Personal and Professional Development Portfolio: Reflective Essay
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This assignment is a reflective essay on personal and professional development portfolio. The aim of this portfolio is to encourage you to develop as reflective practitioners by applying understanding and skills to your own health and social care setting(s). In this essay, you will explore current values and prejudices comparing them with the principles of health and social care and discussing their impact on your role. You will also compare personal values and principles with the principles of support for working in health and social care. Finally, you will assess how personal culture and experience influence own role in supporting users of services and others in health and social care settings.
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