CCFR portfolio

When the OTBNZ set up the CCFR as the tool for occupational therapists to manage and demonstrate their ongoing competence, it was envisaged that practitioners would need to keep a hard copy portfolio containing evidence of achievement of CCFR objectives and activities.  It was expected that practitioners would use this portfolio to demonstrate to their CCFR supervisors, third party signatories, the CCFR auditor and any other relevant parties, that they were engaging in the CCFR and actively maintaining and developing their competence.

The first round of CCFR audits has now shown that the information required to assess whether a practitioner is using the CCFR effectively and maintaining his or her competence can be found in the CCFR itself, and that any gaps can be addressed by communication with the practitioner.  Auditors have not found the need to request the hard copy portfolio.  The OTBNZ has therefore decided that practitioners will no longer be required to keep a specific CCFR portfolio of evidence to support their on-line CCFR.  The CCFR auditors will not ask to see the portfolio. 

It is, however, good practice to keep a record of professional activities in the portfolio and this is likely to be a link with the CCFR.  For example, the professional portfolio may provide examples of competence that could be used in the CCFR and a print-out of the CCFR may form part of a practitioner’s professional portfolio.  The professional portfolio, however, is likely to also contain evidence of achievements not related to CCFR objectives and activities.