Unit 2 –Principles of Personal Development in Adult Social Care Settings.
LEVEL 2 – CERTIFICATE IN PREPARING TO WORK IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE
UNIT 2 –Principles of personal development in adult social care settings.
OUTCOME 1
Understand what is required for good practice in adult social care roles. 1.1 Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.
Below is a list of some of the legislations that are relevant to adult social care. These make up ‘standards’ to follow for good practice. * 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 * GSCC Codes of Practice for social care workers * National Occupational Standards * Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSSH), Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), etc.
1.2 Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills.
Being able to reflect on our actions and experiences at work, learn from them and change our behaviour accordingly are some of the most important personal development skills we can acquire. We need to consider – knowledge – what we know and do not know, Skills – how able we are at doing something or not, and practices – how we behave or perform a task.
Reflective practice is the process that enables us to achieve a better understanding of ourselves, our knowledge and understanding, our skills and competencies, and workplace practices in general. It involves * Considering what we do * Considering why we do it like that. * Considering whether it is successful. * Considering whether it could be done any better. * Planning for any changes to what we do.
Through being reflective: * We become more self-aware. Being self-aware allows us to have raised awareness of others and
UNIT 2 –Principles of personal development in adult social care settings.
OUTCOME 1
Understand what is required for good practice in adult social care roles. 1.1 Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.
Below is a list of some of the legislations that are relevant to adult social care. These make up ‘standards’ to follow for good practice. * 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 * GSCC Codes of Practice for social care workers * National Occupational Standards * Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSSH), Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), etc.
1.2 Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills.
Being able to reflect on our actions and experiences at work, learn from them and change our behaviour accordingly are some of the most important personal development skills we can acquire. We need to consider – knowledge – what we know and do not know, Skills – how able we are at doing something or not, and practices – how we behave or perform a task.
Reflective practice is the process that enables us to achieve a better understanding of ourselves, our knowledge and understanding, our skills and competencies, and workplace practices in general. It involves * Considering what we do * Considering why we do it like that. * Considering whether it is successful. * Considering whether it could be done any better. * Planning for any changes to what we do.
Through being reflective: * We become more self-aware. Being self-aware allows us to have raised awareness of others and