervision first, or referring elsewhere. It is personal: two people with the same credential can have very different scopes of competence.
In plain language
What you personally are trained and experienced enough to do well. It is smaller than what your credential allows on paper.
Example
An analyst experienced with young children in home settings gets supervision before taking on an adult with a feeding disorder.
Not scope of competence
A technician deciding whether to change a program. That is outside the credential's scope of practice, regardless of experience.
Commonly confused with
See also
Written from
- bacb-ethics-code-2022 — Standards on competence
Written from the ethics code's competence standards, in our own words. No text reproduced.
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