Health and Social Care: Professional Principles and Reflection Report

This report delves into the critical role of reflection in health and social care practices. It begins by explaining the purposes of reflection and detailing tools like SWOT analysis for self-assessment and professional development. The report includes a SWOT analysis of a healthcare professional's skills, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, alongside a personal professional development plan outlining areas for improvement such as communication and multi-tasking skills. The report also reviews the ways reflective practices are applied in health and care settings, emphasizing continuous learning and the importance of addressing weaknesses to enhance professional capabilities. The conclusion underscores the significance of ongoing self-evaluation and development for health and social care professionals.

Demonstrating professional principles
and values in
Health and Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Explaining the purposes of reflection in health and social care practices............................1
P2. Describing the tools and models that are used for reflection in health and social care........2
D1 Description on evaluation that what is impact of professional development with use of
health and care needs..................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Health and social care organisation involves various organisations that helps in providing
health and social care to the people. The health and social care professionals plays an significant
role in increasing the overall effectiveness of the industry as they are providing the care to the
people. It is very important for the health and social care professionals to continuously reviewing
their practice and professional development. The present report will discuss about the importance
of reflection in health and social care practise. The report will include the skill audit of the health
care professional with tools and models.
TASK 1
P1. Explaining the purposes of reflection in health and social care practices.
The SWOT analysis is tool that will helps to conduct the things in better mode so that managers,
nurse can have the direction and perform their role in proficient manner. This comprehensive
analysis has been conducted in the following manner as are-
Strength-
 My teammates said that one of the my greatest strength is to planning and organizing the
things at the time of providing care to patients I use to conduct each thing within set
deadline so that they can get cure from their issues soon (Ghaye and Lillyman , 2014 ).
 I have good relationship with workers and this helped me to bring improvement in every
day operations of the structure.
 Being the team leader, I have ability to lead the team in right direction so that all together
we can achieve are desired outcomes.
Weakness-
 I think my biggest issues in relation to conduct multiple task at a one time and due to this
sometime I get the bad results.
 Being team leader I realized that the elementary knowledge and experience of
management leads to have poor results in managing the things and provide greater
assistance to patients.
 The staff do not have clear idea about their role so this kind of activities leads to have
poor coordination among the work (Hernandez and et.al., 2013).
 My communication skills is not good so I do not able to make my mates understandable.
Opportunities-
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 Being the active team lead, I can able to organise and plan events in order to provide
better health and social care services for the needy people.
 I will have the use of modern computer so that can assist me to bring improvement in the
internal working of the structures.
 With the help of good team supports and providing training I can able to collaborate with
the number of volunteer organizations.
Threat-
 The financial crisis and economic recession can impact the collection of the social funds.
This can also affects the working of the entity (Holloway and Galvin, 2016).
 Thus, I can say that increasing in the number of the needy people can cause the
difficulties in terms to providing effective care to the people.
 The funding problem may also impact over my team and this can be affected so it is
essential to provide the greater services and be volunteered with respective umber of
charities.
P2. Describing the tools and models that are used for reflection in health and social care.
Reflection helps in providing an effective feedback in order to evaluate our own
performance. It helps in evaluating and reflecting on our own action as engaging in the process
of continuously. It helps in paying the proper attention to the practical values which helps in our
own development.
I have chosen the SWOT analytical tool for audit of my knowledge and skills. SWOT
analysis is an effective tool that has helped in reflecting the strength that I posses as a health care
professional, Weaknesses that I have to improve in order to develop. The tools also helpful in
analysing the opportunities that are available in order to develop my professional skills (Schwab
and et.al., 2012). SWOT analysis also provides threat in health and social care industry that will
be affect my professional development in health and social care industry.
D1 Description on evaluation that what is impact of professional development with use of health
and care needs.
The personal professional plan must be conducted in order to bring improvement in the
skills of the individuals and it has been defined in below presented manner as are-
Activities Skills to be improved Time scale
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Communication I felt I am not good in
communication skill and this
creates the issues as to make
poor coordination with my
teammates and this also impact
over the working.
By reading the online articles
and to make better
coordination with the
teammates the issue relates
with communication can be
improvised (Vincent, Burnett
and Carthey, 2014).
2 weeks
Multi-tasking Being the nursing team leader,
I am not good in handling the
multi task in better mode. This
led me face the number of the
issues and this also affects the
working of enterprise. With
the help of set the deadline to
each task I can able to handle
the things properly.
3 Weeks
Training I things my teammates need to
have better training so that
they can have idea about their
role in the enterprise. This
kind of working will help to
create the better working.
4 weeks
M1. Reviewing the ways that reflective practices will be applied in health and care.
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Reflective practices is an important tool that help in practice-based professional learning
which leads the health care professional to learn from their own experiences. It helps the
professional in order to have feedbacks by auditing their skills and knowledge rather than by just
learning and knowledge transferring (Bartholdson and et.al., 2018). It is one of the most
important source of personal professional development that as a health care professional we
have.
From the SWOT analysis of my skills and knowledge, it has helped me in determining
the strongest factor that I have. The strength of planning and organising the timing will help me
in my continuous learning and developing. I have healthy relationship that will help in getting
guidance whenever I required. My most important strength is leadership that will help me in
getting a head in my career as health care professional. Although, with the SWOT analysis, I also
realises the weaknesses that I have, and have to improve it. I evaluate that my I have to improve
the problem of not being a multitasker which is very essential in health care. I also have to
improve my communication skills. There are various opportunities that are available for me to
for the development of my skills.
CONCLUSION
By summing up the above report, it can be concluded that continuous reviewing health
and social care professionals practice and professional development is very important. The above
report has concluded the important of reflection in health and social care. The report has
concluded a SWOT analysis on own skills and knowledge. The report also included the
usefulness of the model for reflection in health and care. The report has also concluded a
professional development plan which helps in evaluating the activities which will help in
overcoming from the weaknesses.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bartholdson, C. and et.al., 2018. Ethics case reflection sessions: enablers and barriers. Nursing
ethics, 25(2), pp.199-211.
Ghaye, T. and Lillyman, S., 2014. Reflection: Principles and practices for healthcare
professionals 2nd edition (Vol. 1). Andrews UK Limited.
Hernandez, R. A. and et.al., 2013. Fostering students’ reflection about bias in healthcare:
Cognitive dissonance and the role of personal and normative standards. Medical
teacher. 35(4). pp.e1082-e1089.
Holloway, I. and Galvin, K., 2016. Qualitative research in nursing and healthcare. John Wiley
& Sons.
Schwab, F. and et.al., 2012. Understaffing, overcrowding, inappropriate nurse: ventilated patient
ratio and nosocomial infections: which parameter is the best reflection of deficits?. Journal
of Hospital Infection. 80(2). pp.133-139.
Vincent, C., Burnett, S. and Carthey, J., 2014. Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare:
a framework to guide clinical teams and healthcare organisations in maintaining
safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 23(8). pp.670-677.
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