Essay On Engage In Personal Development In Health And Social Care

Unit 4222-302 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 32)

Outcome 1 Understand what is required for competence in own work role

1.1 As a care and support worker, my duties and responsibilities for L’Arche organisation which I work for are described as follows;

• To provide personal and practical care services for people with learning disabilities and a wide range of complex needs.

• To assist service users with getting up in the morning and personal care such as dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and the toilet where necessary.

• To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence and help in use- and care of aids and personal

equipment.
• To help care for service users who are dying and people who needs end of life care.
• To help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of service users through talking to them, taking them out, sharing with them in activities such as reading, writing, hobbies and recreation.
• To make and change beds; tidy rooms; do light cleaning as well as launder service users’ clothing.
• To set tables and trays, serve meals, feed service users who need help, prepare light meals and wash up, and tidy and clear away and
• To conform to all policies, procedures and guidelines laid down by L'Arche organisation in respect of carrying out these care duties and in other administrative aspects of the business, as relevant.
1.2 Standards that influence the way I work in my role as a care and support worker for L'Arche organisation are; Care Standards Act 2000, Domiciliary Care Regulations 2002, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Codes of Practice and National Occupational Standards.
1.3 Ways to ensure personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct quality of work are;
 By Ensuring policies and procedures of your work setting are being followed without making exceptions for anybody.
 By treating everybody as equal and work to support the service users’ needs.
 Having a positive attitude towards all vulnerable people and clients in your care
 By not letting your personal feelings get in the way of doing the required job correctly
 Respecting the rights of each of the service user
 Not allowing prejudice in the work setting and thus, give everybody the same opportunities, regardless of your opinions
Outcome 2 Be able to reflect on own work activities
2.1 Reflecting on practice is vital because it allows you to assess what you are doing well, as such helps identify areas where one might like or maybe need more training or guidance so as to ensure you are performing to the best you can, and are meeting all standards and expectations within the care and support work settings.

Thus, this gives confidence to continue working well and to aim to try other new things or new skills or knowledge gained in the practices. During the activity you improve your learning by asking your supervisor all questions or things you don't understand in your task and thus learn from others people's strategies and ideas (Marked by Teachers,

2015).
2.2 To assess how own knowledge, skills and understanding meet the standards, my assessor will probably set an assignment to do, and then do an observation of my work practice. But it would also be best to write a personal statement detailing:
• Experience in the care sector.
• Training received (provide copies of your certificates for your assessor).
• Tasks perform within the role.
• The way in which duties are performed (professional, respect, choice, diversity, equality, confidentiality etc.) (QCF, 2011).
Outcome 3 Be able to agree a personal development plan
3.1 Sources of support for own learning and development can be identified below (QCF, 2011);
 Through team meetings and discussions.
 Accessing internal and external training.
 Spending time working alongside colleagues and other professional’s.
 Asking colleagues and other professional’s questions.
3.2 Personal development planning involves reflection such as knowing the skills I have, the knowledge I have and what areas I need to improve on as well as what my strengths are and what I do well, then plan with my manager how I want to progress in my job, what areas I want training on, want to learn more about, need to develop and improve on.

We discuss and agree this together so that I can learn, review and plan for my own development. Hence, the people that need to be involves includes my manager, team leader, service users other colleagues and others I work with can be involved for example my health and social care assessor who assesses my learning and development needs and supports me in showing them, my team leader meets with me in regular supervisions, colleagues give me feedback on what I have done well and what I need to improve on (OCR

(2013).
3.3 Contribute to drawing up own personal development plan: Done on a separate sheet

References
 Marked by Teachers (2015) Part of the student room group, The Student Room and Get Revising are all trading names of The Student Room Group Ltd. http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/healthcare/explain-why-reflecting-on-work-activities-is-an-important-way-to-develop-knowledge-skills-and-practice.html
 OCR (2013) “Health and Social Care”, Exemplar Candidate Work, Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examination.
 QCF-HEALTHANDSOCIALCARE-ANSWERS, Making The QCF Diploma Simple, Posted on February 14, 2011. http://www.qcf-healthandsocialcare-answers.com/2011/02/qcf-unit-2-3-1-identify-sources-of-support-for-own-learning-and-development/
 QCF-HEALTHANDSOCIALCARE-ANSWERS, Making The QCF Diploma Simple, Posted on February 14, 2011. http://www.qcf-healthandsocialcare-answers.com/2011/02/qcf-unit-2-2-2-assess-how-well-own-knowledge-skills-and-understanding-meet-standards/