It provides opportunities to learn from your experience and develop your working practice. It is both a tool to help you analyse specific interactions or incidents that have occurred at work, as well as a method of working in the moment that is mindful and self-aware. 1.2. Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided? Reflecting on your practise is important as it can help you to focus on what you have done well and identify areas you may need to improve I.e.
Evaluate theoretical approaches to professional supervision It is important that supervisions are conducted on a regular basis to promote the professional development of the staff member and to resolve any issues that the staff member may be facing whether that be in the work place or in their personal lives. Supervisions are used to monitor working performance and to ensure that the staff member is working within the regulations of the code of practice, local nand national policy guidance and the company polices and procedures. Supervisions give both the staff member and the supervisor the opportunity to build an effective, open relationship where experiences and guidance is used and shared to improve working performance. The supervision can also be used as a training model setting goals and targets for the staff member to reach. Therefore improving personal competence and performance.
You should use these to cross-reference your work. Q1.Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the: a) planning, b) delivery, and c) review, of learning activities. Answer a) Planning: A learning support practitioner contributes to planning of the short term plans these are for the week or day and will incorporate learning objectives and state how the class or group will be organised. Contributing in your own way by putting forward suggestions of your own, particularly if you support an individual pupil. The teacher assistant and teacher should plan together so that you are clear from the outset what you will be doing and are given the opportunity to put forward your own ideas.
Reflective practice is a term used to describe a technique for analysing and addressing developmental needs which we may have. It is a process by which we look back on how we work or have worked, identifying weaknesses and areas for improvement. Reflective practice also enables us to identify strengths which we can maintain. Reflecting on our practice therefore helps us to improve and develop ourselves. Reflective practice can take place: verbally – discussing our progress and practice with managers, supervisors, tutors or colleagues in writing – such as writing an account or diary of daily activities, developments or incidents, and identifying ways in which we could use these experiences to improve.
Remembering that providing encouragement to feedback will in turn help to highlight any areas of the activity they may need to be improved, and help to assess any issues that they individual may have, it also gives you chance to let them know how well they are doing. 4.2: Agree processes and criteria for evaluating the therapeutic benefits of the group and its activities. Before starting the activity we would agree the process and criteria, planning is part of the process which begins with an assessment, part of the process would be to identify the goals and benefits and the overall aim of what they want to achieve from the activity. 4.3: Carry out own responsibilities for supporting the evaluation and agreeing any revisions. My responsibilities for supporting the individuals would be to ensure that all policies and protocols are up to date and adhered to, that all risk assessments have been carried out, and that the individuals is part of the planning and that they understand what the activity is about and that they understand what is expected of them during the activity.
It reflects what is important to the person (now and for the future) and specifies the support they require to make a valued contribution to their community. 1.2 Explain the benefits of using person-centred thinking with individuals. By using person centred thinking a profile can be made to suit the individual focusing on what is important to the person, how they wish to live and then moves towards those aspirations. 1.3 Explain the beliefs and values on which person centred thinking and planning is based. It is based on the belief and values that people with learning disabilities are entitled to the same rights and choices as other members of society.
Describe how you will evaluate support for developing skills for everyday life of Mr. Jones referred to above: Ans: Evaluation is the process of monitoring and demonstrating the progress and effectiveness of a service plan. The evaluation of the support given to someone is an important process. The most important part of any evaluation is the views of the person to whom the support plan belongs. Only the person is in a position to say if the support is working for them. But the other persons may be involved in the evaluation process.
10/ Prejudice allowing your beliefs to pre judge a situation. Be aware of ways to reduce barriers to effective communication A communication strategy should be implemented for each individual to support them and the people working with them. Discuss with your manager the individuals you will regularly work with and whether there any known communication barriers . This will enable you to consider your skills in this area and whether you need to undertake some training and development activities to improve your skills in this area. There are times when we need to adapt our communication style to meet the needs of individuals and use aids to help them enhance their
Recording actions, such as keeping personal diary of achievements, even mistakes will assist an individual to reflect on their working practices and improve futures performances. Any type of feedback (good or bad) from others, such friends, family, residents and colleagues, all assist an individual in considering improvement in working practices and personal development. Some of the outcomes of using reflective practices: • Making changes in my organizations policies and procedures for actions to take in a certain situation. • Changing to my personal opinions or attitudes • Undertaking further training • Seeking opinions (feedback) from other colleagues on my actions, to get another person’s
It is both a tool to help me analyse specific interactions or incidents that have occurred at work, as well as a method of working in the moment that is mindful and self-aware. 1.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided. Reflecting on my practise is important as it can help me to focus on what I have done well and identify areas I may need to improve I.e. It may make me consider new approaches or make me consider learning more or beginning new courses in relevant subjects. I can use reflective practice to improve the quality of the service I provide by thinking about a task I previously completed and asking myself: What could have been done better?