Development Plan: Personal and Professional Growth in Health Care

This report examines personal and professional development within health and social care settings, emphasizing the influence of values and principles on individual contributions. It evaluates personal development plans aimed at enhancing essential skills and abilities. The report reflects on personal practice, comparing personal values with principles like equal rights, diversity, and confidentiality, while assessing the impact of personal culture and experiences on supporting service users. Furthermore, it analyzes the effectiveness of personal contributions in teamwork, identifying actions to minimize barriers and assessing current skills and learning styles through SWOT analysis. The report also includes a holistic development plan with short, medium, and long-term goals, and a reflective account of monitoring the development plan against working practices. Desklib provides this and other solved assignments for students.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN
HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE

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INTRODUCTION
This report helps in the understanding of the values as well as the principles which influences
the individual contributions for the purpose of working in settings of the health and social care.
The different plans were evaluated for doing the progress personally so that the skills, as well as
the abilities, can be developed and enhanced which is of utmost essential in health and social
care (Boyd, et al. 2014). In addition to this, this report will help in an understanding of the
applications of the professional engagement in providing the users with the services of the
health as well as the social care. Further, the report enhances the skills and the capabilities by
working with others with respect to the health as well as the social care.
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TASK 1
CASE SCENARIO 1
REFLECT ON YOUR PRACTISE AS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL:
COMPARE PERSONAL VALUES SUCH AS BELIEFS AND PREFERENCES AND
PRINCIPLES LIKE EQUAL RIGHT, DIVERSITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY WITH
THE PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT FOR WORKING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.
ASSESS HOW VALUES LIKE CULTURE AND YOUR OWN BELIEF AFFECT SERVICE
USERS AND OTHERS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS
PERSONAL VALUES YOU POSSESS EFFECT OF THE VALUES ON PRINCIPLES OF
SUPPORT IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
1. Quick Learner I am a quick learner so that the different
practices conducted in the health and social
care can be easily learned by me.
2. Setting Goals I set the goals according to the work which I
need to be performed (Stuart, 2014). Setting a
goals helps in achieving the objectives of
health as well as the social care.
3. Equal Right Equal right helps in building the teamwork
which is strong enough for providing the
services with respect to the health as well as
the social care.
4. Confidentiality The confidentiality is ensured in order to
conduct the activities of the operation better
by building an effective team (Banks, 2012).
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5. Critical Thinking Critical thinking will help in ensuring the
direction that I should take in order to make
the decisions effectively for reflecting in the
services of social as well as the healthcare.
6. Diversity Diversity must be maintained in providing the
services of social as well as the healthcare
with respect to the employees of the
organization.
7. Professionalism The attitude towards the work should be
professionally maintained in order to bring the
discipline in the services of the customer
(Payne, 2015).
8. Pleasure The pleasure activities will help in overcoming
the stress as well as the tension with respect
to the work in providing the services to the
customer.
YOUR PERSONAL CULTURE AND EXPERIENCES Assess how personal culture and experience
impact on your role as a healthcare
professional when supporting service users
1. Acting as a leader for handling the work in
an efficient way
With the help of this ability, I will develop a
good culture in order to ensure the customer
with the good quality services for attaining the
satisfaction of the customer.
2. The attitude in taking care of the different
types of a culture of the people with the
approach of similar behaviour
This feature of mine in personal culture, as
well as the experience, helps in maintaining
the ethical standards of the health and social
care organization so that people can be
treated equally with respect to the treatment
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of the organization (Bowling, 2014).
3. Providing the preferences based on the
rituals possessed by the patients
This factor of mine helps in giving the
importance to the people regarding their
values possessed by the patient for the
treatment. It also helps in encouraging as well
as utilizing the capability of their favourite
treatment according to their preferences. It
further helps in providing the balance to be
given equally regarding their preference of the
rituals.
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THE IMPACT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS LEGISLATIONS/POLICIES,
LESSONS LEARNT FROM ENQUIRIES SERIOUS FAILURES OF HEALTH, SOCIAL
CARE, CODES OF PRACTICES AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE ON YOUR PERSONAL
VALUES IN RELATION TO YOUR WORK ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
I have observed that the different legislation, policies, principles, and the research have been
conducted in the organization of social and health care. This has created a great impact on me.
The career Act of 1995 helps in asking the questions for doing the assessment with respect to
my ability in the organization (Mafuwa, 2015). The Human Rights Act of 1998 helps me in giving
the rights for doing the justification with respect to the government. The Children and the
Young People Act of 2008 help in deciding the treatment to be given to the younger generation
as well as the adults.
These rules and the regulation has been followed by me as the above-mentioned acts help in
managing as well as understanding the things easily and correctly. I have further seen
improving the relation of all the staff members of the organization (Morake, 2014). The Green
Paper has been developed by the government of UK for registering the name of the people
concerning the private as well as the public health with the description of the provision of the
service. Further, the government has been involving the participation of the different types of
members such as stakeholders, shareholders, and the different safety organization for the
purpose of collecting the feedback as well as the reviews so that the services can be improved
better and maintained effectively. These are the data which I have observed as well as
analyzed.
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CASE SCENARIO 2
EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
WHEN WORKING WITH OTHERS/ AS A TEAM AND ANALYSE WHAT ACTIONS
YOU HAVE TAKEN IN YOUR PRACTICE TO MINIMISE BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE
TEAMWORK IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Teamwork helps in carrying out the tasks more effectively. I have worked with the various
teams which helped me in developing my abilities as well as the skills in order to meet the
objectives of SMART which are further described below:
Specific
This factor has helped me in developing the critical thinking capacity so that the decisions can
be made accurately for providing the services to the people.
Measurable
My performance was measured on the basis of my profile which further helped me in
developing my ability for the nursing field (McCormack, et al. 2010).
Attainable
Since I have worked with the different teams and gained enough knowledge, the senior
appointed me as the team leader in order to carry out the activities of the operation more
smoothly.
Relevant
My contribution as a team leader helps in building the customer satisfaction for providing the
services to the people which have been recognized.
Time Bound
My target has been achieved by me on the yearly basis in reaching the objectives of the
organization.
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The barriers that encountered within my practice were related to the diversity as well as the
attitude of the team members.
For the purpose of overcoming my barriers, the different tools, as well as the exercise, were
used by me to facilitate the smooth working of the organization. I have offered the team with
the required knowledge as well as the information so that the objectives of the care unit can be
achieved. This is done by me with the help of arranging the team members to sit in a circle in
order to understand the behaviour as well as the expression of the team members individually.
This will help in building the trust between all the members of the team and the members will
become more open to sharing their thoughts as well as the opinions (Mertens, 2014). Further, I
have described the various types of powers that the members of the team can use effectively in
order to accomplish the objectives of care unit. These powers include the projection related
power, the personal power, the official power of handling the issues so that tasks can be
performed with the understanding as well as utilizing their ability.
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TASK 2
ASSESS YOUR OWN CURRENT SKILLS AND LEARNING STYLE
STRENGTH
 The critical thinking ability of mine
helps in carrying out the activities of
operation in a smooth way.
 My leadership style will reflect in
tackling any problem encountered by
the team members.
 My confidence will help in
accomplishing the goals associated
with my task.
 The ability of mine to make the
decisions for solving any problem.
WEAKNESS
 I don’t have the patience factor which
creates a problem for the team
members leading to the conflict.
 Sometimes, I lack in handling the team
which makes it difficult to perform the
task with more accusations.
 Sometimes, the communication is not
built properly for the team member
that makes it my weakness (Brown, et
al. 2010).
 The planning process of mine is not
good as it disturbs the working of
conducting the operations smoothly.
OPPORTUNITY
 The weaknesses of mine can be
reduced by using an effective
development plan at the personal
level.
 The workshops are conducted for the
purpose of developing the individual is
one of the opportunities (Bell, 2010).
 Another opportunity is to learn the
techniques of controlling the team
THREAT
 The unavailability of the time in the
busy life makes it a major threat.
 Sometimes stress, as well as tension in
life, disturbs my mind leading to
committing mistakes.
 The improper balance between the
work life as well as the personal life
makes a threat to my ability.
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members with the help of leadership.
IN YOUR TABLE PRODUCE A HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR SHORT TERM
GOALS, MEDIUM TERM GOALS AND LONG-TERM GOALS
To Learn To Do Support Needed Measuring the
Success
Achieving Date
Acquiring the
knowledge
related to health
as well as the
social care
To complete the
training program
as well as the
program of
development.
Gathering the
support from the
employees who
are experienced
in the training
center program.
Assessment of
the report with
the help of
supervisors of
the organization.
After reviewing
the report
Building the trust
with the help of
providing the
team with the
introduction of
mine.
Gathering of the
feedback as well
as the advice
from the
managers of the
department
(White and
Gunstone, 2014).
Self-assessment
has done at
informal as well
as at the formal
level.
After reviewing
the report.
Different
approaches
needed for
building the
leadership
quality
Gathering of the
information and
the required
knowledge from
the experience
people of the
organization.
Support of the
experienced
supervisors is
needed.
Success is
measured by the
evaluating the
performance at
the development
phase.
After reviewing
the report.
Building the
confidence in
Volunteering
needs to be done
Support of the
Line managers is
Gathering of the
feedback from
After finishing
the required
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managing the
leadership
quality
with respect to
the projects of
the project.
needed. the members of
the team as well
as the
supervisors.
project.
Upgrading the
skills of patience
Skills regarding
the management
to be learned
from the
supervisors.
Support of the
supervisor is
needed.
Evaluating the
performance
self.
After finishing
the required
project.
Short-term Goals Medium Term Goals Long-Term Goals
These are set for a year that is
12 months.
These are set for about two to
three years.
Long-term goals will be set for
about after the three years.
Short-term goals will help in
the development of the skills
so that stress and tension can
be reduced.
Medium term goals will help
in learning the qualities
concerned with the leadership
as well as the management
(Brown and Knight, 2012).
The long-term goal will consist
of the achieving the
promotion.
Short term goal will include a
program of training as well as
the development.
The short-term goals will help
in the development of
capabilities of managing the
time.
The long-term goals will
further develop the capability
of managing the extended
team of employees.
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PRODUCE A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT OF HOW YOU HAVE MONITORED YOUR
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM AGAINST THE WORKING STANDARDS/
REQUIREMENT EXPECTED OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IF YOU HAVE
ANY MADE ANY CHANGES DISCUSS IN THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION, EVALUATE
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO YOUR OWN
DEVELOPMENT/ PRACTICE AS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
A development plan is monitored in order to enhance the process of development which is
further described below:
Reviews, as well as the feedbacks, will be gathered from the managers as well as the colleagues
so that my weaknesses can be improved further and my work attitude to be developed in a
positive way.
I have developed the interaction with the employees of the organization so that the operations
can be carried out effectively.
My strategy for developing the time management skills will be based on the setting the goals as
per the task (Drummond, et al. 2015).
Workshops are attained for developing the level of confidence in me by evaluating it.
The evaluation of the development plan can be done through the process which is described
below:
In order to understand the theories related to the health as well as the social care, a degree
concerning these qualities can be completed for the purpose of implementing it practically.
The time management has been learned by me so that the projects assigned to me are
completed on time meeting the deadlines (Shneiderman, 2010).
An affecting building of the team helps in carrying out the activities concerned with the social as
well as the healthcare units to the people so that the target customers can be delivered with
the best services concerning the organization.
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The activities which I have attended and performed daily in the organization helped me in doing
the interactions with the employees of the organization which further helped in better
delivering the services.
The other ability which I have developed helps in maintaining my patience level which helped
me in carrying out the operations effectively.
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EXPLAIN HOW THE LIMITS OF OWN WORK ROLE IMPACTS ON WORK WITH
OTHERS
There were some of the limitations encountered in my profile in the organization of health and
social care. I worked there as a trainee in delivering the services to the people indirectly as I
cannot interact with the clients directly. This gives rise to the lack in the field of opportunity as
the people have not developed trust as well as the faith based on the project assigned to me.
Different employees of the organization possess different projects for working there. The
knowledge, as well as the required information which I needed of the clients, also not provided
to me (Bakker and Bal, 2010). I was only restricted to take the decisions according to my profile.
So the employee of the different projects doesn’t listen to my sayings as I don’t have the
required knowledge of the field. The culture of the organization is affected by the process of
the interaction which sometimes may arise to the negative opinions.
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TASK 3
EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE CONTEXTS
The professional relationship is defined as the process which helps in making the effective
relationship with the staff members as well as the clients of the organization including their
family members, colleagues as well as the authorities concerned with the health as well as the
social care for the purpose of developing the coordination so that the operations of the
organization are conducted in an effective way.
The nature of the different professionals must be such that they are treated equally with
respect to the values as well as the respect factor (Thistlethwaite, 2012). The different acts
concerning the organization with respect to the decision to be made regarding the delivery of
the services to the customers by following the acts of the conduct such as care act, human
rights act so that the ethical standards of the organization can be maintained. The services to
the customers can be offered in an effective way by involving the interaction with the
concerned authorities such as doctors, the other employees, and the service providers. In
addition to this, the coordination must be maintained in order to ensure the safe working
environment of the organization.
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EVALUATE PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE
RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
The personal effects can be achieved by the acts of human rights as well as the equality so that
each individual in an organization is treated equally with respect. I will be giving each individual
of the organization with equal respect as well as the rights in keeping and giving their opinions
(Buntinx and Schalock, 2010). The data of the different types of the clients that are the patients
will be kept secure and confidential so that the ethical standards of the organization of health,
as well as social care, can be maintained.
The support from my side will include the different factors such as reliability, worthy of trusting
the people and the dependency factor so that the clients will feel being valued by the
organization in order to accomplish as well as achieve the goals as well as the objectives of the
organization. An effective collaboration will be built on my side in order to promote the rights
of an individual.
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DISCUSS WAYS TO RESOLVE ISSUES ENCOUNTERED IN PROFESSIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
The obstacles in encountering the professional relationship are described below:
The leadership quality lacks in offering the purpose as well as the motive of the employees of
the organization in order to perform better.
The communication also creates a barrier which resulted in creating the conflict regarding the
rules and regulation to be followed (Schön, 2017).
The policies of the organization are kept transparent so the information regarding the clients
cannot be transferred to the staff members of the organization.
The ways to resolve the above-mentioned issues encountered in the professional relationship
are described below:
Building trust for each employee of the organization.
Building communication for the employees which is made transparent to the other staff
members.
Giving the respect to each team members.
Involving team members in taking the decisions by sharing their views as well as the opinions.
Focusing on doing the adhesion of the team for the operations of the organization.
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DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEAM.
The personal contribution to the collective effectiveness of a team can be improved by the
developing the attributes personally which are described below:
Sharing the views, thoughts as well as the opinions of mine with the other members of the
team regarding a common topic for further improvement.
Building the moral value of the others by giving each employee respect they deserve.
Suggestion to be provided for the team members so that the environment can be maintained to
work even better.
Giving the help to the people whenever they need in providing the services to the client.
Describing the roles and responsibilities of the members of the team through an effective
communication (Hu and Liden, 2011).
The improvement with respect to the IT team department will help in improving the efficiency
of the team members.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report, the development of different practices was learned with the help of
understanding the skills as well as the capabilities of the user so that these skills can be applied
in the social and healthcare environment. The influence of the individual contribution to
working in the health and social care is also described. Different plans were evaluated,
monitored, and produced so that the progress can be done in developing the skills and abilities
needed for social and health care. Further, the application of principles of professional
development for engaging with the users is also described.
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