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Anyone holding personal information must store it in a secure environment. National Occupational Standards (NO’S) – standards of performance that people are required to achieve at work, and he skills, knowledge and understanding they need to perform effectively. 2. Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills (IAC . 2)? Reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop own knowledge and skills because It allows you to Identify areas where you have made mistakes and helps to prevent them from reoccurring.
It also allows you to recognize gaps in your own knowledge and skills so you’re able to improve in these areas to provide an all-round better quality of care for the client. 3. Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct your laity of work (IAC . 3) As a care worker I need to ensure my personal attitudes and beliefs are kept to myself. I should respect the personal attitudes and beliefs of all my clients and the people I work with. Knowledge of the person’s history could help me understand their background, this may improve my attitudes towards them.
For example, if I am a Christian and I wanted to know more about the Islamic religion, and vice versa, I could do some research on the internet or talk to a colleague who is Muslim and this would help me gain information on the religion. Assignment 2 1 . Describe how the learning acuity has Improved your own knowledge, skills and understanding. (AC. 1 ) The learning activity has improved my own knowledge, skills and understanding because I researched into Multiple Sclerosis and learnt about the causes and treatment of the condition.
I also learnt how to provide the best care for patients with this condition. Producing the leaflet on Multiple Sclerosis helped me to communicate with all different types of audiences and creating an effective questionnaire ensured that I receive the best possible feedback. And understanding. (AC. ) Reflecting on this situation has helped me gain a lot of information on Multiple Sclerosis as before my knowledge was very limited.
Upon reflecting on this situation, using the feedback from the questionnaire, I was able to identify weaknesses and strengths of my work. From this I have been able to gain ideas on how to improve my work practice. 3. Describe how feedback from others will develop your own knowledge, skills and understanding. (AC. 3) It will help me identify areas of improvement which I might have not seen myself and it could also highlight the positive features which have en seen by someone with an outside perspective.
Their view can also help me establish a more efficient working method that I otherwise wouldn’t have been aware of. Lastly, feedback from an experienced colleague can help me to develop my own knowledge, skills and understanding to a higher level than before. Assignment 3: Personal Development Plan My Personal Development Plan What is a personal development plan? A set of goals or learning activities based on reflection, values and planning to help improve overall competence, knowledge, skills and understanding at work.
Areas of strengths in my work Time keeping Team work Communication Attitude Date of entry: 04-04-14 Areas of weaknesses in my work Confidence with new clients First aid Knowledge of equipment What are the different sources of support to improve my own learning and development? 1. I could gain confidence by talking to colleagues regularly 2. My manager could give me advice on how to improve my confidence 3. Research about communicating effectively.