Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care

Course Description

This aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of personal development and reflective practice, both fundamental aspects to roles in health and social care. Health and social care workers have a professional duty to maintain the currency of their knowledge and skills and they do this by continuing to learn and reflecting on what they do. The unit also enables learners to explore the use of reflective practice when improving their performance and informing their development.

Course Objectives

This aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of personal development and reflective practice, both fundamental aspects to roles in health and social care. Health and social care workers have a professional duty to maintain the currency of their knowledge and skills and they do this by continuing to learn and reflecting on what they do. The unit also enables learners to explore the use of reflective practice when improving their performance and informing their development.

Key Topics

1. LO1: Understand what is required for competence in own work role.
2. LO2: Be able to reflect on practice.
3. LO3: Understand how to evaluate own performance in the workplace.
4. LO4: Understand personal development plans.

Course Outline

Learning Outcomes

1. LO1 Understand what is required for competence in own work role.
2. 1.1 Explain the duties and responsibilities of own work role.
3. 1.2 Explain how relevant standards can promote best practice in the health and social care sector.
4. 1.3 Explain how own values, belief systems and experiences may affect working practice.
5. LO2 Be able to reflect on practice.
6. 2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided.
7. 2.2 Demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice.
8. 2.3 Explain how reflective practice can lead to improved ways of working.
9. LO3 Understand how to evaluate own performance in the workplace.
10. 3.1 Explain why evaluation of own performance is important
11. 3.2 Evaluate own knowledge, competence and understanding against relevant standards.
12. 3.3 Justify the role of feedback to evaluate own performance and inform development.
13. LO4 Understand personal development plans.
14. 4.1 Identify sources of support for planning and reviewing own development.
15. 4.2 Review and prioritise own learning needs and development opportunities.
16. 4.3 Devise own personal development plan.