Personal and Professional Development Plan for Care Worker Role

This report examines personal and professional development within the context of a care worker role at Acacia Care Home. It begins with a comparison of information sources, identifying trends and developments impacting professional needs, and evaluating personal and professional development requirements. The report includes a skills gap analysis and outlines a development plan consistent with business requirements and personal objectives. It emphasizes the advantages of professional networks and bodies, explains SMART objectives, reviews progress, and details amendments to the plan based on feedback. The report highlights the importance of continuous learning, including training courses and self-assessment, to improve skills like communication, technical proficiency, and analytical abilities. The student aims to become a highly qualified healthcare expert and provides a detailed plan with measurable objectives, realistic goals, and a timeline for achieving professional growth within the healthcare sector. References to relevant literature are also included, to support the analysis.

MANAGE PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main body........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Comparison between source of information on professional development trends and their
validity.........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Identification of trends and development that affect the need for professional development
.....................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Evaluation about current and future personal and professional development needs relating
to the role.....................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Evaluation about the benefits of personal and professional development.............................2
2.2 Explanation about the basis on which types of development action are selected..................3
2.3 Identification of current and future likely skill, knowledge and experience requirement
using skills gaps analysis.............................................................................................................3
2.4 Agree a personal and professional development plan that is consistent with business
requirement and personal objective.............................................................................................3
2.5 Advantage of development opportunity made available by professional networks and
professional bodies......................................................................................................................4
3.1Explaiantion about SMART objective....................................................................................5
3.3 Review progress toward personal and professional objectives.............................................5
3.4 Amend the personal and professional development plan in the light of feedback received
from other....................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is very important for individual by which they can
survive their life in more effective and efficient way. While any individual learns something new
knowledge, skill, ability about something then its personality can automatically improve. By
effective learning style, source of information, interaction with effective people and experiences,
individual can learn something new (Megginson and Whitaker, 2017). In addition to this,
effective setting of aims and objective is also very important to improve personality and
professionalism in the life of individual. The current report provides the effective knowledge to
improve personality and professionalism of individual in the health and care sector.
Main body
1.1 Comparison between source of information on professional development trends and their
validity
In order to improve personality and professionalism, sources of information is very
important as with help of appropriate data anyone can learn something new about the subject. In
individual can acquire information about the subject and area in which they are require to
improve their professionalism from various sources which are discussed below-
Professional bodies- Professionals can motivate and encourage to individual for improving their
personality and professionalism.
Training organisation- This i another source of information for individual who wants to improve
their personality and professionalism. Training organisation is that institution which organise
training and development program for individual development (Markussen-Brown and et.al.,
2017).
Internet- This is best source of information by which individual can collect useful information
about the subject. On the internet there are various channels available like social media, online
articles, online blogs, news etc that helps to individual in improving their knowledge and idea
about the particular subject.
1.2 Identification of trends and development that affect the need for professional development
In the present time changes and development occurs in the technological as well as business
context in large manner. To cope up with changes individual requires improving their personality
and professionalism (Oh and et.al., 2017). Due to increasing trends and development, everyone
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have to make some necessary development in their personality. These changes are discussed
below-
 System and technology- As technology is continuously increasing day by day. With help
of effective technology organisation as well as individual can make their work and
activity easier. Thus it is very important for individual to learn to operate new technology
and have knowledge about the new system which runs in the business world (Yeo and Li,
2011).
 Market changes- There is too much changes in the market such as fashion, prices, product
and services, infrastructure etc. This change also influences to individual to improve
personality and professionalism.
 Competition-Competition is another trend and development that influence individual to
improve professional development. For survive in the competitive marketplace,
individual have to improve their personality and professionalism.
1.3 Evaluation about current and future personal and professional development needs relating to
the role
As my placement done in the Acacia care home London where my designation is care
worker. For this position my major role and responsibility is to provide effective care service and
treatment to patient so as they can improve their health issue. My current development need is to
understand actual issue and situation of patient so that i will able to deliver suitable treatment to
them. I have to improve my communication skill and observation skill through which i can easily
understand issue and find best treatment to patient. Furthermore, i required to acquire skill of
team working so that i can work with team member or care worker for deliver effective treatment
to them. In the future i wanted to become high qualified and best health experts in the hospital
who can handle all level patients. For attain this purpose i have to improve my personality and
professionalism in effective and efficient manner.
2.1 Evaluation about the benefits of personal and professional development
While any individual improve personality and professionalism then it will huge beneficial
for them because by this development people can learn so many new things like skill,
knowledge, idea, creativity etc (Werner and DeSimone, 2011). A successful professional person
can beneficial because by help of their professional they can earn in their life. Personal and
professional development provides financial benefit to individual. In addition to this personal
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and professional development helps to individual in improving their existing position and
reputation in the organisation as well as society. As per the previous discussion, with help of
professional development in health and care sector, individual can become successful health
experts who will able to deliver high quality of treatment and maintain the high level of patients.
2.2 Explanation about the basis on which types of development action are selected
As per the previous discussion it has been identified that being a care worker in acacia care
home i have major roles and responsibility to deliver effective treatment to patient and improve
their health issue. For attain this objective, i required to improve communication skill, analytical
skill, team working skill, technical skill etc. That skill will help me in improving my personality
and professionalism in effective manner. For improve my personality i will following activity
and actions-
 Training course- With help of training and development program i can learn more
effective method for deliver care services and treatment to patient. This program will
provide me more knowledge, creative criteria, new method to treat patient. My
communication and skill will also improve with help of training program.
 Self assessment- Self assessment will help me in analysing and assessing my own
personality by which i can improve my learning as well as analytical skill. Self practices
will support to observe my own strength and ability in the health care organisation.
2.3 Identification of current and future likely skill, knowledge and experience requirement using
skills gaps analysis
I have major weakness regarding interaction with people so it is huge requirement to
improve communication skill in my personality. Presently i am quite incapable to take frequent
decision because lack of observation and analytical skill. In future i wanted to improve my
decision making and analytical skill so as i can take frequent decision regarding patient health
and treatment. Apart from that i have also weak technical skill by which i am unable to carry out
work with help of computers and other equipment. Thus it can be said that i have to improve
several skill like communication, decision making, analytical, technical etc for become
successful professional in the future.
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2.4 Agree a personal and professional development plan that is consistent with business
requirement and personal objective
As previously discussed that i will use several methods for improve my personality and
professional and fulfil the gap between present and future need. I have discussed with my line
manager and upper level authority to organise training and development program in the future so
as i can improve my personality. For attain training, i have also take permission to training and
development department in the organisation. Furthermore, i have to discuss budget of this plan. I
will also discuss with team member so collectively we can learn new methods and ability to
provide high quality treatment to patient.
2.5 Advantage of development opportunity made available by professional networks and
professional bodies
Activity/Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Improve communication skill by
personality development class
Enhance technical skill by training
and development
Enhance analytical skill by self
assessment
Learn new methods and ways to
deliver high quality treatment to
patient
Activity Budget
Communication skill 5000
Technical skill 7000
Learn new methods of effective treatment of
patient
10000
Analytical skill 2000
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3.1Explaiantion about SMART objective
SMART objective for improving my personality and professionalism in the health and care
sector are discussed below-
Specific- Desires to become successful and high professional health experts in the global level
health and care organisation
Measurable- To improve communication, technical, analytical skill within 3 months. Apart from
that learn new criteria, methods and ways to deliver high quality treatment to patient.
Achievable- This aim is achievable because i have set my objective in my professional line and
sector that is why it is achievable (Wang and Noe, 2010).
Realistic- This aim is realistic because i will be attaining in the future.
Timely- I have to become successful and high level professional in the organisation within 2 year
and improve communication, technical, analytical skill within 3 months.
3.3 Review progress toward personal and professional objectives
From this set objective and attended planning of personality and professional
development, i have analysed that i have effectively improve my personality and
professionalism in the health and care sector. Become a care worker in Acacia care home, For
this position my major role and responsibility is to provide effective care service and treatment to
patient so as they can improve their health issue. By help of training and development, self
assessment, personality and professional development workshop, internet sources, books, etc i
have effective gain knowledge and skill to handle the patient in more effective way. By help of
training program i have improved my personality and communication skill. This skill will help to
understand the patient condition and issue regarding their health. Furthermore, with help of
training i have also improved technical skill that will help me in managing work by help of
computer and other equipments.
3.4 Amend the personal and professional development plan in the light of feedback received
from other
While i have improved my personality after one year then my co-worker and higher level
management appreciated me for my work. As i have successful fulfil the gap between current
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and future need with help of systematic personal and professional development plan. My
manager and owner has also appreciated me for my current performance in the health and care
home. I have effectively understood the patient health issue and delivered treatment to them. In
addition to this i have also analysed that my communication skill have been improved as
compare to previous as i am effective share the information my team members and co workers.
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