Personal and Professional Growth in Health & Social Care Sector

This report focuses on personal and professional development within the Health and Social Care (H&SC) sector, emphasizing the importance of aligning personal values with ethical work practices. It includes a self-assessment of current skills and abilities, identifying both strengths (such as communication skills and patience) and weaknesses (like managing temper and limited knowledge of current laws and medical information). A holistic development plan is presented with short, medium, and long-term goals aimed at improving English language skills, gaining relevant healthcare qualifications, and advancing to a nursing role. The report also details the process of monitoring progress and evaluating the effectiveness of the development plan, highlighting improvements in communication, career development, and overall performance as a health and social care practitioner. The SMART objectives are discussed, focusing on becoming a registered nurse and achieving professional success through continuous learning and skill enhancement.

Personal and Professional
Development In Health And
Social Care

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development refers to a way individual sets out their goals,
mission, strategies etc. with the aim of enhancing knowledge related to specific field (Wykes and
et. al., 2015). Culture is an important elements in the development related to health and social
care as it assist them in performing the work ethically. For this report, H&SC sector is taken for
considerations in which personal values will be explained by taking example of working with the
sector. Role of personal culture and how it affects users of services will be described by taking
functional example. Own skills and ability will be identified for development and then
development plan will be made accordingly.
DO NOT WRITE NOTHING ABOUT MY EXPERENCE FROM ROMANIA , ALL WHAT
WRITE NEEDS TO BE FROM HERE.
TASK 2
2.1 Assessment of current skills and ability
It is important for every individual to find their capabilities and weakness as it assist them
to modify their performance accordingly (Hanko, 2016). For instance if worker of HSC removes
their weakness and strengthen their strengths while working then their practices and performance
while working would improve to a certain level. My current skills and ability is explained below,
Strengths Weakness
I have good communication skills which helps
me to make rapport with different type of
patients coming to hospitals. As mentioned
above, people does not trust and prefers to talk
to strangers due to which these skills are
essential for me.
List and explain your strengths eg
Good IT skills: Explain
Ability to communicate effectively: Explain
One of my biggest weakness is short temper
behaviour. It is hard for me to control my anger
at that which sometimes affect me in a negative
way. For instance, if any patients irritate me
while working then sometimes I shouted on
them which affects my principles which I have
gained from the Romania. ( I have to speake
just my experience from here not from
Romania)

good essay writing skills: Explain
Other strengths of my behaviour is patience
while talking. It is an essential factor in the
HSC industry as if accurate information is not
provided to me by the patients then it becomes
hard for me to give prescription accordingly.
I have less knowledge regarding the new laws
and medical information in the HSC sector due
to which I have to give more focus on reading
and implementing them accordingly.
It should be important in the HSC to follow the
rules and guidelines provided by the hospitals
as it avoid any negligence while working and
legal issues which might be imposed by the
government. I always follow ethical rules as it
helps me perform my task with highest
productivity. Various ethical principles
includes no discrimination at work,
prescription according to patients health etc.
I found problem while handling patients from
the Romania as I do not understand their
concerns due to the language barriers.
NOTE: This sentence is not good , I have to
write just about my experience from here ….so
please correct this sentence.

2.2 Holistic development plan with short, medium and long term goals
As already mentioned in the above part, I have shared my strengths and weakness and
now it’s time for me to work on that effectively as finding these capabilities and weakness does
not affect the performance of the person. Proper dedication is required from the end of
employees as without their proper strategy and development plan, they cannot attain professional
development in the future (Golightley and Goemans, 2017). PDP is a documents which consist
of various strategies and actions taken by the individual to remove their weakness so that they
can perform better in the critical as well as in normal conditions. My PDP plan is given below,

Where am I
now?
Where do I want to
be?
Actions to
support
development
Criteria to
measure/assess
achievment?
Short term:
Improve
english
language
These skills are
weak in me
due to which i
could not
communicate
my ideas with
the team.
I want to
communicate with
the team members
in an effective
manner so that they
can understand the
message or
information
conveyed.
These skills can
be developed by
taking the english
speaking classes
as well as by
practising english
in daily life.
Effective
communication
with the patients
from different
nation and back-
ground.
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Medium term:
Top up in
Health and
Social Care
Not good I
have to speak
about top up
degree
Just about top up
Long Term:
To get a job in
Health and
Social Care as
a nurse.
I am currently
working as
care voluntary
in health and
social care.
For becoming
nurse, i have to
improve my
knowledge
regarding the
medical profession
so that i can
perform my work as
a nurse in an
effective manner.
For this, i have to
taken the training
from a recognised
medical
institution so that
proper
information and
knowledge can be
acquired.
Ability to
perform different
job roles by
using the
existing skills
and
competencies.
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2.3 Monitoring progress and reviewing plan
I have done the monitoring and reviewed the plan according to the requirement of health
and social care. The desire to procvde treatment and care to thiose in needs andunderstanding
their empnition and be a support to these patients who are suffering from variosu kinds of
diseases motivated me to become a nurse and choose this as my profession. The SMART
objectives that I have developed in order to succed in my profession are:
Specific: The major goal is to become a registered nurse in the healthcare association.
Measurable: I intend to achieve this objective by developing approapirate skills that I have
fuhrther idntified in the PDP plan.
Acheivable: The skills that I have ascertained can be developed if worked uopon it in a regular
and consistent manner.
Realistic: The goal that I have developed is relaistinc since I have studied in this field and
worked for achiving this objective and therfore ot can be achieved.
Timely: It wioll be achieved wihtin the next one year.
2.4 Evaluating effectiveness of development plan as a health and social care practitioner
A personal development plan is essential in identifying those skills and qualities that
need to be developed and then categorising it so that appropriate decisions can be taken and the
skills can be developed within a particular time frame.
Where am I
now?
Where do I
want to be?
Actions to
support
development
Time frame Criteria to
measure/asses
s achievment?
Short
term:
Improve
english
language
I have
improved
my englis
speaking
skills to
some extent
but i have to
work on it
more.
I want good
fluency in
speaking
english so that i
can
communicate
information to
them in an
effective and
efficient
manner.
During the
process of
monitoring i
have
identified that
by attending
seminars i
have
improved my
English
language at
4 weeks By doing
SWOT
analysis andf
taking
feedbacks from
others i can
assess the
extent to which
communication
skills are
impoved. I

a certain
levels but to
improve it
thoroly i will
also attend
conferences
which will
help me in
improving
my English
language
properly.
have measured
my english
speaking skills
by interacting
with the
patients from
different
cultures and
countries.
Medium
Term: Top
up in
Health and
Social
Care
In the
monitoring
phase it is
identified
that i am
able to
communicat
e with the
romanian
patients but
to be at the
top of my
career i need
to take
training
from
qualified
nurses so
that i can
I want to
understand the
problems of
patients and
want to be
confident while
talking to every
patient from
different
nationality. I
also need to be
at the top of my
career.
I will work
under
qualified
nurses and
seek training
from them to
improve my
weak areas.
Training will
help me in
gaining new
knowledge
which will
help me in
achieving
success in
health and
social care.
6 week By doing
comparison of
current aspects
with previous I
will assess the
improvement
in concerned
skill.
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find by
weakness
and
overcome
them.
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Long
Term: To
get a job in
Health and
Social Care
as a nurse.
Through
monitoring
it is
identified
that i have
enhaned my
quality of
work and i
can see
chances to
get
promoted.
I need to
improve my
medical
knowledge and
skills by
clearing exams
so that i can
perform all the
work that a
nurse need to
do. I want to be
successful in
my career.
I will identigy
the skills and
characteristics
required as a
nurse
andevaluate
my
performnce to
identify
weakness and
strentghs. I
will further
build those
skills and
characteristics
in me so that i
get priority to
get selected as
a nurse.
6 weeks By taking
feedback
from
superiors,
subordinates
and patients I
will measure
my progress.
This in turn
helps in
taking
significant
actions for
further
improvement
s. Further, my
achievements
and
performance
can be
measures
when i get
promoted as a
nurse by
doing hard
work.
After making the PDP, I have evaluated my effectiveness of development as a health and social
care practitioner:
 Improved communication skills: I have improved my communication skills which has
helped me in effectively developing in my career. At the beginning I was not knowing
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various ways used to communicate with the patients but the PDP plan has helped me a lot
and benefit me in developing effective professional skills. I have attended conferences,
seminar and meeting where I get a chance to speak in front of mass audience which has
helped me in gaining confidence. Meeting and seminar have benefited me in
communicating orally, increase my knowledge and skills. It has also helped me in
gaining expert knowledge which will help me in achieving success in my career. On the
other hand it is very time consuming. I have explored the communication techniques such
as written, verbal, listening, non-verbal for the purpose of transferring information,
mentoring and decision making, PDP plan was very effective for me in monitoring my
performance and focus on activities that I need to improve. PDP plan has helped me in
evaluating the weak points which I have to improve and strong points which will help me
to get top of my career as a health care practitioner for e.g. I was weak in English
speaking through monitoring and evaluation I have found out that I also need to attend
conferences which will be more beneficial for me. I can effectively communicate with the
patients from different nationality speaking different language. I am able to understand
what patient are able to tell. This skill has benefited me in both personal and professional
development. It clearly presents that PDP plan or actions undertaken have contributed in
the achievement of goals to the significant level. However, it is to be critically evaluated
that
 Developing career: Personal development plan has effectively helped in developing my
career. I want to be at the top of my career. By facing my challenges of language barrier
and fluency in speaking English I feel confident in doing my work. I have developed
skills and characteristics which are required in performing role of nurse. This will help
me in gaining priority while applying for job in the role of nurse. All these skills are
essential in the career of health and social care (Vetere and Stratton, 2016). I want to
become a nurse, PDP has developed my skills in dealing with pressure in case of any
emergency and I can handle it. PDP plan has also benefited me to achieve success in my
career by evaluating my performance thoroughly and identifying areas which need to be
improves such as I need to take classes and training of medical in order to get my dream
job of nurse. However, on the critical note, it can be stated that training activity imposes
burden in terms of both financial and non-financial aspects. In addition to this, selection
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of appropriate training method for skill improvement is highly difficult. This in turn
limits the significance of training method pertaining to skill improvement.
However, I was not able to really develop the time management skills since I was not able to
properly manage different tasks at the same time and allot adequate time to each of the task
separately.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it can be summarize that values and culture plays an
essential role in individual working life as it modify their actions and activities accordingly. In
the HSC industry, employees should try to remain ethical in nature because it enhances their
clinical practices while working. Person working in this industry should try to regularly learn
new developments in the sector as changes in the environment affects HSC performance in a
positive or negative way.
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