CPD

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

CPD Portfolio

UKBHC has produced a CPD portfolio for chaplains.  The portfolio contains a range of material to support chaplains in meeting:

  1.  the expectations of CPD by the professional associations of chaplaincy AND
  2. the requirements of the development review process for the NHS KSF.

Personal Development Portfolio

The portfolio also contains guidance and information for chaplains and their managers to assist them in understanding the learning and development activities of chaplains and the sources of evidence that may be used.

CPD Summary Sheet

An essential part of registration is the annual completion of a summary of CPD activity as continuing evidence of meeting the requirements for registration and therefore fitness to practice. A summary sheet will be requested in January each year and should be submitted to the UKBHC by email or post. It is a condition of registration that an Annual CPD Summary Sheet is completed. Registrants who fail to do so will be removed from the register.

The annual summary sheet for CPD activity during the current year can be downloaded below and should be completed and returned no later than 28th February of the following year.

When filling in the summary sheet one point is awarded for each hour of CPD activity that meets the criteria – i.e. 1 point per hour of reading, teaching, writing or the total points awarded for attending a course.

Also available for download as guidance is an example of a 2023 CPD completed summary template (used with permission with name and trust changed) which provides a helpful indication of what type of activities fit into the different categories.

Please note that a proposal is being drafted in response to registrants asking about number of hours required for CPD.   The proposal will provide the requisite number of CPD hours dependent on whether a person is a full-time, part-time, student, affiliate, or a  senior honorary chaplain.  The proposal is to be presented at the next board meeting in late 2024 and we hope will be available in early 2025 as guidance for registrants drafting their 2024 CPD summary.

Other Resources

Available below are different documents that can be used as part of CPD – for example, course evaluation and verbatim sheets.

For further information on CPD Event Points application, accreditation and events, please go to the Meetings & Events section.