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Implementation of new theories that are rigorous and research-based into practice is challenging. It requires a willingness to take risks, both on the part of the individual practitioner, but also the employing organization. Funding mechanisms that reward a focus on placement into sustainable employment can operate as powerful inhibitors of innovatory practices that focus on holistic approaches to professional practice. The Career Adapt-Ability Scale International (CAAS-I), a scale developed to integrate vocational psychology with constructivist approaches is one such example of a theoretically informed innovation currently available. Here, validation and implementation of the scale adapted for the UK context into higher education, then a professional association are discussed, together with lessons learned regarding the implementation of innovatory practice.
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The pilots in higher education were funded by an external body (Higher Education Academy), with a full account of methodology, findings and implications available in an open access report (Wright & Frigerio, 2015).
The feasibility study and subsequent implementation into practice of the CAAI as an online tool received funding support from CABA. CABA has given its full support to the publication of this chapter.
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Bimrose, J., Frigerio, G. (2019). Figure Piloting Innovation: Integrating the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale—UK into Practice. In: Maree, J. (eds) Handbook of Innovative Career Counselling . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22799-9_26
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