Reflection in Health and Social Care 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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