Fitness to Practise Sample Clauses

Fitness to Practise. 12.1 The Student Fitness to Practise Policy and Procedures is for students enrolled on courses leading to professional registration. It provides a framework for the University College to exercise its duty in the public interest that students following degrees leading to professional health and social care qualifications meet relevant professional standards for fitness to practise, including professional attitudes and professional behaviours. The policy is available from the Latest Policies webpage and on the VLE for enrolled students under Policies for Students.

Fitness to Practise. 17.1 If your course is intended to provide access to a regulated profession, such as an NHS professional course, your fitness to practise is assessed under our Fitness to Practise: Procedure (see xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/ important-information, under Conduct and Welfare). The Procedure takes into account the requirements of relevant professional codes of conduct set by the appropriate professional and regulatory bodies and is updated to reflect changes in those requirements. 17.2 We will normally report any suspected criminal offence to the police. If you are on an NHS funded course, or are an employee of the NHS, and the allegations if true may amount to fraud, we may refer the case to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority for investigation. We will disclose to the Disclosure & Barring Service information which is relevant to its function of protecting children and vulnerable adults. 17.3 Anyone involved in Fitness to Practise procedures can be supported or represented by a third party (but not normally a legal adviser) at each stage: see the Third Party Involvement: Procedure for more information (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx, under Complaints). You can also contact SUBU Advice (+00 (0)0000 000000 or email subuadvice@ xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx). 17.4 Fitness to practise: initial step: If concerns are raised about your inability/failure to maintain standards appropriate to professional practice, we may, after an initial review of the available facts, either allow you to remain in practice and carry out an investigation, or suspend you from practice while we investigate. We will normally invite you to comment during our initial review. We may consult with the organisation hosting your placement if appropriate. We may suspend you from placement and/or study during the Fitness to Practise investigation and we will contact you in writing within five working days if we do this. You will need to tell your placement provider or employer. The host organisation may withdraw or suspend your placement. We will contact you in writing to tell you whether you must attend a Fitness to Practise hearing. We may decide that a hearing is not necessary and give you advice and guidance. We will note this outcome on your student record. If we decide that there is no evidence of an issue and we decide not to take any action, a note will be placed on your student record to reflect this.

Fitness to Practise penalties: The Fitness to Practise Panel may refer a matter to a professional body. The professional body may investigate under its own procedures and impose its own penalties. The Fitness to Practise Panel will consider this when considering penalties. See paragraph 28 (Financial arrangements on withdrawal, suspension or other interruption) for more information about fees, refunds and access to funding if you are withdrawn or suspended. See the Fitness to Practise Procedure for more information. For example, penalties may include: • Written warnings, which will remain on your record for a period of time and can be revived if there is a further incident • Suspension from your course for a period of time • A requirement to resubmit work, re-sit an examination or repeat a unit, or repeat a level • A mark of 0%, or a capped mark for the relevant item, or for a whole unit or level • Withdrawing you from your course, in some cases without credit. We will inform the relevant professional body about the outcome of the Fitness to Practise Panel, unless the matter is dismissed. We may disclose the issue and the outcome in references that we give to prospective employers. See paragraph 28 (Financial arrangements on withdrawal, suspension or other interruption) for more information about fees, refunds and access to funding if you are withdrawn or suspended. If you are on an NHS professional course and in receipt of an NHS bursary, you will need to notify the NHS Student Services Office, see paragraph 28.2.

Fitness to Practise. Certain programmes have a fitness to practise requirement, and you may be asked to provide evidence demonstrating that you meet the criteria during the application process, or your offer may be conditional on you providing satisfactory evidence. This may include but not be limited to occupational health checks, police checks, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) checks, declaring criminal convictions. The University may also be required to contact third parties to request specific information or evidence relating to your fitness to practise. Your consent will be sought for this, however, if the University is unable to gather sufficient evidence to support your application, the University may be unable to honour your offer of a place. Whilst you are a registered student, you have an ongoing obligation to disclose any change in information or circumstances relating to the fitness to practise criteria for your programme.

Fitness to Practise penalties: The Fitness to Practise Panel may refer a matter to a professional body if a student has entered onto the professional register. The professional body may investigate under its own procedures and impose its own penalties. The Fitness to Practise Panel will consider this when considering penalties. See paragraph 28 (Financial arrangements on withdrawal, suspension or other interruption) for more information about fees, refunds and access to funding if you are withdrawn or suspended. See the Fitness to Practise Procedure for more information. For example, penalties may include: • Written warnings, which will remain on your record for a period of time and can be revived if there is a further incident • Suspension from your course for a period of time • A requirement to resubmit work, re-sit an examination or repeat a unit, or repeat a level • A mark of 0%, or a capped mark for the relevant item, or for a whole unit or level • Withdrawing you from your course, in some cases without credit. We will inform the relevant professional body about the outcome of the Fitness to Practise Panel, unless the matter is dismissed. We may disclose the issue and the outcome in references that we give to prospective employers. See paragraph 28 (Financial arrangements on withdrawal, suspension or other interruption) for more information about fees, refunds and access to funding if you are withdrawn or suspended. If you are on an NHS professional course and in receipt of an NHS bursary, you will need to notify the NHS Student Services Office, see paragraph 28.2. BU Student Agreement V1

Fitness to Practise. If you are applying for a course that leads to registration with a professional body (e.g. Nursing, Social Work), once you have received an offer you may be contacted regarding certain health and immunisation criteria and your place may be conditional upon your suitability. In addition, to enrol onto your course, you may also be required by the professional body (e.g. the NHS) to present a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise statement. This additional information will include mental health and welfare considerations and failure to meet the required Fitness to Practise standard will lead to the University withdrawing its offer to you. Adherence to the Fitness to Practise Standards is an ongoing requirement throughout your enrolment at the University and any change in your circumstances that may affect your Fitness to Practise should be declared to the University, may be investigated in accordance with the Fitness to Practise Standards, and could result in you being withdrawn from your course. [See General Regulations Appendix 7 clause 5].

Fitness to Practise. 13.1 All The Therapy Hour practitioners have completed a minimum of 3 years post-graduate training in order to achieve their counselling or psychotherapy qualification. In addition, all have undertaken additional supervised practice and assessment in order to achieve accredited or registered status within the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy or the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, are in good standing with their professional association and have Enhanced Disclosure with the Criminal Records Bureau. All practitioners follow a program of continuing professional development in order to maintain currency of skills as well as undergoing regular clinical supervision with a senior professional.

Fitness to Practise. 17.1 If your course is intended to provide access to a regulated profession, such as a healthcare professional course, your fitness to practise is assessed under our Fitness to Practise: Procedure (see xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/ important-information, under Conduct and Welfare). The Procedure takes into account the requirements of relevant professional codes of conduct set by the appropriate professional and regulatory bodies and is updated to reflect changes in those requirements. 17.2 We will normally report any suspected criminal offence to the police. If you are on an NHS funded course, or are an employee of the NHS, and the allegations if true may amount to fraud, we may refer the case to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority for investigation. We will disclose to the Disclosure & Barring Service information which is relevant to its function of protecting children and vulnerable adults.

Fitness to Practise. It is the duty of the pharmacy commissioned to provide this service to ensure that all individual pharmacists delivering this from their premises are: -  Fit to practise  Suitable to deliver the service  Can demonstrate they are competent to deliver the service.

Fitness to Practise. The University’s Fitness to Practise Policy and procedures apply to trainees registered on this course. If a Trainee becomes unfit to practise for health, safeguarding, unprofessional conduct or any other reason considered under this policy, the University will investigate the issue in line with these procedures. The School will provide all relevant information as requested by the University. If the School become concerned about whether the Trainee is fit to practise for health, safeguarding, unprofessional conduct or any reason considered under the University’s Fitness to Practise policy (available as described in the Programme Handbook) they should immediately alert the Partnership Director who will advise and take advice as necessary. The Graduate School of Education has clear and consistently applied selection procedures for recruiting to its School Direct Initial Teacher Education programmes.