Unit 302 Health & Social Care (Adults)

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Principles of personal development in adult social care settings Assignment 302 Task A Reflective Practice Guide What is reflective practice? This is a way of studying your own experiences to improve the way you work. It is very useful for health professionals who want to carry on learning throughout their working profession. The following examples of reflective practice will give you some idea of the various methods you can choose from. * Description - What happened? * Feelings - What did you think and feel about it? * Evaluation - What were the positives and negatives? * Analysis - What sense can you make of it? * Conclusion - What else could you have done? * Action Plan - What will you do next time? Why is reflective practice important? The act of reflection is a great way to increase confidence and become a more proactive and qualified professional. Engaging in reflective practice will help to improve the quality of care you give and close the gap between theory and practice. How does reflective practise contribute to improving the quality of service provision? Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, individuals and environment’s change. In order to reflect you must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve the level of care provided. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both service users and practitioners, ensuring that each individual needs are catered for. This will also enable you to establish what training or mentoring you need. How can standards be used to help a social care worker reflect on their practice? You need to know the standards to understand what is expected of you as a health and social care worker. Once you know these you will be able to reflect and ensure you are

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