Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
Task 4.........................................................................................................................................3
References list............................................................................................................................8

Task 4
(AC 4.1) Evaluate the effectiveness of personal contributions when working with others
in health and social care practice using critical reflection on activities undertaken and
self-criticism of approaches used in the workplace (D1)
When working in a team setting in a health or social care practice, one must engage in critical
self reflection to facilitate smooth work flow and cordial relations among team members
(Redmond, 2017). Critical reflection includes the process of thinking of actions, concerns and
methods regarding a particular procedure, during undertaking the procedure. It also extends
to having a certain feeling about the procedure being undertaken, and making necessary
changes in practising it for the next time (Knott and Scragg, 2016).
In order to present a successful self reflection in working with health care or social care
teams, one needs to indulge in honest self criticism and take the necessary approaches. This is
done with the help of applying models of reflection and self criticism given by noted social
philosophers and thinkers.
To present a framework of personal effectiveness in a team setting of social and healthcare
professionals, the Kolb’s model of self reflection is applied here. Kolb’s model of reflection
gives the various stages of learning and self critical assessment that an individual goes
through while working in social environments (Gould and Taylor, 2017).
As a scenario where I have been tasked to develop my personal and professional self for
healthcare and social projects, I would take the following steps in the following stages:
 Concrete experience – The main event or situation of team work where team setting
is encountered is the first stage of reflection. In this stage, one can gain first-hand
experience and knowledge regarding the how, what and why the event. Notes can be
taken down to understand or remember concepts. For example, the main event is to
treat patients suffering from a Zika virus. Placed among the health staff of a hospital,
I would first note down the immediate steps taken by hospital staff when a patient is
admitted.
 Reflective observation – In this stage, mainly the inconsistencies between work as
taught and the real work experience is observed. This is done by noting down points
of anomalies, inadequacies, and considering the entire event form multiple