First Year Health and Social Care: Personal SWOT Analysis Report

This report presents a personal SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis conducted by a first-year health and social care student. The introduction emphasizes self-assessment as a method to control how others view an individual, focusing on skills and knowledge for personal, academic, and career development. The discussion section highlights the importance of self-assessment in higher education, enhancing self-awareness and metacognitive skills, and enabling students to take control of their learning. The student's SWOT analysis identifies their strengths (hard work, calmness under pressure, quick learning, ambition, motivation, time management, multitasking), weaknesses (poor communication skills, limited experience in health and social care, lack of decision-making skills), opportunities (management experience, improved communication, leadership skills, healthcare job growth), and threats (competition from skilled individuals, technology-driven job changes). Based on the analysis, a personal development plan (PDP) is proposed to address weaknesses and enhance strengths, ultimately aiming for a successful career in health and social care. The report concludes by summarizing the value of SWOT analysis as a tool for self-assessment and career planning.

Personal Swot analysis
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Self assessment focuses on how individuals attempt to present themselves in order to control
or shape other individuals ( known as audience) view them. It includes expressing as well as
behaving within ways in order to create desired impression. Self presentation focuses on
particularly to the information regarding their own (White, Cutello, Gummerum. 2018). In this
report focuses on personal SWOT analysis where discussing about their strength ,weakness ,
opportunities and threats. It also focuses on skills and knowledge that are vital for personal,
academic and career development. It highlights on the significance of self assessment in order to
development of skills and knowledge and utilize the target as well as goals in order to personal
and professional development.
DISCUSSION
Student self- assessment happens when scholars focuses on their performance as well as
primarily focuses on utilisation regarding how to assists students in order to develop specific
learning skills that they can require for the professional competence. This is the process that can
aids within making students in order to more responsible and more aware for their own learning
process. It aids to develop vital meta cognitive skills that helps to a range a vital graduate
abilities. All the professionals should be able analysis their own performance as such practices
must be embedded within higher education within higher education as early as possible. It also
enhances self awareness by the reflective practice and making criteria for self analysis regarding
their own performance (Sarsby, 2016). It also assists students to take the control of their own
learning as well as assessments and in addition to this provides them chances to manage their
own development. It also allows individuals to assess themselves make quickly corrections and
improves on his capacities. It also improves capacity building. It also aids individuals within
selecting educational programs and occupations that can be best suited for their own. By the
help of the self assessment person can provides themselves training or directing.
Swot analysis
A swot analysis is considered as a framework that can be used for evaluating strength and
weakness, threats and opportunities that can be faces by a person. It assists the person in order to
focuses on their own strength, removes weakness as well as target the possible benefits of
opportunities that are available for a person. It can identify the various areas for the development
of a person and has a structure that can be easy to apply without need any type of the support. It
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focuses on the particular goals or any type of the problem that needs to be address. It is because
several people have several diverse goal and the skills as well as attributes that can aids towards
one goal can be irrelevant in one context ,also threat within one context can be also unimportant
within another context (Chan, 2019)
It is necessary to do swot analysis as it helps in analysing the strength, weakness and
opportunity as well as threats. Through that, weak areas are identified and then a plan is
developed in order to improve it. however, an individual needs of possess and develop high and
effective skills so that career goals are attained. Besides that, it is useful in his professional and
personal growth and development. The acquisition of skills depends on what career goals and
objectives. Furthermore, a plan is developed regarding how to attain those skills and knowledge.
The plan can be either short term or long term. Also, personal learning is important as it enable
in gaining of necessary skills that is required in future. Similarly my goal is to go in health and
social care field. It is because i like to work for social cause. Thus, at present i am pursing degree
in health and social care Garr-Schultz. and Gardner, 2018). Therefore, i decided to conduct a
swot analysis of myself so that i am able to identify what are required skills that i need to acquire
skills. Besides that, it will enable me to find out opportunities and threats. So, on basis of that i
will develop a plan which will help me in my health and social care career. Presently, i am living
in UK and my family and daughter are in Romania. Furthermore, i am first year student. In
addition to that, at present i am giving training to staff as i am a front line manager. My role is
to hire, supervise, and maintain time and attendance. Besides that, i am having experience of 2
years as management in hospital. So, i want to become operations manager in hospital. Thus, the
swot analysis is defined as below
Strength
I am a hard worker and put more efforts in attaining my goals and objectives.
Another strength of mine is that i remain calm under pressure. So, it is my biggest strength due to
which i am able to complete given tasks in specified timeline (Highhouse Brooks. and Wang,
2016).
I am able to grasp things quickly and learn it as well. also, i remain always ambitious about my
career goals. In addition, i am able to motivate other as well easily.
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I am highly good in time management skills. This means i am able to manage time in effective
way. With that i balance my personal and professional life. I always complete my assignment
before deadline.
On more strength is that i am multi tasking. I can easily do more than one task in same time. this
has enabled me in increasing in my efficiency and improving my performance. With that i am
able to save time and learn something new.
Weakness
My weakness it that i am not able to talk to strangers in effective and proper way. My
communication skills is weak. This means that i get scared and it highly impact on my
performance
I am having a little work experience in health and social care. Thus, i do not know possess and
acquire advance skills and knowledge about it (Gillespie, 2020).
I lack decision making skills as well. in certain situation i am not able to take effective decision
and i get stuck. I get confuse and it results in wasting my time as i am not able to find a solution
by taking effective decision.
Opportunities
With experience in front line manager i can become manager as well. i can gain and acquire
relevant skills to become a good manager.
I need to improve my communication skills so that i am easily able to communicate with people.
this will enable me in building confidence and i will feel free to interact with others effectively.
I can enhance my leadership style and skills. This will enable me to become a good supervisor.
Also, i can gain knowledge about various leadership styles as well. with this i can apply that in
crucial times and lead a team.
Due to covid 19 there is opportunity for more health care staff in UK. So, i can grab those and
build my career in this field.
Threats
I can face threat from local people and young talent who possess high and advance skills and
knowledge than me. They will get more opportunities and can easily build a successful career.
With use of technology in health care sector and covid 19 there is chance of lay offs and lack
of growth opportunities. thus, there is high threat of lack of jobs in it (Garr-Schultz. and Gardner,
2018).
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Thus, by doing the swot analysis I identified my weak areas that I need to improve. They
are communication and decision making skills. it will help me in attaining my goals. Therefore,
in order to attain them I will develop a PDP. In that I will include both short and long term.
The PDP will guide me to enhance my weak areas in effective manner. In this there will be
measures included in it which I can take to learn those skills. along with that, I will be able to
evaluate my goals as well by taking feedback from others. Hence, in this way by dong swot
analysis and developing PDP on basis of it I can improve my weak areas. With that I can build
successful career in health and social care. also, I can enhance my strength as well (Highhouse
Brooks. and Wang, 2016)
CONCLUSION
It can be summarized that SWOT analysis a self assessment tool which helps in for
evaluating strength and weakness, threats and opportunities. It assists the person in order to
focuses on their own strength, removes weakness as well as target the possible benefits of
opportunities. here, for building career in health and social care high and advance skills is
required such as communication, leadership, time management, etc. the area can be improved
by developing a PDP.
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REFERENCES
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Garr-Schultz, A. and Gardner, W.L., 2018. Strategic Self-presentation of Women in
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