Unit 11: Principles of Personal Development in Adult Social Care
UNIT 11: Principles of personal development in adult social care
Learning outcome 1 – Understand how to reflect on practice in adult social care
1.1
To practice reflectively involves being able to think about an event after it happened, critically evaluate your actions and make adjustments if necessary.
In reality the people you work with are all different. Some find it harder than others. This is largely connected to the need to be seen to be doing the right thing.
Reflective practice is not criticism. It is being open and honest about your strengths and areas for development.
1.2
Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances and environments change. In order to reflect, one must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve further.
The carer benefits as his/her skills grow and develop, enabling the highest standards of care. It also promotes a better level of understanding and acceptance of those different from us, taking on board the opinions, cultures and attitudes of others to ensure a diverse and productive daily experience that enables higher levels of understanding from all. Carers that deem experience alone as a credential to good practice are not developing, learning and reaching their fullest potential. Instead they are stuck in practices and habits that may be over used, bad practice or practice that has not reached its full potential.
1.3
Reflective practice is the process in which you critically think about and analyze your actions with the goal of improving and changing (where necessary) your actions and practice. Best practice standards in adult social care, are the most effective standards that are widely agreed upon as providing the most current thinking and practice against which you can measure what you are doing. The basis for best practice standards may be derived from various sources including statutory,
Learning outcome 1 – Understand how to reflect on practice in adult social care
1.1
To practice reflectively involves being able to think about an event after it happened, critically evaluate your actions and make adjustments if necessary.
In reality the people you work with are all different. Some find it harder than others. This is largely connected to the need to be seen to be doing the right thing.
Reflective practice is not criticism. It is being open and honest about your strengths and areas for development.
1.2
Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances and environments change. In order to reflect, one must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve further.
The carer benefits as his/her skills grow and develop, enabling the highest standards of care. It also promotes a better level of understanding and acceptance of those different from us, taking on board the opinions, cultures and attitudes of others to ensure a diverse and productive daily experience that enables higher levels of understanding from all. Carers that deem experience alone as a credential to good practice are not developing, learning and reaching their fullest potential. Instead they are stuck in practices and habits that may be over used, bad practice or practice that has not reached its full potential.
1.3
Reflective practice is the process in which you critically think about and analyze your actions with the goal of improving and changing (where necessary) your actions and practice. Best practice standards in adult social care, are the most effective standards that are widely agreed upon as providing the most current thinking and practice against which you can measure what you are doing. The basis for best practice standards may be derived from various sources including statutory,