Ratings of how important each AMBIT competency is, and how much each competency is used were collected by 41 attendees of the most recent AMBIT Conference, 23rd May 2014. The results were worked out by collating all of these ratings-it is these scores that are plotted on the scattergraph.

A strong positive association can be seen between the two variables plotted on the scattergraph i.e the importance of the competency to the worker, and the amount the competence is used. This is to be expected; the more important a competency is to a worker, the more it is used.

The competencies of most interest to us are the ones that are rated as important, but relatively un-used (these would be the ones that are plotted in the bottom right of the graph). The reason these are of the most interest is that these are the ones that workers feel they should use, but aren’t using-perhaps because they are lacking the training or tools to utilise this competency. Competency 7 and 17 are the closest to being in the bottom right quadrant: 7. Ability to scaffold existing relationships to provide help, 17. Ability to develop a shared care plan with the young person. Therefore these are the competencies that we will be focusing on developing tools for, to help workers use these competencies more.