A Detailed Review of Personal and Professional Development

This essay delves into the critical aspects of personal and professional development within the health and social care sector. It emphasizes the continuous nature of professional growth, highlighting the development of new skills and staying current with industry advancements to achieve career goals. The importance of personal skills, such as communication, leadership, and problem-solving, is discussed in the context of a health and social care manager's role. A SWOT analysis is utilized to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, leading to the creation of a personal development plan focused on improving areas like leadership and problem-solving skills. The essay also explores the Gibbs reflection cycle as a model for self-assessment and learning, addressing potential barriers to reflection and underscoring its significance in enhancing the quality of care and fostering continuous improvement in both personal and professional capabilities. The importance of reflection in maintaining a healthy balance and increasing productivity is also highlighted.

Personal and Professional
Development in Health and Social
Care

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Professional development in health and social care is defined as a continuous process
which are related with the career training after a individual entered the work forces to develop
new skills as well as stay up to date in the current situation to advance their career and achieve
goals. These assist in the increasing the skills as well as knowledge to achieve their targets. In
healthcare, professional development is assist in the manage personal learning skills and
applying these in the growth of a personal career (Abdullah and et. al., 2022). The personal
development is related to the development the intellectual, social, physical, emotional as well as
the spiritual development of the individual. The main aim of the personal development is to
increase person's character as well as abilities. These assist in the assessing the weaker area and
skills which are needed to improve for increasing potential. This essay also includes the personal
development plan which helps to indicate the individual goals and what want to achieve. This
care gives clear goals and assists in identifying weaknesses and strengths. These also assist in the
easing the performance and employability (Molope and Oduaran 2020).
MAIN BODY
Personal and professional skills play an important role in the health and social care
manager. These are necessary for creating, implementing as well as monitoring a strategies
business plan for the effective functioning of the health care services. The health and social care
manager have the responsibility for directing, planning as well as coordinating the health
services, programs, staff management and another health system. The healthcare manager is
involved with the hospital, physician group practices, home health agencies and consulting firms.
These are requiring different job-specific abilities that are likely to possess already many soft
skills which are require for the position. These skills are including communication skills,
leadership skills, collaboration skills, analytical skills and some technical skills. These technical
skills are associated with the business administration as well as operations, patient care, data
analysis, quality assurance and control, budgeting as well as legal knowledge (Howard, 2021).
As a healthcare manager, these skills are necessary for the future development and
achieving goals but there are some skills in which I am weak and these skills are need to
improve. There is firstly use SWOT analysis for the development of the personal development
plan. The SWOT stands for the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities as well as threats. These are
the framework which are assist in the identification of the hinder in the personal and professional
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development. These are help in the achieving the goals and personal development (Debbag and
Fidan, 2021).
As a manager in health and social care, my strength is the communication skills and I
have a good technical skill. These skills are help in the daily work operations and these includes
some software as well as typing. These are assisted in maintaining the records and maintaining
the safe and proper working environment. The good communication skills are assisted in the
active listening of the staff members and patient. I am weak in the leadership and problem-
solving skills. I require to improve these skills. It is the necessary skill which help in the
motivate others toward a common goal. I am also weak in the problem-solving skills because I
cannot take any fast decision in the emergency situation. I also face some difficulties in public
speaking. The effective communication ability assists to understand different side more
efficiently. There are so many training programs in the healthcare in which I will try to reduce
my weaknesses. These are also help me to communicate with other persons and improve my
leadership skills. As a manager, I have lack of confidence in the public speaking and these will
cause threat in my progress and my position (Cathala and et. al., 2021).
Personal development plan is provided clear vision for the understanding of the good and
bad skills which are need to improve. This development plan is based on the values, reflection,
awareness, goal setting and planning for the personal development.
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Skills Action plan Resources Time taken
Communication
skills
Communication skills are
playing an important role in
the explaining policies,
procedures and regulation to
other team staff members. This
communication can be verbal
face to face conversation and
written by emails. This is
essential for the healthcare
manager to be articulate as
well as transparent in their
expectations. These are
necessary for the asking
questions and understand
cultural differences and
understand the physical and
mental condition. This is also
assisted in the create better
outcomes for patients as well
as staff by getting them to
engage with their treatment.
This communication
skill can be improved by
assessing the current
method of the
communication. This
can be improved by the
mobile collaboration
between healthcare
providers. There is also
need to take the training
programs and
mentoring. This can also
improve by the taking
coaching, development
of the opportunities.
2 months
Problem-solving
skills
Problem-solving skills are
assisted in the determination of
the issues and the solution of
that issue. This is the one of
the key skills which are
necessary for the employers.
This skill is plays a very
important role in the health
The problem-solving
skills can be improve by
the making of the
models, tables, charts as
well as diagrams and by
taking the training
programs.
3 months
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and social care. This assist in
the increasing critical thinking
as well as decision making
which are associated with the
patient and staff member
safety (Marjadi and et. al.,
2022). These skills are
necessary for the being
decisive, systematic, develop
self-awareness as well as
develops creativity. This is
requiring for the quickly
decided the pros as well as
cons of a situation and make a
essential decision.
Leadership skills The leadership skills are
capability to communicate
effectively and motivate to
their team members. A good
leader are assist in give the
direction, guidance, encourage
team and develops confidence
as well as ambitions. In health
and social care it is essential
because it is aimed on
effective patient care and
providing good surroundings.
Health care leadership is
focused on transformation,
execution, staff as well as
The leadership skill can
be develops by taking
training sessions and
develops disciplines in
life. To development of
the good leadership
skills by taking more
responsibility and
stepping out from the
comfort zone as well as
ready to learn anytime.
6 months
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patients.
Organizational
skills
The organizational skills are
the capabilities that are mainly
focused on the various tasks
and use proper time, energy
strength, mental abilities for
the effective as well as
efficient manner to achieve
organizational goals and
targets. This skill is also
associated with the good
communication skill,
management skill, goals or
targets as well as the straight
forward thinking. It is also
assist in the establishment of
the trust as well as
professionalism at the
healthcare. This is also
associated with the reducing
stress as well.
This skill can be
improve by the
identification of the
organizational goals as
well as targets and
develops a healthy work
balance .
3 months
Time management Time management is
capabilities to doing work at
appropriate time and these will
assist in the increasing
effectiveness as well as
productivity of the
organization. This are assist in
the decreasing stress and give
prioritise to time. These are
This can be improve by
avoid multitasking, by
using time management
apps as well as organize
day properly and
increase decision
making capabilities.
2 months
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help in the identification of
goals and determine task
prioritise (Haslip and
Donaldson, 2021).
Reflection is a process for self-assessment that can affect on the skills and learning and
these are consider some approaches which can assist in the improving the quality of the learning
skills. Reflection is used to support the transferring into actionable knowledge. The cyclic
process of the reflection is associated with the performing an action, analysing the skill or
situation as well as evaluate the action for the future improvement. The cyclical process is also
referred as the continuous cycle of learning. It is a systemic process for every individual that
making sure for achieving goals and progress. This process is help in encouraging for analysing
yourself for the betterment of life. The main of the reflection is provide the personal as well as
professional knowledge by evaluating the practices in the health and social care. Self-reflection
is playing a crucial role in learning as well as development skill that are used by the manager of
the health and social care. By the reflection, the manager can continuously improve their
personal as well as knowledge skills (Holland and et. al., 2022).
There are one of the most cyclical models of reflection is Gibbs reflection cycle. This
cycle can be developed by the Graham Gibbs in 1988 to give the specific structure to the
learning from the current experiences it is provide a structured framework for the cyclic
reflection. It is including the six stages and these are descriptions, feeling, evaluation, analysis,
conclusion as well as action plan.
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The cyclic reflection models are help in the examining the experiences and given its
cyclic nature is related with the repeated experiences. This is help in the assessing the strength as
well as the weaknesses in the individuals. This is also help in the development of the personal
and professional skills (Chaudhry, A., 2019).
There are some potential barriers for the reflection cycle and these are including the
personal attitudes, admission to training, lack of time as well as resources, cost and the various
learning style. The personal attitude is a most common barrier which is directly affect on the
behaviours as well as perceptions that avoids persons form communicating effectively with each
other. These are directly resulting in the poor management, personality conflicts, changes in the
residences as well as lack of motivation. This can be prevented by the maintaining and
establishing a good relationship in between staff as well as patients. The lack of time as well as
resources are a barrier for the reflection. Sometimes self-reflection takes some more time and so,
the person are did not use these refection. There are lack of goals, learning environments is also a
barriers for the reflection (Le and Alefaio, 2019).
As a manager of the health and social care, this reflection is playing a significant role in
the continuous improvement of the way of work and increasing the quality of care for the other
people. These are assisting in the development of the personal as well as professional skills
which are associates with the safe and effective evidence-based care as well as it allowing the
other staff members to also develop their professional and personal skills. Reflection is providing
the refreshment that assist in the keep focus and improve the quality of their personal skills.
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Reflective practice is also referring as reflection that can help in the maintain a healthy balance
as well as increase the productivity. The increment in the productivity will assist in the achieving
the life or carers goals and feel better about itself. The reflection is giving the areas of which are
need to improve or develops and assist in the try more creative as well as new things. According
to the human nature, persons are making some assumptions about some condition and this
reflection can help in the challenge these assumptions and identify new perspectives (Pohan,
Delgadillo and Jara, 2018).
Reflection is gives benefits to the every individual who are associated with the manager. It is
help in the identification of the weak skills which are communication skill, problem solving
skills, leadership skills, organizational skill and time management. The communication skill is
help in the understand the information which are given by the others. The poor communication is
resulting in the misunderstandings as well as frustration between managers as well as staff
members or patients (Batalden and Foster, 2022). This is developed proper coordination and
increase managerial efficiency. These are also responsible for the smooth and effective working
of the organization and increase the productivity. The problem-solving skill are also important
for the personal development and it is essential for the organization and workers succeed.
Manager is need to identify the issues and remove them from the workplace and this resulting in
the increasing the efficacy and productivity of the healthcare. This good problem solving is a
trusted as well as valuable factor of every team. This is help in the new idea for the betterment of
the work and these are also assisted in the understand things and save patients time and money. It
is also increasing the quality of care and develops understandings for the patients need and the
best solution is adopted for the problem. Leadership skills is relating with pepper
communication, public speaking as well as the problem-solving skills. The manager of the
healthcare profession is help to direct the organization resources increase the efficiency and the
achievement of the targets. A effective leader is gives a clear goal, purpose and give the guidance
for realize its mission (Anderson, 2021).
The effectiveness of the personal contribution is plays a significant role in the providing
their personal health as well as assist in the pay their personal healthcare and societies to
promotes health. There are some skills which are used for the analysing the contribution of
manager of the health and social care. These are includes transferable skills, verbal and non-
verbal communication, time management as well as the delivery format. The transferable skills
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are essential for the increasing the effectiveness of the working environment. The are assist in the
contribution of the success and associated with the team members, workers, patient as well as
healthcare (Tchopev and Nelson, 2022). These are also associated with the taking control on
carer goals and decrease the stress which are present at workplace. These are also useful in the
effective communications and assist in the clarify the issues. The manager is requires to know
that are able of explaining their personal thinking to the other in organization and also able to
identify the viewpoint of the others. These are develops the prioritise of the projects as well as
time management and these are requires the evidence of the administration skills. These are
requires for the motivation and develops the enthusiasm in the working for increase the
productivity of the health and social care. The training can only take for increasing the problem
solving skills. The self-awareness is able to recognize the area of weakness is significant as
development of strengths. The manager is requires to know that the strengths as well as
weaknesses. These are assist in the new position and presenting the skills for the role of manager.
The verbal and non-verbal communication are use for the effective learning as well as listening
and assist in communicating goals and aspirant. The personal effectiveness cannot imagine
without having good communication. This will also assist in the respecting the others opinions
and provide understanding of the patient as well as other staff members. In the healthcare, it is an
important skill that are linked with the effectiveness of the organization and motivates others and
attain their goals or make progress. These skills implementation are important for the patient
satisfaction and accomplished which are associated with the positive mental health. The personal
effectiveness is a significant quality to the premises and impress the workers that are work with
the manager (Mangiacotti and et. al., 2021). Communication skill is also develops the
presentation skills, persuasion as well as assertiveness. The good communication is occurs when
the all barriers are removed. These barriers are includes physical barriers, personal attitude as
barrier, system design, cultural differences, psychological barriers, ambiguity of words or
phrases used, individual linguistic ability as well as the bypassing. These barriers have the actual
to changeling the message delivering bad communication. A bad communication is leasing in the
wrong decision making and this may lead in the errors in the problem-solving and other
decisions. To avoid these factors, there is need for the effective communication. It is also assist
in maintain the delivery format and this is a format which are associated with the parties who are
delivering information to one other to the statement. These are present at the paper copy,
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electronic media as well as the soft copy. The delivering format of the information as accessible
as the format which maintained information. These are ability to deliver transferable skills using
different formats of the working. The good time management is assist in the production of the
higher work quality and gives some missed deadlines. These are help in the better sense of the
self-control, improved self-esteem and reduces the stress. These are also assist in the achieving
the targets and increasing the productivity. This is associated with the planning as well as
controlling time to spend on particular activities (Jones and et. al., 2019).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that the personal and professional
development in health and social care plays a significant role in the achieving the goals. This is
also consider the SWOT analysis of the manager of the health and social care. There are some
skills which are necessary for the manager to organize all members. This essay is also includes
the personal development plan for the manager of the healthcare. This includes skills which are
time management, communication, leadership, problem-solving as well as organizational skills
which are need to improve for the development of the organization as well as personal and
professional development. These are also help in building of the goals or targets and achieve
them. This is also consider the cyclic reflection process which are used for the self-reflection.
There is also explain the importance of the reflective practices in the continuously improvement
of the quality of the services. This is also includes the roles of the decrease barriers for increasing
the effectiveness of the teamwork. There is also describes the barriers which are present at the
time of reflection. There are associated with the personal attitude, time and cost.
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