Better and Care Worker
Health and social care level 3
Section 3
Task 1 – you are going to be a mentor for a new care worker as part of their induction process. Part of your role is to help them prepare for their probation period.
1. Create a guide for the new care worker about how to reflect in their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each:
What is reflective practice?
Why is reflective practice important?
How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision?
How standards can be used to help a care worker reflect on their practice?
Reflective practice helps social workers to develop an understanding of practice events. Group sessions may lead to action in certain cases, but that is not the main goal of the reflective process; instead developing understanding in the context of a supportive peer group makes it easier for social workers to admit feeling failure and personal vulnerability. It is a safe space in which to talk without fear of repercussion – and this can dramatically reduce work-related stress. There are a few steps to be taken in reflective practice:
1. Develop an awareness of that is happening
2. Find a way to describe or capture it
3. Develop understanding
4. Find a way forward
Reflective practice is very important in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, people and environments change. In order to reflect you must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits all carers ensuring that each individuals needs are catered for.
Reflective practice involved evolving a person centred approach, the carer benefits as their skills grow and develop enabling the highest standard of care and provision it. It also promotes a better level of understanding and acceptance of those different from us, taking on board the opinions cultures and
Section 3
Task 1 – you are going to be a mentor for a new care worker as part of their induction process. Part of your role is to help them prepare for their probation period.
1. Create a guide for the new care worker about how to reflect in their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each:
What is reflective practice?
Why is reflective practice important?
How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision?
How standards can be used to help a care worker reflect on their practice?
Reflective practice helps social workers to develop an understanding of practice events. Group sessions may lead to action in certain cases, but that is not the main goal of the reflective process; instead developing understanding in the context of a supportive peer group makes it easier for social workers to admit feeling failure and personal vulnerability. It is a safe space in which to talk without fear of repercussion – and this can dramatically reduce work-related stress. There are a few steps to be taken in reflective practice:
1. Develop an awareness of that is happening
2. Find a way to describe or capture it
3. Develop understanding
4. Find a way forward
Reflective practice is very important in order to ensure that high standards are kept continuously as circumstances, people and environments change. In order to reflect you must continuously be aware of approaches used and how they can be changed or developed to improve. Continually improving and adapting approaches benefits all carers ensuring that each individuals needs are catered for.
Reflective practice involved evolving a person centred approach, the carer benefits as their skills grow and develop enabling the highest standard of care and provision it. It also promotes a better level of understanding and acceptance of those different from us, taking on board the opinions cultures and