2. Explain why it is important to adhere to agreed ways of working and the scope of your role as a care worker. It is important to support and follow the agreed ways of working and also the job description in order to avoid any grievances with your employer. This will decrease any chance of injury to a client or yourself. It allows space for skills and knowledge within the care sector to be able to increase.
It is a basic requirement of my job role to communicate with individuals and their families, other members of staff on a daily basis. Communicating with other staff members ensures effective team working and continuity of care. It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognised and reported. * Individuals communicate with carers to express their needs and preferences and to ensure they are met. As a carer I would discuss the options and choices available to the individual to allow them an informed choice regards their care.
Assignment 206 Task B Bi 'Agreed ways of Working' The policies and procedures written by the employer set out how you should provide care and support for others and how you should deal with specific issues in your work setting. These should include policies and procedures relating to health and safety, equal opportunities, confidentiality, data protection, supervision, waste management, moving and handling, handling medication, and security and safeguarding. These should identify the general approach that the company takes towards an issue, they should incorporate all of the legal requirements affecting care work and should reflect the safest and most effective ways of carrying out particular tasks. It is essential that you understand and follow these policies and procedures to ensure that you are working in ways agreed by your employer. The duties and responsibilities of your role as a social care worker should also be set out in your job description.
Improves your basic judgement and professionally enables you to apply skills to the personal development cycle. How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision? Contributes to improving the quality of service provision as the care worker constantly revises the policies and procedures and new standards that are being constantly set. Being up to date on the relevant new policies and procedures help the care workers to do their job and maintain of what is expected from them. How standards can be used to help care worker reflect on their practice?
2.1 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service protocol. Reflection is the examination of personal thoughts and actions. This means focusing on how you interact with colleagues, people you support and the environment. It means thinking about how you could have done something differently, what you did well, what you could have done
Having an environment where everyone is treated fairly will result in employees of H&M feel more valued, happy and more willing to give a better service. They are not like physical or technological resources; humans need to be dealt in certain ways, as they are protected by legislations and laws. • Training: In H&M there will be a invariable change of different order of products that the customers wish to purchase, for this reason the staff will have to be trained for any of these occasions. H&M manage their training system by making sure they give relevant teaching for employees to develop key skills and move up in the hierarchy. This will help bring knowledge to employees and give them the
Reflective practice is essential to personal development and the goals and targets put in place at performance reviews can help to focus you and give you a renewed sense of ability to succeed and achieve. If needs have been identified then additional training can be arranged to help you become more effective in your role and improve your confidence. When considering reflective practice you need to be open to ideas and criticisms of others. Your should reflect on your own work and the work of others around you. You need to be constantly thinking of ways to develop and improve your practice and be able to
I should always keep people informed about progress as they may need to know about changes in targets as it allows them to make amendments to the way they handle their work, if they are not informed it may affect their working abilities. The purpose of letting other people know work plans need to be changed is so they can plan sufficient timescales and it gives them time to adapt to the new changes. By giving them notice it increases their chances of completing the task more efficiently and to an expectable standard. The purpose and benefits of recognising and learning from mistakes is so I know where I have gone wrong and I am able to prevent the mistake from happening again. The purpose and benefits of taking on new challenges if they arise is so I am able to put myself to the test by using my strengths and strengthening my weaknesses, this helps me achieve self growth opportunities and gain new skills to use in more challenging situations.
It means thinking about how we could have done something differently, what we did well and what we could have done better. It also means reflecting our own values and beliefs and experiences which shape our thoughts and ideas. This will allow individuals to obtain a clearer picture of their own behaviour and a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, so they can learn from their own mistakes and take appropriate future actions. 1.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided Reflective practice is about taking a look at yourself and evaluate the effectiveness of your work and taking in consideration the views of the individual you support. The reason this is important is so you can make changes to how you work that lead to continuous improvement in the way you provide services.
Although it is just as significant to know how to work individually; working in a group or with a partner is important. Having the prior knowledge of how to act in a professional setting will improve your interaction with them. For example, when applying for a job interview, there will be many factors that the interview will be looking for. These can include professionalism, behavior, or even response to a situation. Therefore, it is important to always be rational in difficult situations and be mindful of your actions.