CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

CCDP and CCDP CANDIDACY MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

The CCDP designation is a mark of professional excellence. It symbolizes the practitioner's commitment to ongoing professional development and the continuous advancement of the career development field.

To maintain their designation and title, both CCDP and CCDP Candidates must:

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES;

 VIA MEMBERSHIP PORTAL

VIA EMAIL (Download the maintenance application)

We encourage you to submit your professional development activities throughout the year via our online membership portal. However, if you prefer, you can still submit your professional activities via the professional development maintenance form. Download here.  Please fill it up and submit the email  with an attachment to admin@bccda.org titled "CCDP Maintenance "

CORE COMPETENCIES

C1 - Professional Behavior

C2 - Interpersonal Competence

C3 - Career Development Knowledge

C4 - Needs Assessment and Referral 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION 

S1 - Assessment

S2 - Facilitated/Individual Group Learning

S3 - Career Counselling (counselling understood as advising, not clinical counselling)  

S4 - Information/Resource Management

S5 - Work Development

S6 - Community Capacity Building

The total of your annual activities must demonstrate all four core competencies to maintain your certification.  The detailed Competencies & Specializations are available to view here.

 The following is a list of some recent BCCDA activities with the associated Continued Professional Development credits that you can choose (if relevant) to be credited towards your annual reporting period. 

 If you registered for some of our activities (e.g. webinars, workshops, conferences) via your member portal, the credits will be submitted to your account automatically after we confirm your attendance. If you don’t see the activity you registered for, you can add it by clicking on the blue submission button. 


Credits should be entered as per the actual time spent doing the activity subject to the maximum limit. One hour of an activity is equal to one credit.

 ELIGIBLE DIRECT ACTIVITIES (Subject to Maximum Credits)

ELIGIBLE INDIRECT ACTIVITIES (Subject to Maximum Credits)

Training activities may be done through BCCDA or other organizations and training providers. 

 You must save supporting documents for all professional activities claimed for one year after submission as they may be required for randomized audits. Examples of accepted documentation include, but are not limited to the following: Receipts, Certificates of attendance, Transcripts, Conference agendas, Programs, Course outlines, Notes taken at conferences/workshops, Reading and research notes, Copies or URLs for published articles, blogs, letters of support and/or reference.

*Workshops/training delivered to your clients as part of your job are not considered for credits. 

CCDP REINSTATEMENT

If you let your CCDP certification lapse, the reinstatement fees are as follows:

Former CCDPs will only be eligible for re-certification up to three (3) years after their CCDP expiry date. After three (3) years former CCDPs will be required to submit a new CCDP application

Please feel free to contact the BCCDA with any questions regarding  Reinstatement by email to admin@bccda.org