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Turas Professional Portfolio is available to all Support Workers who wish to use an individual online educational portfolio to record evidence of their learning and continuing professional development.

It is a living and changing collection of records that reflect an individual’s accomplishments and life experiences highlighting their learning achievements, reflections, skills and showcasing their best work.   

Why use Turas Professional Portfolio?

The Portfolio can be used to assist Support Workers to

  • record evidence of learning from experience gained in the workplace and through life experience
  • support access to courses, gaining learning credits 
  • think about career progression

Watch our animation to find out the benefits of using Turas Professional Portfolio.

How do I register for Turas Professional Portfolio?
Turas professional portfolio

For all Support Workforce staff in Scotland including the NHS, social care, voluntary and independent sectors, you can self-register for a portfolio account on Turas.  

Already have a Turas account, you can sign in at https://turasnmportfolio.nes.nhs.scot/  

Don’t worry if its been some time since you used Turas and you’ve forgotten your password; just follow the ‘forgotten password’ link and you can quickly create a new and memorable password that will allow you to log-in.

To find out more about recognition of prior learning (RPL) visit Recognition of Prior Learning

Guides to Turas Professional Portfolio

We have created two interactive guides: one for support workers and the other for those supporting the learning and development of support workers to provide guidance and understanding of how to make the best use of a portfolio in practice. 

This guide is intended to provide information and guidance for healthcare support workers and is designed  to showcase how Turas Professional Portfolio can be used to support ongoing personal and career development. It featuring animations, case studies and how to videos. Access the Guide.

This guide is intended to provide information and guidance for managers, educators, team/service leads or anyone who has a role in supporting HCSWs.  It is designed to showcase how Turas Professional Portfolio can be used to support ongoing personal and career development. Access the Guide

Getting started with Turas Professional Portfolio

The Portfolio How to Guide will help you get started and enable you to quickly find your way around the resource.   

We have developed a series of ‘how to’ videos to support your use of Turas Professional Portfolio which you can access below.