Demonstrating Professional Principles and Values in H&SC

Demonstrating
Professional Principles
and Values in H&SC

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1: Purposes of reflection in health and social care practice.......................................................3
P2: Models and tools used for reflection.....................................................................................6
M1: Review the ways of in which reflective practice is applied in health, care or support
service environments...................................................................................................................7
D1: Evaluation of ways own reflections impact on personal and professional development.....8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3: Use of Practice themes for underpinning reflection in learning and practice.......................8
P4: Links between Practice Themes and Performance Indicators...............................................9
M2: Producing a plan for reflection on own learning and development...................................10
D2: Assessment of the effectiveness of the plan.......................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

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. Thus in
Dementia Care Home I have gained relevant and valuable experience which I can share
with those people who are aiming to become Care Assistants in the Hospitals. This will
be helpful for them in getting to know the way which they can use for dealing properly
with the patients by taking good care of them so that they are provided with proper
treatment.
 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. In Dementia Care
Home I have to make sure that by providing a reflection on my own experience I can
provide the future Care Assistants with a lot of information which can be used by them
properly. This can therefore be very helpful in ensuring that the relevant goals and
objectives can be attained effectively and efficiently.
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 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. In
Dementia Care Home the reflection on my own experience can be helpful in finding out
problems and issues so that the relevant improvements can be made effectively and
efficiently in my own skills and capabilities which will be very helpful for me in the
future.
 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. In Dementia
Care Home this is a very useful skill because through this one can bring the relevant
improvements in oneself which are highly essential for dealing with the patients and their
different problems and issues.
 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. In Dementia Care Home this can be used for training those professionals
who will be taking the care of patients in the hospital. Thus this provides a right base for
training.
 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
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