Open Badge application form - Maintaining your ongoing
learning and development
Open Badges are digital certificates recognising learning and achievement and we’re using
them to help you recognise your learning, skills, attributes and experience. If you can
demonstrate that you’ve learned from materials produced by the SSSC then you can earn an
Open Badge.
This Open Badge is available to anybody working in social services who has used our
Maintaining your ongoing learning and development app. To obtain the badge, you
need to provide some evidence of what you have learned and how you used the app.
The app will help you to take practical steps to maintain your ongoing learning and
development and discover the skills and habits you need to experience learning as a lifelong
and life-wide exercise.
Criteria
To earn this badge you will need to:
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work through the Maintaining your ongoing learning and development app
tell us about how using the app helped develop your knowledge and understanding of
the topic
tell us how you have or intend to apply this knowledge in your day to day practice.
Prerequisites – None. This badge does not require you to hold any other badges.
Evidence
You will need to provide a two written statements, of about 100 words, on how using the app
helped develop your learning and how you have or intend to put your learning into practice.
You can provide your statements on the badge application form below or provide a link to
your own blog/portfolio.
If you want to use a blog or ePortfolio entry as evidence, you might find our guide to
preparing and publishing your evidence useful. We will also accept short audio or video
statements if you prefer these formats.
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Please complete this section
Name
Date
How did using the app help develop your knowledge and understanding of the
topic?
Provide a statement of around 100 words or a link to an audio clip, video, blog or ePortfolio
entry. Remember, the evidence you provide will be viewable by anyone who you show your
badge to. Please don’t include confidential or private information within your statements.
How have you or how do you intend to apply this knowledge in your day to day
practice?
Provide a statement of around 100 words or a link to an audio clip, video, blog or ePortfolio
entry. Remember, the evidence you provide will be viewable by anyone who you show your
badge to. Please don’t include confidential or private information within your statements.
Optional statement from your line manager or tutor
Statement:
Please provide a very short statement to explain the changes that you have observed in the
practice of the person applying for this badge. The statement you provide will be viewable by
anyone the learner shows their Open Badge to.
Name:
Date:
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What to do next
Save a copy of this completed document to your computer and visit http://badges.sssc.uk.com/badges/maintaining-your-ongoing-learning-anddevelopment
Complete the application form at the bottom of the page.
Select YES on the question “Have you completed our offline form?”
You will be shown an upload box. Click browse and select this file from your computer. You
should then complete the rest of the online form and click the button to submit your
application.
Once your application is submitted
You will receive confirmation that we have received your application by email within one hour.
Please allow two weeks for us to review your application and award your badge if your
application is successful.
Getting started with Open Badges
New to Open Badges and want to know more? We can help…
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What you need to know about Open Badges
Applying for an Open Badge
Preparing and publishing your evidence
Making the most of your Open Badges
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