Professional Practice: Reflecting and Improvement Report Analysis

This report delves into the realm of professional practice, emphasizing the importance of self-assessment, performance evaluation, and continuous improvement. It explores the implications of neglecting performance evaluations, the methods for evaluating one's own skills, and the impact of self-awareness within community services. The report further examines the significance of feedback, constructive criticism, and seeking advice from colleagues, including practical steps to be receptive to feedback. It also addresses the benefits of professional networks, the development of competencies, and the importance of training. Furthermore, the report covers the purpose of a code of ethics, self-management processes, the five-factor model of personality, and different learning styles. Finally, it emphasizes the creation of personal development plans and the effective integration of research and best practices into service delivery.

REFLECT ON AND IMPROVE OWN PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
a) Describing the implication of an enterprise that does not implement performance evaluation
of all employees..........................................................................................................................1
a) The way for evaluating own skills..........................................................................................1
a) The way self awareness can effect the way individual conduct themselves within the
community services' sector.........................................................................................................2
Part B...............................................................................................................................................2
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................2
2. Reason that justify that Criticising Colleagues work is not helpful........................................3
3. The way feedback can be delivered so that it could be productive and useful.......................3
Activity 3.........................................................................................................................................3
1. Justification regarding the importance to seek advice or feedback from other member of
group...........................................................................................................................................3
2. Six things that individual can do to demonstrate that they are receptive to feedback............4
Activity 4.........................................................................................................................................4
1. Benefits of Participating in professional networks and associations......................................4
2. Supporting network and list of three services.........................................................................4
Activity 5.........................................................................................................................................5
1. Developing competencies.......................................................................................................5
2. Specialist advice and the way individual can cess it...............................................................5
3. Significance of employees seeking further training and advice..............................................5
Activity 6.........................................................................................................................................5
2. Six areas addressed by Self care plan.....................................................................................6
3. The activities that can be augmented Physical and Physiological self care............................6
Activity 7 ........................................................................................................................................6
1. Five important things that are to be considered when determining and developing
professional development goals..................................................................................................6

2. Identifying personal goals ......................................................................................................6
Activity 8.........................................................................................................................................7
1. Explaining the way research results and best practice information can be assimilated into
the services provided by organisation.........................................................................................7
2. Listing three providers ...........................................................................................................7
Activity 9 ........................................................................................................................................7
1. The purpose of having code of Ethics and professional standards.........................................7
2. Code of ethics.........................................................................................................................7
Summative assessment.....................................................................................................................8
1. The way code of ethics affect professionalism, community service delivery.........................8
2. Self management process........................................................................................................8
3. Describing five factors in the five-factor model of personality.............................................9
4. Five professional development opportunities........................................................................9
5. Personal development plan.....................................................................................................9
6. Aspects of receiving and giving Feedback.............................................................................9
7. Four different types of learning styles....................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
The professional practice is a process in which individual is required to extend their
knowledge and ability in the practical environment. Improving professional practice provides
person an opportunity to enhance their skills and increase their learning practice as this will help
them in performing their roles and responsibilities in effective and systematic manner.
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PART A
a) Describing the implication of an enterprise that does not implement performance evaluation of
all employees
Performance evaluation is the effective method that is used by business entity measuring
employees performance and ensuring desired outcome. This activity also help human resource
manager in making effective as well as suitable decisions. It also aids personal manager a chance
to identify ways or techniques for assisting employees in improving their performance at
workplace. The performance evaluation method assist individual at work place to align their
goals with that of organisation objective in case the employees in firm are not get a chance to
align their goals with that of business that it has negative impact on enterprise performance as
such in such circumstances the business entity can not accept contribution from their workers,In
this condition the employees will also not able to identify performance gap and will not able to
succeed in improving their performance at workplace (Fishman and et. al., 2013)
a) The way for evaluating own skills
Self evaluation helps individual in identifying the performance gaps and analysing the
effective as well as suitable ways for improving own performance at workplace. It also provides
person an opportunity to develop various skills and capacities that will supporting them in
performing their roles and responsibilities in systematic manner and helps them in ensuring
effect outcomes. Performance evaluation technique also allow them to recognise their internal
strength and weakness. This activity will assist person in exploring and capturing various
opportunities and fostering career growth. The another methods for evaluating skills are
feedback. Seeking feedback from senior, family members or other people on regular basis after
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the identification of goals will enable person to recognise the need and importance of various
abilities that will help person in improving their professional practices.
a) The way self awareness can effect the way individual conduct themselves within the
community services' sector.
The self awareness helps individual in developing understanding about themselves and
analysing the various skills that can assist them in improving their professional practices. It will
also provide them an opportunity to foster career growth and explore as well as capture various
opportunities that could assist them in personal as well as professional development. It also
allows person to recognise their behaviour enables person to provide suitable as well as effective
response to various social situations. Self awareness helps individual in controlling their own
emotions and supports them in influencing other people in positive manner.
Part B
1. I have high potential to demonstrate the knowledge of self management in systematic
manner. I believe that self management encourage independent learning. It allows
individual to attain effective as well as desired outcome through facilitating ;learning
process in systematic manner. Self management procedure assist individual in increasing
their flexibility. It also provides individual an opportunity to develop various skills and
capacity which will support them in achieving their personal as well as professional
goals. Time management skills allows person to learn manage their work and ensuring
effective outcome. It also allows them to get satisfaction from their work. Demonstrating
social awareness will allow individual to gain feedback and support from other people in
society in order to enhance professional practice (Dixon and et. al., 2014.)
Activity 2
1. I would like to receive feedback from my seniors as they have much experience and
knowledge about the particular field. It will allow me to learn from their practical
experiences and identify various skills that are required to be developed by me. As I can
use these abilities for performing my work in systematic manner and I can also ensure
desired outcome. I want to receive feedback regarding improvement in professional
practices and identifying the way that can help in ensuring success. For instance, I got
feedback from one of my senior staff member that I need to improve my communication
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as well as presentation skills as this will support me in leaving positive impression on
listener or audience. I also receive feedback that I need to improve my behaviour at
workplace as this will assist me in motivating other people to improve their professional
practices. In order to formulate and implementing change I will require support from
people surrounding me and also I will be needed various other resources such as
technology such as internet, financial resources etc. As this will help me in facilitating
successful change. I have planned to seek advice from seniors member in organisation ,
join institution, participate in seminars , training and development programmes. As this
will assist me in improving my professional as well as personal development (Forte and
Flores,2014. )
2. Reason that justify that Criticising Colleagues work is not helpful.
As this factor may have great effect on employees and his colleague performance. It also has
great influence on individual behaviour. For instance, Criticising can lead to defensive behaviour
, in such case person may not be open to provide suggestion or advice to other members. As, this
may further lead to bad working relationship. The policy of criticism is adopted by individual
who believe that their ideas or suggestion are not considered by their seniors members or
colleagues. This activity has negative effect on individual reputation and position at work place.
Criticism is also considered as unprofessional practice and has great influence on person career
growth.
3. The way feedback can be delivered so that it could be productive and useful.
It is required by person to provide constructive feedback as this will help other person in
identifying the area of improvement and analysing the need of facilitating change in personal as
well as professional practices. The objective of constructive feedback is to assist people in
analysing their position at workplace in terms of expected as well as productive job behaviour.
Activity 3
1. Justification regarding the importance to seek advice or feedback from other member of group
Seeking feedback from other members in organisation helps individual in identifying the
way their behaviour or performance impact or influence other people in enterprise. It also assists
them in analysing other people perception about their performance and behaviour.
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2. Six things that individual can do to demonstrate that they are receptive to feedback.
Practising active listening will help individual in demonstrating that they are receptive to
feedback. The other activities that demonstrate that individual is receptive to feedback are
making eye contact during receiving feedback, maintaining open body language, not interrupting
when other person is giving feedback, summarising the things that has been understood, not
responding immediately, Asking questions. etc.
Activity 4
1. Benefits of Participating in professional networks and associations
Professional relationship assist individual in identifying suitable ways or techniques that
can be used for improving professional practices and analysing the major or significant learning
opportunities. Professional networks allow person to share their views, knowledge and ideas with
other people, as this activity will assist person in identifying performance gap and enables
individual to make enhance their knowledge about particular field. It provides person an
opportunity to develop various skills and abilities that be used by them for improving
professional practice and getting reward or appreciation from seniors.
2. Supporting network and list of three services
Family and children services, communities for children, family and relationship services
are generally designed for providing social welfare. The purpose of family and children services
in order to assist family in improving their relationship and supporting them in enhancing family
functioning. It also helps families in various aspects such as in family formation, identification of
suitable ways for preventing family breakdown. Family and children services, also provides
supports parents in providing care to their children.
The objective of Communities for children is to assist children in their personal and
professional development. The focus of the communities for children is to adopt intervene
approaches in order to assist families in positive functioning, improving safety and child
development results. It creates and implements complete community approach in order to
provide support as well as strengthen the domestic service network that intends to contribute
towards increasing or ensuring child safety (Grima-Farrell,2015.)
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Activity 5
1. Developing competencies
According to the feedback and advices given by people surrounding Me I believe that I
need to adopt learning attitude as this will help in increasing my learning capacity, Enhancing
knowledge etc. It will also help me in influencing other people to develop learning attitude and
assisting other people in improving their professional practices. I also need to have development
of technical skill s and other abilities. I can use these abilities for increasing working efficiency
and improving quality of work. As this will assist me in improving my professional practices and
fostering career growth.
2. Specialist advice and the way individual can cess it
I need specialised advice related to operating as well as maintaining technology. I can
access this advice by attending workshop, seminars, camps, Participating in training and
development programmes. Discussing the various technical issues with my seniors or other staff
members can help in the accessing the various information related to technical competencies. I
can also participate in technical decisions and activities by firm as this will assist me in keeping
myself about the latest technical trends (Abbott, 2014)
3. Significance of employees seeking further training and advice
The continuous training helps individual in development of various skills and capabilities
that can be used by them in improving their performance at workplace. It will also allow
employees to get aware themselves about organisation objective and other latest business trend.
The training program also provides person an opportunity to gain expertise in particular field and
support them in ensuring desired outcome. It also provides workers a chance to get satisfaction
from their work.
If the human resource manager in organisation fails to provide effective training to its
workers it may have great effect on business performance. It also has great effect on firm
profitability and growth. This factor has great influence on customer service and client behaviour
(Trorey,2017)
Activity 6
1. Self care is considered as regulatory activity that is controlled by human beings. Self care is
self initiated and deliberate.
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2. Six areas addressed by Self care plan
The six areas that individual is required to develop focus on these are adventurous self
care, spiritual, physical, sensory, emotional and mental self care. Advent ours self care includes
involving in political activities and stretching the comfort zone in order to live life comfortably.
Spiritual self care involve increasing self knowledge and developing consciousness about peace
by participating in various activities in order to foster spiritual growth. Physical self care
includes various activities such as exercising, mediation etc. which is very essential for living
healthy life (Korthagen, 2017)
3. The activities that can be augmented Physical and Physiological self care
The individual is required top develop self care plan that includes various activities such
as formulating a regular sleep routine, taking healthy diet, fixing time for lunch break, walking,
exercise are the essential activities that can help individual in keeping themselves healthy.
Regular sleeping routine, meditation, relaxing are the another significant activities will
lead to Physiological self care.
Activity 7
1. Five important things that are to be considered when determining and developing professional
development goals.
The factors that are required to be considered in developing professional goals includes
internal strength and weakness, Personal career goals, preferred learning style, care preferences,
development gaps, personal drivers and potential that required for accomplishing particular goals
and objectives.
2. Identifying personal goals
Specific goals- Development of communication and technical skills.
Measurable- Increasing productivity by adopting effective as well as suitable technology.
Achievable- Professional growth.
Realistic-Assisting organisation in increasing profitability and sales.
Time based-Technical and presentation skills within four months.
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Activity 8
1. Explaining the way research results and best practice information can be assimilated into the
services provided by organisation
The research and significant information help business entity in identifying ways for
making improvement in quality of services. It also helps organisation in promoting their
objectives and aids enterprise in analysing customer needs as well as demands. Research also
helps firm in updating itself about the latest business trend and support business entity in
bringing positive as well as successful change at workplace. The information related to the
market can be obtain by organisation through conducting research, by receiving feedback from
customer and suggestion as well as advice from employees.
2. Listing three providers
The three specialist are , Australian childcare alliance and Australian community children
services. The Australian Association for research In education the objective of this service
provider is to facilitate communication's and coordination between educational researchers and
educational institution. The main purpose of this service provider is to supports and ensure the
development of high quality , reliable and accurate data related to education.
Australia childcare alliance is being formed to improve and increase child safety.
Australians community children’s services is being formed in order to provide various services
to children such as education, accommodation, safety etc.
Activity 9
1. The purpose of having code of Ethics and professional standards.
The performance standards helps business manager in identifying performance gaps. It
can also be used for comparing actual performance with standard. Setting of ethics helps human
resource manager in maintaining healthy and defective working culture in enterprise. It also
allows human resource manager in attracting talented and skilled employees. Standards helps
enterprise in maintaining their quality of products as well as services. It also provides firm an
opportunity to improve their performance in market (Korthagen, 2017)
2. Code of ethics
It is very essential for organisation to work within ethical framework as this will help
enterprise in attracting more number of customers. According to the Australian community this
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framework has been established for ensuring ethical business practices that is related to the
industry, public expectations m employer and clients. This ethical codes are formulated in order
to assist workers to develop understanding about the way the various codes can be applied to
professional practices. These codes can be used by individual for analysing the unethical
behaviour of colleagues and social media use. This code of conduct has wide code of conducts
can be applied to various areas or fields such as aged care, disability services, mental health,
family and child services. It is formed by considering the firm objective. For instance, The
private enterprise can implement this code of conduct in order to responds to customer queries
and fulfilling their responsibilities towards their clients. Ethical frameworks help manager in
organisation in making suitable decisions and formulating effective plans as well as strategies for
business (Gale, Schröder and Gilbert,2017.)
The well defined code assists business entity in achieving their goals and objectives in
systematic manner. Effective code of clarifies the business mission, values and principles
associating these factors with code related to professional standards.
Summative assessment
1. The way code of ethics affect professionalism, community service delivery
The implementation of effective as well as suitable code of conducts assist business
entity in ensuring the quality of their products and services. As these code of conducts made
compulsory for workers to operate under specific and set standards. The several supporting
programme related to ethics helps business entity in bringing the employees' attention. It also
facilitates discussion and questions related to various subject matter. Code of conducts provides
individual provides human resource manger to ensure effective as well as healthy working
environment. Reviewing employees for code compliance gives the code a stronger impact in the
workplace and on employee behaviour (Schaufeli, Maslach and Marek, eds., 2017)
2. Self management process
There are five steps require to be follow in self management process this include:
Individual is required to direct themselves before directing others, The individual is needed to
develop high potential to bear and handle responsibilities, emphasize on few important things,
managing time effectively, Be honest with self etc. Three steps to effective self management
process involve defining the behaviour, establishing baseline and arranging the consequences.
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