New police Integrated Competency Framework

A new version of the Integrated Competency Framework (ICF) for the police service has been launched by Skills for Justice. Details of the new version include:

• A new section that will sit between the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and qualification, which will show how the NOS will link to Professionalising the Investigation Process (PiP).

• An improved search function on the intranet version of the ICF. This will allow individuals to search for NOS, whereas it currently only allows you to search activities and associated role profiles.

• An updated user guide to reflect intranet update patches that have been released between the introduction of version 7 (September 2004) and the new version 8.

• Hyperlinks from PDR to full descriptors of activities or behaviours.

• Currently PDRs can be finalised without any evidence or line manager assessment of objectives, activities or behaviours – this will be amended.

• A ‘confirm screen’ will be provided when deleting PDRs.

• Line managers seem to have an ever-increasing list of appraisees. Even when the changing line manager process is undertaken correctly, line managers still show the individual – this will be amended.

These changes will be made in time for the release of the ICF version 8 at the end of April 2006. For further information or if you have any queries please contact Zoe Scott by telephone on 0114 231 7377 or by e-mail at zoe.scott@skillsforjustice.com