TASK C REFLECTING ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE

TASK C REFLECTING ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE
CI DISCRIBE HOW YOUR OWN VALUES, BELIEFES AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE MIGHT AFFECT YOUR WORKING PRACTICE.

Everyone has different values, beliefs and preferences and it is true that person’s own beliefs and experiences could affect working practice or affect my role as healthcare worker. However, as a professional health care assistant and team leader, it is part of my responsibilities to treat all core members and colleagues equality and never allow my personal beliefs affect my role. I may find to react positively to people who share my values and less warmly to people who have different priorities. When I develop friendships, it is natural to spend time with people who share my interests and values. However, the professional relationships I develop with people I support and work with are another matter. As a professional, I’m required to provide the same quality of support for all, not just for those who share my views and beliefs. This may seem obvious, but knowing what I need to do and achieving it successfully is not the same thing. Working in the social care sector, I come across people whose views I do not agree with or who never seem to understand my point of view. Awareness of differences, my reaction to them and how they affect the way I work is a crucial part of personal and professional development. If I allow my own preferences to dominate my work with people, I will fail to perform to the standards of the Codes of Practice for social care workers set out by the UK regulating bodies and organisational policies. Take for example giving preferential treatment to a core member because I like them more than others, treating assistants differently because we have the same or different religion, different values as regards personal hygiene, different traditions or even nationality. Furthermore, treating someone badly because in the past I have had bad experience with perhaps people of such colour, race or people of his/her personalities is against the practice. The Human Rights Act 1998, The Race Relations Act 1976 amended 2000, The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Equal Opportunities Act 2004 and the Equality Act of 2010 are all legislations that relate to equality and diversity in my own practice. These acts are about meeting and respecting the individual needs. As a health care worker it is my responsibly to strictly adhere and follow these guidelines .This ensure that all core members and colleagues are treated equally irrespective of their colour ,age, disability , gender ,religion, belief and sexual orientation. It is my duties to offer a non-judgmental, non-bias service because of others beliefs.