Introduction to personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
For Unit SHC22
What are you finding out?
Personal development is not just to do with education or training and the development of skills and interests. It is also about developing a better understanding of yourself, your values, beliefs and experiences, and how they impact on your behaviour. It is about appreciating what motivates you to learn so that you can achieve your full potential. Personal development is important because life without change may lead to a duller existence. The thought of change can be unwelcome – ‘I am quite comfortable as I am, thank you.’ But in order to handle new challenges, achieve a better quality of life …show more content…
1. Examine their Codes of Practice. 2. Are there any similarities between the codes?
Identify standards that influence the way the role is carried out
Standards are a required level of quality, and care has to meet certain standards. Standards include:
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Codes of Practice regulations minimum standards national occupational standards.
Codes of Practice
Codes of Practice set out the criteria against which providers are assessed by. They also describe the standards of conduct and practice with which workers must carry out their activities and ensure that what they do is competent and consistent with the values of their employer. These standards are how registrants’ ‘fitness to practice’ is determined. For a care worker to work in a certain profession, they have to register with their particular Professional Council and then work to the Codes of Practice which they deem fit. Not following their Code of Practice could result in them being taken of the register and no longer allowed to work in that role. Codes of Practice are specific to work