Assignment:
Personal and Professional Development in Health and SocialCare
Aim
The aim of unit is to encourage learners to develop as reflective practitioners by applying their understanding and skills to their own health and social care setting.
Outcomes
On successful completion of unit a learner will:
1 Understand how personal values and principles influence individual contributions to work in health and social care settings
2 Be able to produce, monitor, revise and evaluate plans for personal progress in developing the skills and abilities required of a health and social care practitioner
3 Understand the application of principles of professional engagement with users of health andsocial care services
4 Be able to demonstrate development of own skills and understanding in relation to workingwith others in health and social care practice.
Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment in Health and SocialCare
1 Understand how personal values and principles influence individual contributions to work in health and social care settings
Personal values: influences of eg beliefs and preferences, culture, political perspectives, interests and priorities, change over lifespan
Culture and experiences: influences of eg family, ethnicity, belief, education, employment, age and gender, life events
Values and principles: equal rights, diversity, confidentiality, protection from abuse and harmNew developments: legislation, policies, research, priorities and targets
Change to personal values: influences of eg overcoming of tensions between personal values and principles of good practice; differences relating to values of others eg users of service,workplace organizations, other people with whom you work
Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care
2 Be able to produce, monitor, revise and evaluate plans for personal progress in developing the skills and abilities required of a health and social care practitioner Own abilities and learning styles: planning cycle, practical skills, interpersonal skills, application to practice, level of performance, learning experiences and preferred learning stylePersonal development plan: for acquiring new skills, updating practice, learning, careerdevelopment; three months, one year, five years
3 Understand the application of principles of professional engagement with users of health and social care services
Professional relationships: with individuals, their family and friends, team members, line managers, workers in other agencies; rights and responsibilities of users of service versus care workers and others; professional codes; trust; advocacy; empowerment
Models of support: medical health versus social model; individual benefit versus organizational benefit
Dilemmas: risk, abuse, challenging behaviour, conflict, ethics, confidentiality versus disclosure, expectations changing over time, conflicts between principles of good practice and values of others
Own practice: roles eg meeting needs of users of service, provider of health and social care services, facilitator, advocate, adviser, counsellor, mentor
Barriers: miscommunication, different professional codes of practice, group cohesiveness, Personalities
Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment in Health and SocialCare
4 Be able to demonstrate development of own skills and understanding in relation to working with others in health and social care practice
Own contribution: skills, knowledge, understanding, communication information, responsibilities; models of reflection, critical reflection
Collective effectiveness of teams: meeting needs and expectations of users of service, improving team performance, supporting other team members, meeting objectives, formal and informal roles within organizational structures and systems
Barriers: interpersonal interactions; professional codes, differing priorities, expectations, experience, accountability