CHCPRP003: Reflect on and Improve Own Professional Practice Report

This report, addressing the CHCPRP003 unit, provides a comprehensive self-assessment of professional practice, focusing on the development of skills necessary for a future HR Manager role. It includes an evaluation of personal values, feedback mechanisms, and the significance of professional associations. The report utilizes a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, along with a detailed skills assessment, outlining areas for improvement such as financial, technological, and written communication skills. Action plans with timelines and resources are provided to address these areas. The report also explores the importance of emotional self-care, risk indicators, and strategies for maintaining work-life balance. Additionally, it discusses internal and external networking, and the utilization of various learning resources, like online courses, to enhance professional development. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and adaptation in the professional field.

CHCPRP003 Reflect on
and improve own
professional practice
(release 1)

Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1................................................................................................................................................1
1.2................................................................................................................................................1
1.3................................................................................................................................................1
1.4................................................................................................................................................1
1.5................................................................................................................................................1
1.6................................................................................................................................................2
1.7................................................................................................................................................2
1.8................................................................................................................................................2
1.9................................................................................................................................................2
1.10..............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
a)..................................................................................................................................................6
b).................................................................................................................................................6
c)..................................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

TASK 1
1.1
Being aware of own values and attitude is considered an important because it helps to
identify the reason of doing work. Further it helps individuals to grow and develop, as a result it
leads to satisfy the need as well. Overall, it creates positive impact upon the performance and
meet the defined aim.
1.2
Giving feedback improve the situation or purpose of person's performance. Also, having
people within a team giving feedback on each other about strength and weakness helps to
examine own performance. Thus, it is a part of team learning (Ong, Swanto and Alsaqqaf,
2020).
1.3
Participating in professional association provide an opportunity for networking and
considered an excellent source of employment information and job leads.
1.4
a)
Emotional self-care helps to stabilize personal energy. Also, it helps to maintain mental
and physical health of every individuals so that they live their life in better manner (Symonette,
Miller and Barela, 2020). Having emotional self-care assists person to take action and influence
own decision.
b)
In order to maintain emotional self care, individual must develop friendship that are
supportive to each other and can write good things for each day that helps to pamper themselves.
1.5
a)
Learning and developing new skills within community service sector is important
because it helps to gain new experience and train brain to handle new challenges. Further, these
all factors keeps them healthy and body active so that individual is ready to attain their future
goals (Stevahn and et.al., 2020).
b)
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Set goals: In order to improve own skills, first set the goals which need to be improved so that it
will be further improved.
Find a mentor: By identifying improvement areas, a mentor is identified who assists them to
improve the areas.
Seek feedback: After implementing the areas, it is essential to take feedback in order to
determine the key strength and weakness so that further actions will be taken.
1.6
Code of ethics outline the ethical principles which govern decision and behavior at a
company. This also provides an outline of how employees should behave and provide specific
guidance in order to handle the issues i.e. harassment, safety and conflict of interest etc.
Therefore, by applying such ethics, organization is easily delivered the services without
affecting anything.
1.7
The three learning styles are: Visual: This learning style uses visual objectives such as graphs, charts. They can also
read body language and have an ability to memorize or recall various information as
well. They learn better by visualize the things (Yuan, Chen and Peng, 2020). Auditory: This type of learners retain information through hearing and speaking. Also,
they notice different aspects of speaking and through hearing they concentrate better.
 Kinesthetic: This type of people use hands-on approach in order to learn new material
and have strong knowledge in Mathematics and Science. They also prefer to demonstrate
something instead of explaining verbally.
1.8
 By developing a skill that helps to communicate easily with others and as a result, they
perform the work in effective manner (Schutz and Rainey, 2020).
 By developing friendly environment and nature, individual may also collaborate with
others and perform work in a team.
1.9
a)
The three key risk indicator of self and others are:
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 No current support structure at home or community which increases loneliness.
 Presence of mental illness
 Current suicidal thoughts and prior suicide attempts.
b)
 Start talking with that friend in order to understand why he/she wants to take such steps.
 Try to provide some solution in order to get rid of problem.
 Further, provide him or her a friendly environment so that they forgot the problem
(Saqipi and Vogrinc, 2020).
 Assists them either financially or mentally so that their mental health will be stable.
 Consult a doctor if necessary.
1.10
a)
 Decrease performance
 poor quality of work
 Anxiety and emotional disorder
 Depression and work-life imbalance.
b)
 Connect with supportive people and share the problem to fund best solution
 Re-balance work and home.
 Practice meditation and stress reduction Yoga.
TASK 2
To become a HR Manager in the near future, it is necessary to have list of skills that
assists to maintain the work and complete the defined aim. Thus, for self-assessment, there is a
need to use SWOT analysis that helps to identify the strength, weakness, opportunity and
threats.
Self-assessment
Strength: I possess good verbal communication which helps me to share opinions to others, and
they also understood the same. Further, I also have strong time management skills in which I am
able to manage the work and also perform the work in an effective manner. Apart from this, due
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to having strong organizing skills, I manage entire work and meet the defined aim within a
specific tenure as well. Also, I have strong critical thinking abilities and that is why, I am able to
make correct decision for the welfare of a firm.
Weakness: Though I possess strong verbal communication skill, but I do not have strong
written communication skills. Thus, to meet my defined or aspired role, it is necessary to have
such skills that assist to let other understand my views in written format. In an organization it is
necessary to have such skills among HR professionals, otherwise it leads to communication
errors. Apart from this, I do not possess strong financial management skills and that is why I
cannot interpret the progress of a company. Further, due to lack of efficient technological skills,
I do not meet the market need, whereas it is another essential skill needed among HR manager.
Opportunity: Due to having strong verbal communication skill, I am able to meet the defined
aim of a company because my peers will understand my views. Moreover, having a strong
critical thinking abilities also assists me to enhanced my skills and designation. Thus, with the
help of such strong abilities, I am able to perform the work and able to meet the defined aim as
well.
Threats: Currently, there are many areas which needs to be improved and this may somehow
affect the overall performance. I also face threat with those students who also possessed same
skills because it might affect my position as well. Thus, there is a need to improve the areas
because it might affect my performance in adverse manner.
Skills/task Self-assessment (score
out of 5)
Peer-assessment (score out of 5)
Verbal communication skills 4 5
Financial skills 1 2
Technological skills 1 1
Critical thinking abilities 4 3
Written communication skills 2 1
Time management skills 5 5
Skills needs to Goal/Action Timefram Resource Measurable
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be improved e required outcome
Financial skills In order to improve the
financial skills, I start
attending online class in which
I learn how to interpret the
keywords within balance sheet.
Further, through a financial
mentor, I am able to
understand the concepts and
perform the same practically.
This in turn assists me to
identify whether I improve my
skill or not.
5 months Financial
mentor,
online classes,
internet
With the help
of feedback
from peers, I
will measure
the success of
my skills and
also set the
benchmark of 3
months that
helps to
evaluate the
overall success
of a chosen
improvement
area.
Technological
skills
To improve this area, I enroll
in technical classes and
workshops. Further I also get
technical books in order to
identify different technologies
used within this area so that I
enhanced the knowledge.
Apart from this, I also
subscribe to technical sites and
magazines that helps me to
update about new required
changes within industry.
5 months Online
website,
training and
books
To measure the
chosen skill I
use TrackStar
as an online
application that
identify the gap
within limited
time. Also, I try
to use the
knowledge into
reality to
measure my
improvement
areas. If I did
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not improve
then take a help
of technical
mentor as well.
Written
communication
skills
I register online where I learn
new keywords which can be
used in my daily life. Further, I
also ensure that draft some
paragraphs and edit the same
in rephrasing manner that
helps me to improve my
written communication. Apart
from this, with the help of
tutor, I also learn how to
improve the same.
2 months Professionals,
books, online
materials.
In order to
measure
written
communication
, I take a
feedback from
the peers and
drop email to
my tutor that
helps me to
identify
whether there is
any
improvement
or not.
a)
External network provides personal relationships and this in turn assists to develop long
term relationship and it helps to explore new areas as well. Therefore, it helps to grow
connections to professionals outside in an organization. The three type of people to whom
individuals engage for professional development are professional associations, use of social
media to identify the best mentor, contact with retired person. These in turn assists them to
manage the work and enhanced the learning as well so that best outcomes will be generated and
enhanced learning as well. Therefore, it helps to improve knowledge pertaining to specific field.
b)
In order to improve the professional development, there are some key internal people
who always support and these are managers, peers and superior authority (Karnieli-Miller,
2020). With the help of such people, individual learn new skills and also tries to improve the
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overall performance within a workplace. This in turn also helps employees to increase
productivity and engagement inside the company. Having proper guidance from the senior
authority will assist employees or individuals to enhanced their learning so that they will also
apply the same within their near future. Thus, it is reflected that through effective internal
networking, individual develop ideas and also collect information regarding industry.
c)
Distance learning is the training provides who provide different reading material which
can be used in order to improve the written communication skills.
GH training solution who helps to improve the technical skills in order to improve the
overall performance. So that it will assist to keep updates with regard to technological
implementation.
MOOCs: It is one of the best online accounting training material that helps to improve
the financial skills and this in turn assist to enhance knowledge that can be used for future as
well (Nazari, 2021).
Udemy: Anoher important training provider that helps to improve the learning in any
area. With the help of such application, individual is able to raise their knowledge in any area
because it provide free courses.
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