NVQ level 3 Unit 302 1.Explain what reflective practice is Reflective practice means: we explore why and who we practice; thinking back over a situation or activity; developing a different approach; gaining insight into a new way of learning. 2.Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided Reflective practice is important because we can focus on what has worked well and what needs to be improved. Helps us develop greater self-awareness and consider new approaches and learning. And enable a different approach to be applied. 3.Explain how standards inform reflective practice in adult social care Standards inform reflective practice by informing own learning, helping one to think about professional accountability, enabling professional development, providing a way of identifying what is required for good practice.
You can use constructive feed back to build on use it as a tool not a negative. Work as part of a team; keep calm listen and respect, the people you are working with. Your past experiences can also help, and using your own initiative being positive. Appraisals are good way to receive constructive feedback, this will show your strengths and weakness, you might need more training on your moving and handling as you are not using the equipment properly. I receive positive feedback from my manager, she had over heard me talking to a service user who was being challenging with me, she explained she was very happy with the way I dealt with the situation calmed things down before they became worst.
• The feedback from others has development own knowledge, skills and understanding, feedback can be positive and negative but all feedback points to new to the ways and areas of improvement. Negative feedback must not be rejected but must be taken into account and be turned into something positive, but sometimes may undermine some confidence. The feedback from others points out best ways of doing things, what should not be done and get some pointers of approaching a problem from different angle. 3. know how a personal development plan can contribute to own learning and development 3.1 define the term personal development plan A personal development plan are goals that an individual makes to achieves in doing something specific. The personal development plan includes goals, awareness of strengths and weakness.
Through this process it should provide automatic evidence for the rigor of external evaluation of the partners outlined above. “the core principles of good assessment and quality assurance ……… underpinning both effective learning and the demonstration of competence” ( p xiii Foreword Rob Wye – Chief Executive Learning and Skills Improvement Service). Effective internal verification is an on-going process. It allows good practice to be shared, and can help identify problems at an early stage. Internal Quality Assurance upholds the credibility of any assessment or qualification the organisation delivers.
Answer Reflective practice is important as it enables you to achieve a better understanding of yourself, your skills, competencies, knowledge and professional practice. Identifying what you have learnt requires you to think about your experiences, and consider the outcomes, in order to evaluate the experience, and identify your thoughts, feelings and understanding of the relevant issues. 3. How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision. Answer Reflective practice is important for everyone.
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. It may make you consider new approaches or make you consider learning more or beginning new courses in relevant subjects. You can use reflective practice to improve the quality of the service you provide by thinking about a task you previously completed and asking yourself: What could have been done better? & how will I do that task next time? 1.3.
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.
Overlooking an event afterwards and questioning yourself not as a criticism but in a way to develop yourself further. Task c How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision. When you continually reflect on the way you perform, you are assessing the areas where you can improve. Looking at how you can do something better or differently can only benefit the standard of service provided and to us as individuals. In addressing at how we can allow ourselves to grow and offer an enhanced service that we can openly reflect on, actually allows the whole service to improve as accepting changes can be made for the better is showing that you are receptivte to evolving.
Principles of personal development in adult social care setting REF 32 1.1Explain what reflective practice is Reflective practice is about the process of thinking about your practice and taking personal responsibility for improving your professional skills .Reflection enables you to review the positive aspects of your own practice in order to build on successes and to identify areas for improvement or further development. 1.2.Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided Reflective practice is important way of learning from experiences and improving. Reflective practice identifies areas of practice which are good or successful and areas which are poor. Only when good and poor practice are identifies can an accurate assessment of performance be made. Areas of good
GUIDE ON REFLECTIVE PRACTICE What is Reflective Practice? Reflective practice is a way of reflecting or thinking back about your work/role and what you have been doing and working out what things you have done well and what things you think you have not done so well, where you can improve and what you could change. Why is Reflective Practice Important? It is important that you are able to reflect on your work and discover what you think you are good at and what you are not so good at so that you can ask for guidance and further training if possible. How Reflective Practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision It helps you to learn from past experiences, what you could do better and what you could do differently.