Reflective Account on Principles of Care in Health and Social Care

Reflective Account

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
a)Identify something which you have learned about Principles of Care, outline how this might
influence your approach in health and social care...................................................................................3
b)How can such experience influence personal development and insight................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Principle of care is crucial in the field of health and social care. This principle describes
the way health and social care workers need to provide their services towards the individual care
(Matiti and Bailey, 2020). The study will cover my learning about the principle of care and it
potential impact in health & social care setting. Further, the impact of experience on personal
development and growth will also cover in the given study.
a)Identify something which you have learned about Principles of Care, outline how this might
influence your approach in health and social care
In health and social care, principle of care is crucial in order to provide better and
effective services to the patients. It states that health and social workers are required to perform
their duties appropriately to provide better care & assistance to the patients. It depends on the
health care workers. how they handle the patients to ensure their safety in the future period of
time (Dall'Oglio and et. al., , 2018). I am working as a healthcare worker hence I need to perform
different roles & responsibilities to provide better care to the patients. During my practice, I
have learned that the healthcare workers are required to provide the best possible assistance to
the patients as they per their health conditions. There is requirement to provide more care to the
serious patients. In addition, I learned that a healthcare worker needs to work in the best possible
interest of the individuals. This learning will significantly influence my practices in the field of
health and social care which can be understood by the implication of Gibbs reflection model.
Steps of the respective model are given as follows:
Description: It is the first step where I need to handle a critical patient. I handled the case
with my team members . As I did not have much experience of handling such critical cases hence
I took support and assistance of my seniors to tackle the situation appropriately.
Feelings: In this stage, I felt anxious, frustrated due to my first and foremost experience
of handling such critical incident. However, Me and my team members put maximum efforts to
provide the best possible help to the patient. During the situation, all the people were anxious and
put their best to get positive outcomes.

Reflective Account

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Who, what and why ....................................................................................................................3
How did it make you feel ...........................................................................................................3
Why did it happen.......................................................................................................................3
Could you have done anything differently .................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Reflective practice is defined as the practice to reflect on past experiences in order to
ensure continuous progress. This report includes reflection on knowledge of principle care and
the influence of this knowledge in changing personal approach to health and social care. Role of
such experience in developing personal insight is also provided in this report.
MAIN BODY
Who, what and why
I learned about principles of care and their importance for healthcare workers. I was able
to understand the role principles of safety, dignity, Independence and communication in
protecting the rights of vulnerable individuals which helped me develop understanding on good
practice in healthcare. In addition to this I also gained knowledge about the barriers associated
with health and social care. I was able to understand impact of various care and control issues on
health and social care of individuals such as class, income, region, population growth, average
age growth and discrimination. This helped me develop profound knowledge of health and social
care and has affected my approach towards health and social care (Butler, 2019). Apart from this,
I also understood legislation implemented to safeguard rights and ensure safety of vulnerable
people.
How did it make you feel
I feel that this has developed my viewpoint on health and social care and allowed me to
understand different perspective on providing effective care. I have understood how rights of
vulnerable individuals can be abused in absence of principles of care and good practice. Going
forward my approach towards health and social care has evolved because of this knowledge
(Lucas, McMahon and Charlton, 2020). This is because I feel that it is important to understand
the conditions of vulnerable people and ensure protection of this rights. In addition to this I also
feel that I have not effectively understood the concept of care and control issues. This is because
of the large number of variables are associated with each care and control issues.
Why did it happen
I had been able to easily understand principles of care and good practice as I understand
the conductions faced by vulnerable people at workplace. I faced difficulty in understanding the