CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England)
Unit SHC 52: Promote professional development
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The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding and skills required to promote the professional duty to maintain the currency of knowledge and skills and the need to continually reflect on and improve practice.
The learning outcomes below are to be covered to enable you to achieve the unit.
1. Understand principles of professional development.
2. Be able to prioritise goals and targets for own professional development.
3. Be able to prepare a professional development plan.
4. Be able to improve performance through reflective practice.
ASSIGNMENT COMPLETION INSTRUCTIONS
Complete each learning outcome with a minimum of 250 words for each assessment criteria.
Refer to the relevant workshop material in particular the Additional Reading Material.
This assignment needs to be typed and when completed sent to: suzannebettaney@eurosourcesolutions.com LEARNING OUTCOME 1 – UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice.
It is important whilst working in a childcare setting to continually improve your knowledge and practice to ensure all aspects are carried out correctly in line with up to date policies and procedures. This helps to ensure that the best practice is followed at all times.
Understanding that practice can change frequently and keeping ourselves up to date is vital.
Constant development of all staff would also ensure that no one is falling behind and that everyone is up to date.
Sharing information around the team helps to certify all staff are kept up to date with changing practice and are following the best practice