Demonstrating Professional Principles & Values In H&SC Practice

Demonstrating Professional Principles
& Values In H&SC Practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explaining purpose of reflection in health and social care practices-....................................1
P2 Describing models and tools used for reflection in health and social care practice-..............2
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................3
P3 Explaining how Practice Themes could be utilized for underpinning reflection in learning
and practice-.................................................................................................................................3
P4 Illustrating in detail link among Practice theme and other performance indicators-.............4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P 5 Methods used to gain evidence of effective reflective practice.............................................5
P 6 portfolio of evidence of reflection.........................................................................................6
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................8
P 7 Review evidence gathered in own portfolio..........................................................................8
P 8 Produce targets for the development.....................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Professional principles and ethics help in governing a person’s behaviour within a
business environment. It helps in portraying professional images through consistency, reliability
and honesty. These values help in making employees accountable for their actions. In health and
social care sector these principles are required and are important for personal development of
employees (Daniels, Nabasenja and Mbukusa, 2018). Professional reflective practitioners within
health and social care sector plays a vital role as they help in examining learners as well as their
knowledge. The main purpose of this assignment is to produce own complete learning and
development plan that can be used as evidence of practise. This assignment will lay emphasis on
purpose of reflection in H and SC sector, different kinds of models and tools used for reflection
in health and social care practice, ways in which Practice Themes can be used to underpin
reflection in learning and practice, link between Practice Themes and other performance
indicators, methods that can be used to gain evidence of effective reflective practice in health and
social care sector, portfolio of evidence of reflection, review of evidence gathered in own
portfolio.
LO1
P1 Explaining purpose of reflection in health and social care practices-
Reflective practice is paper need for the individual career progression in health care. It is
the procedure of making sense of experience for learning and improving as practitioner.
Reflection can be undertaken individually or could take place in team or group it's totally
depended on the situation. It can be performed formally or informally. Hence, If it has been done
greatly then skills can be improved as health care provider. Reflection in the health and social
care is important for improving and changing practices. It renders path for the healthcare worker
for dealing with sensitive issue which are faced by them. In health and social care role, reflection
the particular task provide an individual with an opportunity for looking at every stage of the
procedure of care giving and further deciding on that whether appropriate action must be taken
or not. Using reflection among social and health care had benefited patients and profession both
(Hildebrand, 2018). For doing, it well and effectively, reflection includes describing, analyzing
and evaluating experience from the practices in way which help in making it more effective.
Reflection can occur at anytime it can be prior, during and could be often after experience or
event, all which allows learnings. Continuous critical thinking and reflection could close gap
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among practice and theory, improving quality of care which is being rendered and stimulating
professional & personal development.
P2 Describing models and tools used for reflection in health and social care practice-
Theoretical approach of the reflection as cyclical model were developed by Gibbs in
1998. The model is based on six stage approaches, leading from description of experience by
consideration and conclusion for the future events. Major principle are similar to Kolb's, it is
broke down further for encouraging nurses for reflecting their own feelings and thoughts. It is an
effective tool which is helpful in reflecting after experience, and is useful model for new
reflection as it is divided into clear defined section. In first description section, the healthcare
worker should clearly outline experience. The factual things which have actually occurred must
expressed there. In second stage it encourages healthcare practitioner for exploring their feelings
or thoughts they are having at the time of event. The feelings are being explained there which
directly refereed to as personal and professional development. It is essential for practitioner to be
honest with how they feel, and once it has been find out strategies can be implemented for
overcoming barriers. The third stage is evaluation section that gives opportunity for healthcare
worker to discuss what went well and analyze the practices (Thomas, 2016). The areas which are
need to be developed are to be considered. Fourth stage is analysis where practitioner make sense
of experience. Relevant research or literature is refereed for making sense of experience. The
Fifth stage is where healthcare worker draw all ideas and view together. It has been now
understood what is needed to be improved by them and having ideas how they can improve this.
Sixth stage is final stage where all previous element of cycle has been sumed up. Step-by-step
plan is to be set up for learning new experience. They could identify what they would be
keeping, what they would be developing and what they would do differently. It will also be
helpful in setting steps that are needed to overcome barriers. The first three stage are totally
obsessed to what happened. Remaining three sections relate for making sense of experience and
how it can be improved by practitioner. Kolb's model of the experimental learning works by
concluding reflection in learning processes. Every time new skills or practices is to be learned,
an individual must spent time reflecting on action or event. This model is particular useful for
learning health and social care through practical application. It includes the four stages that are
first stage is for learning a practitioner should first experience. Second stage includes the
reflective observation, after event has been taken place, it's time to think about in detail and
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