Cause for Concern process

The Cause for Concern (CfC) process aims to intervene and support trainees who may be experiencing difficulties and challenges within a Professional Practice. A trainee is deemed as being ‘cause for concern’ if they are not meeting the necessary curriculum benchmarks for their course and/or expected standards of attendance, punctuality or professional conduct. The ‘triggers’ for the CfC process may include:

·   Mentor indication via the Weekly Development Summary (WDS) that the trainee is not making sufficient progress despite additional support being provided

·   Trainee disengagement with the WDS process lasting longer than 2 weeks (for example, not uploading their WDS on a weekly basis despite reminders)

Providing additional support does not necessarily mean that the trainee will progress to Cause for Concern however, a trainee cannot be progressed to Cause to Concern if additional support has not already been put in place (by the mentor and/or Link Tutor).

There are 3 steps in the CfC process and the table below outlines this and the responsibilities of the mentor, link tutor, and trainee. You can download the CfC form ('additional support for trainees at risk) here.