Principles of Personal development in adult social care settings
Task A
You are going to be a mentor for a new social care worker as part of their induction process. Part of your role is to help them prepare for the review of their probation period.
Ai Create a guide for the new social care worker about how to reflect on their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each. a) What is reflective practice? b) Why is reflective practice important? c) How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision. d) How standards can be used to help a social care worker reflect on their practice.
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Aii You arrange a mentor meeting to feedback to the social care worker. You have comments to make which you include both praise and constructive criticism.
Write notes to prepare for your meeting. In your notes explain: a) Why it is important for a social care worker to seek feedback on performance. b) The different ways that people may react to receiving constructive feedback. c) Why it is important for a social care worker to use the feedback to improve their practice.
Mentor notes:
It is important for a social care worker to seek feedback on their performance so they can improve on ways of working that they may need to, helping them work in the best possible way. If you do not agree with feedback regarding your performance, talk to a senior member of staff for advice
People may react differently to constructive feedback. Some may not agree and see the feedback as negative, where it is meant to help them improve their practice. Others accept feedback positively and work to improve their practice listening to and taking in advice. Some people may take the feedback but not work to improve on anything so stay at the same level.
It is important for social care workers to use their feedback to improve their practice, to help them become the best