I will also be able to manage staff effectively, ensuring they are kept up to date with any changes that affect the services we provide and current ways of working. Enabling them to deliver the best service possible to the service users they support. Care quality commission have recently changed the way they regulate services, and the things they look at to ensure services are meeting the national standards. Part of this is to ensure services are * well led * Responsive to people’s needs. General social care council set out Codes of practice for social care workers and social care worker employers, one of the standards is shown below: * Be accountable for the quality of their work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving their knowledge and skills.
CU2942 Promote Professional Development 1.1 It is important to continually improve my knowledge and practise within my role (as well as for others in their roles), so that I am aware of the up to date training, legislation and good practice. As I am a line manager I must set an example to others, and be knowledgeable enough to answer queries and share information. As legislation and methods of working in social care are often improved and adapted, I must keep up to date. Through expanding my knowledge I gain a better understanding of the job, which I can then pass on to others. I am able to undertake new duties through improvement, which makes my role more varied and interesting.
Unit 2: Promote Professional Development 1. 1.Understand the principles of professional development. 1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice. To ensure that high standards of care are kept continuously as circumstances and environment changes, everyone must continuously be aware of how they can be changed and developed to improve. Continually improving knowledge and practice benefits both resident and the carer.
SHC 52 Pr0mote professional development 1.1 It is our duty of care to continually improve knowledge and practice, we need to do this to provide the best care possible foe children and people who attend our settings. We can do this by making sure all staff are working towards the relevant qualifications and sending staff on relevant courses to keep up to date with any changes that may occur within the current health and social care standards , legislation and guidelines for good practice. For me personally as i have been promoted to deputy i feel the importance of relevant training and teaching of this role is essential for my own personal development as well as benefiting the setting. As a member of the management team i am responsible for staff, children/young people and the over seeing of the setting so further training will help me to be effective in my own role. 1.2 I feel personally working within a charity committee run pre - school their is a lack of budget to be able to get help to pay for courses or training opportunities.
Unit 145 Promote professional development Outcome 1 Understand principals of professional development 1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice. * Staff will be able to support children’s learning successfully because they will have high expectations of what children can achieve and a secure knowledge of how children learn best. * Keeping abreast of changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage, Safeguarding and SEND code of practice. * Keeping abreast of changes to policies, staff contracts * Staffs are confident in the curriculum they are delivering to the children in their care. * Business and reputation * Promotion prospects * CPD * Ofsted “CPD ensures that professionals remain up to date in a changing world and that the reputation of the profession is enhanced, encouraging individuals to aspire to improve performance and ensure they are committed to learning and it is an integral part of their work” Whittaker 1992 1.2 Analyse potential barriers to professional development.
1.1 I feel it is important for me to continually improve my knowledge to ensure that I am aware of, and follow all the current health and social care and CQC standards, legislation, changes in law, and guidelines for good practice as well as ensuring I follow my company’s policies and procedures. I also feel it is vital that I pass any new knowledge I gain on to my team because this provides them with up to date information in order for them to carry out their roles as support workers effectively. I will do this during team meetings, supervisions and mandatory training, this also allows staff to reflect back on information that has been given to them. For me learning is a way of gaining new skills and it enables me to progress, and achieve within my career and working practices as a team leader. Personal & professional development not only benefits me, but it also benefits the company, as well as the staff & service users I support.
506 | Promote professional Development | leadership and management. 28.11.13 | 502.1.1 | Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice | To provide a safe and productive environment for the young people I care for I need to work for a company that is always striving to be better by portraying an importance to keep learning this ensures that I don’t become complacent within my role. It is important that I keep my knowledge current to comply with the national children’s standards. This enables my skills to improve and this helps me have a better understanding and acceptance of those things that are different to me allowing me to take on board opinions, cultures and attitudes of others. Therefore ensuring I am as diverse as I can be.
As an organisation we are also governed by other regulators ensuring that compliance with regulations and law are adhered too. The codes of practise are vital for my work in social care as I work with vulnerable people who are entitled to equal standards, morals and ethical standards. I have regular training and update’s available to me. 1.2 Explain expectations about own work role as expressed in relevant standards My work expectations in line with relevant standards require me to ensure that I am aware and understand the policies and procedures of the organisation, they are updated on a regular basis, therefore I familiarise myself regularly. Safeguarding and child protection are vital policies and procedures that are updated and it is my responsibility to ensure that I regularly update myself as changes could occur at any time.
Reflective practice is imperative in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, children and environments change. In order to reflect one must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits both children and practitioners, ensuring that each individual child’s needs are catered for. Reflective practice involves evolving in a child centred approach. The carer benefits as his or her skills grow and develop, enabling the highest standards of care and provision.
1.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided. Reflective practice should be important in just about anything the ward and I want to do well. It is the opportunity to look over what I have done, see what needs to be improved and what worked well. I can make a record of what went well (at least a mental one) and look for ways to improve the things that need to work better. It enables me to consider new approaches which could be applied and develop a greater self-awareness.