Review your contribution to services
URN: LSIAG15
Business Sectors (Suites): Advice and Guidance
Developed by: Skills for Justice
Approved:
2026
Overview
This standard is about reflecting on and reviewing the contribution you make to services. It is aimed at people who provide advice and guidance to clients who use services such as public services, education and training, health services and those provided by community social welfare advice providers and others.
The standard looks at assessing your contribution to the work of services and how to develop yourself to achieve work requirements.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- comply with all relevant legal, professional and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines when reviewing your contribution to services
- assess your work against specified objectives
- review relevant feedback on your work against specified work objectives
- identify your role and contribution to achieving work objectives
- review actual or potential effects of your values, beliefs, culture, ethos, attitudes and behaviours when working in line with organisational requirements
- review priorities assigned to work objectives
- review how you have carried out your work
- identify development needs
- compile a personal development plan as part of performance management procedures and as gaps are identified.
- agree personal development plans with appropriate individuals
- assess the impact of changes and any drivers for change in services on your work role in line with organisational requirements
- source suitable development opportunities
- utilise suitable development opportunities
- record development plans in line with organisational and legal requirements and professional standards.
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- legislation, codes of practice, organisational policies and procedures in relation to reviewing your contribution to services
- the importance of complying with relevant legal, professional and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines
- types of work objectives that should be specified
- the importance of feedback on your work and who can provide it
- factors that could affect achievement of objectives
- how your values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours could impact on work
- how to assess priorities assigned to your work
- how to obtain information on requirements
- the importance of having a clear understanding of your work and the competences and knowledge required
- how to identify development objectives and what specific development objectives are
- how to compile personal development plans, what plans should include and how they can be used
- organisational policies and procedures relating to personal development/learning & development
- how to reflect on your own practice and the importance of doing so
- how to ensure you keep up to date with developments and good practice guidance.
- types of available development opportunities, how to source them and make use of them
- when personal development plans should be reviewed and who requires information on them
- recording requirements of your organisation, including how to store recorded information securely
- workplace requirements on equity, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- trauma informed principles and safeguarding requirements
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
3
Indicative Review Date
2031
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Skills for Justice
Original URN
LSIAG15
Relevant Occupations
Education and Training, Health, Public Services and Care, Housing Advisors, Public Service Professionals
SOC Code
3229
Keywords
contribution; review; feedback; performance; pdp; objectives; development