Reflection in Health and Social Care Practice

Professional Principles and Values in H&SC Demonstrating .1 TASK 1 1 P1: Purposes of reflection in health and social care practice.1 P2: Models and tools used for reflection.2 M1: Review the ways of in which reflective practice is applied in health, care or support service environments.3 D1: Evaluation of ways own reflections impact on personal and professional development .3 TASK 2 4 P3: Use of Practice themes for underpinning reflection in learning and practice

Demonstrating
Professional Principles
and Values in H&SC

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Purposes of reflection in health and social care practice.......................................................1
P2: Models and tools used for reflection.....................................................................................2
M1: Review the ways of in which reflective practice is applied in health, care or support
service environments...................................................................................................................3
D1: Evaluation of ways own reflections impact on personal and professional development.....3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3: Use of Practice themes for underpinning reflection in learning and practice.......................4
P4: Links between Practice Themes and Performance Indicators...............................................5
M2: Producing a plan for reflection on own learning and development.....................................6
D2: Assessment of the effectiveness of the plan.........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
In Various professions, the use of Professional Principles and Values is important so that
the success is achieved in the future effectively and efficiently (Annan-Diab and Molinari, 2017).
In the practical course of action, they are quite necessary to be applied so that the firm is able to
work in the right manner and can function properly. Thus it can be said that their use is quite
important. This assignment will make detailed focus on role of reflection in health. Further,
explaining the use of practice themes so that they can be used as a framework for reflection will
be done as a part of this project.
TASK 1
P1: Purposes of reflection in health and social care practice
A practice through which recounting of past experience is done is known as reflection
(Banks, 2016). Using it, a person can present own view properly so that they can be useful
for someone who is reading them. There are specific purposes for which it is used in health
and social care practice. They are explained as follows-
 Recounting own experience- Own experience can be recounted by a person when the
use of reflection is made (Coughlan and Cronin, 2020). In health and social care its use is
important because recounting of own experience can help in training of people who are
learning more about these services as it serves as a source of experience for them.
 Providing of information- With reflection, the information can be provided to the
person who is reading it. In the context of health and social care practice, using it is quite
helpful because it ensures that important decisions can be taken clearly.
 Bringing of improvements- Using reflections mistakes can be identified and thereby
rectifications can be made in these mistakes. Their use becomes important in health and
social care practice so that the mistakes of the past are rectified and they serve as a base
for those people who are learning about providing these services to the people.
 Personal and Professional development- Personal and Professional Development is
possible with the use of reflections as by giving them a person can get relevant
experience of recounting one’s experience by using a suitable reflection model. Thus In
health and social care this can be ensured as a person who is recounting own experience
can be able to enhance this development which will help a lot in the future.
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 Base for training- A Base for training is provided by reflection of a person. In health and
social care practice this is the main purpose due to which reflection is used. The people
who are learning the way of providing such services can learn a lot from the experience
recounted by another person. Thus in this way it can be said that with its use the goals
and objectives can be set for the people who are being trained so that they are trained in a
highly effective manner which will help them in providing these services in the right way
in the future.
 Development of critical thinking- When a person looks back at own experience critical
thinking abilities are developed. The person thinks of the situation in the past and the
actions which were taken there and the actions which can be taken currently so that the
maturity in taking of important decisions in the future can be developed. Also this ability
can be enhanced further as more and more models of reflection are used by a person to
make reflections. Thus in this way it can be said that reflection is quite important for a
person to develop critical thinking abilities for the future.
P2: Models and tools used for reflection
Scenario- I work as a Care Assistant in Dementia Care Home. My job involves taking
the care of various patients who are admitted here and ensuring that they receive the best care
during the course of treatment. I will use Gibbs’ reflective cycle because this is a model which is
helpful in the reflection on own experience of the past through the use of different techniques
and methods.
With the use of Gibbs’ reflective cycle a recount of own experience can be made by a
person. The various stages of this model are as follows-
Description- Here, the situation is described in detail (Drolet and Desormeaux-Moreau,
2016). In Dementia Care Home, I have faced various situations as a Care Assistant when
immediate care was required by the patients and for this purpose I had to call a Doctor
immediately so that the attention could be paid to the patient.
Feelings- It means the feelings of a person during a particular experience. In my role as
Care Assistant I have to deal with both positive and negative feelings of the patients. Thus I
learned the way control on emotions can be kept while dealing with the patients.
Evaluation- It means performing an evaluation of the situation (Cruess, Cruess and
Steinert, 2016). In Dementia Care Home, I have faced situations where immediate care is
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required by the patients. In these circumstances one has to evaluate the action to be taken. Thus I
assessed that I need to call a Doctor immediately to cater to the needs and requirements of these
patients.
Analysis- This means making sense of something which has happened. As a Care
Assistant in Dementia Care Home, I have to analyse the specific situations sometimes and
accordingly take an action. This helps in dealing with the specific needs and requirements of the
patients.
Conclusions- This refers to concluding something which has happened. As a Care
Assistant in Dementia Care Home I have had a good experience. In the future also, I look to have
a great experience.
Action plan- This means the action which can be taken in a particular situation in the
future. Working a Care Assistant in Dementia Care Home, I assessed my weakness in certain
skills. Thus I made the use of SMART framework to frame an Action plan specifically focusing
on these skills so that an improvement can be made in them in the future which will help in the
attainment of goals and objectives.
M1: Review the ways of in which reflective practice is applied in health, care or support service
environments
Reflective practice can be applied here by making the use of different types of ways. By
making the use of reflective models as well as theories and frequent recording of one's own
experience the use of reflection can be made. In this way the right conclusions and
recommendations can be effectively derived which can be used in the future.
D1: Evaluation of ways own reflections impact on personal and professional development
Reflecting back on own experience in the past can be quite helpful for the purpose of
personal and professional development. This is so because by making the use of reflection a
person can ensure that the mistakes of the past can be identified and thus the necessary actions
can be taken so that these mistakes are not repeated in the future. Thus it acts as a learning
experience for the people as it can help them in determining the actions which can be taken in the
future.
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TASK 2
P3: Use of Practice themes for underpinning reflection in learning and practice
Kolb's learning cycle is a reflective model which can be used for the purpose of reflecting
back on the experience of the past. It is a learning cycle which covers various stages. These
stages are explained as follows-
Concrete experience- This refers to the experience of the past (Gil‐Rivas and Kilmer,
2016). This is the incident or the experience on which a reflection has to be made. While
working in Dementia Care Home as a Care Assistant I gained the required knowledge of law,
regulation and ethical practice which therefore helped me in ensuring that I perform my duties
and responsibilities accordingly. Also I had an experience of understanding that in health and
social care there is a value of professional values, attitudes and behaviours. Thus I worked
towards developing them.
Reflective observation- This refers to reflecting back on the experience (Guo and et.al.,
2017). Working as a Care Assistant in Dementia Care Home I have learned that health, safety
and safeguarding is important in health and social care because in this way proper care of the
patients who are admitted in hospitals and care homes can be taken. I learnt that while working
in such institutions there can be some mistakes which one can make and therefore the use of
certain methods and techniques has to be made so that these mistakes are effectively rectified.
Abstract conceptualisation- This means concluding and learning from the experience
(Hamilton, 2016). Working in Dementia Care Home as a Care Assistant I have learned that
promotion has to be given for physical and mental health and wellbeing is important in health
and social care practice. This is so because by promoting it better care of patients can be taken.
Thus I have realised that I have to give the required importance to it so that I am able to perform
by duties and responsibilities effectively and efficiently.
Active experimentation- This means planning and trying out something which has been
learned (Jones and Phillips, 2016). Working in Dementia Care Home as a Care Assistant has
allowed me to learn more about applied mathematics. I have learned how it can be used in health
and social care settings. Thus in this way I have made sure that I use it more in my day-to-day
routine which will help me in being more stronger in my field and perform my duties and
responsibilities in the right manner.
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Thus In this way I have realised that the use of themes can be made so that reflection is
made in learning and practice. Using a suitable reflective model one can reflect back on the
experience of using these themes properly in day-to-day routine of working in the care centres
and hospitals. Therefore this allows a person to be able to ensure that through the application of
these themes working pattern can be enhanced and more efficiency and effectiveness can be
brought in work so that better care of patients can be taken.
P4: Links between Practice Themes and Performance Indicators
The Practice Themes in health and social care are quite important because by making
their use by linking them with Performance Indicators the way of working in health and social
care institutions can be made even more better. These links can be made in the following
manner-
 Bed Occupancy Rate- Bed Occupancy Rate is a Performance Indicator which identifies
the availability of hospital beds (Kerpershoek, Groenleer and de Bruijn, 2016). In
Dementia Care Home it is used so that the availability of hospital beds is identified and
therefore the records are updated quite regularly to ensure that the beds are available for
the patients. This links with the theme of Law, Regulation and Ethical Practice because
according to the rules and regulations hospitals and care homes have to display it for their
patients.
 Patient Wait Time- This refer to the waiting time for the patients before they are able to
get treatment (Patterson and et.al., 2016). In Dementia Care Home this is an indicator
which can be used so that the patient wait time can be reduced. This links with the theme
of Professional values, attitudes and behaviour because through it professionalism can be
maintained in the right manner with higher-level of satisfaction for the patients.
 ER Wait Time- This means the identification of rush hours in the emergency room.
Dementia Care Home has to focus on reducing it so that patients can be dealt effectively
in the case of an emergency. This can link with the theme of Health, Safety and
Safeguarding because through the use of this parameter is made for ensuring that the care
of the patients can be taken in the case of an emergency when they require immediate
medical treatment.
 Patient Satisfaction- This refers to the level of satisfaction of the patients in a particular
healthcare institution (Ryan, 2018). In Dementia Care Home the focus should be made on
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ensuring that it is enhanced so that better care of the patients can be taken. This can link
with the theme of Valuing and promoting diversity, difference and inclusion because a
hospital or a healthcare institution has to ensure that satisfaction level of patients is
increased and diversity is maintained which is therefore quite helpful in enhancing the
overall reputation.
 Staff-to-Patient Ratio- This is the ratio of availability of hospital staff to the patients in
the hospital or healthcare institution (Slemon, Jenkins and Bungay, 2017). Dementia Care
Home needs to focus on maintaining this ratio on the higher side so that there is
availability of staff for treating and taking care of the patients. This links with the theme
of promoting physical and mental health and wellbeing in health and social care practice
because if this ratio is on a higher side it leads towards maintenance of physical and
mental health of the patients.
 Costs by Payer- Through it, the various types of insurance costs of the patients can be
measured (Stull and Blue, 2016). In Dementia Care Home it has to be ensured that these
costs are calculated. This links with the theme of Applied Mathematics because by using
it the staff members will be able to assess these costs which will help them in ensuring
the better treatment of the patients.
M2: Producing a plan for reflection on own learning and development
For the purpose of making a reflection it is necessary that a detailed plan is prepared in
which the various types of details regarding the process of reflection are shared. By making this
particular plan it can be ensured that the use of reflection is made so that enhancement in
learning and development can be made. Learning from it, the mistakes made in the past can be
avoided and thus this helps in ensuring that necessary rectifications are made effectively and
efficiently.
D2: Assessment of the effectiveness of the plan
The reflective plan can be helpful for the purpose of ensuring that through the use of
reflections necessary help and guidance can be taken in the future. Thus it leads to better
decision-making in the future as learning from the past experience can help in determining the
best course of action to be adopted in the future so that better decisions can be taken in a
particular situation which is being faced by a person.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that Professional Principles and Values in
Health & Social Care are quite important from the point of view of the healthcare and social
service institutions. They are important in the institutions which provide these services as in this
way they are able to provide a higher-level of satisfaction to the people. There are various
purposes for which reflection can be made in health and social care practice. Different types of
models and tools can be used for the purpose of reflection here. Practice themes can be used so
that underpinning of reflection can be done in learning and practice. Also, there is a link between
Practice Themes and other performance indicators.
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