My Personal Professional Development

A career in social work or human services is similar in the duties and type of work environment. Both of these positions require a desire to help others in many ways. Human Services Assistants may help clients with special needs obtain the services that will help them to develop and improve their situation. Social workers are considered human services workers, only they typically perform more hands-on duties with clients (BLS, 2012a). A career in social and human services is a rewarding choice for those who have a strong desire to help others in need and who have a strong sense of community.

“The most successful nations in the future will be those which develop high quality, skilled and motivated workforces and make good use of them.” Government White Paper (1994)

For this case study we will be examining a girl who currently attends Appalachian State University, studying social work. Through this study we will look at how biological, psychological, environmental, and family have impacted her until now. Through looking at these effects links will be created to Erikson’s theory and the learning theory. Concluding with examining the impacts of the factors in relevance to their professional development.

This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of children and young people’s development birth to 19 years. By completing all tasks within the assignment, the candidate will provide evidence that meets the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria for Unit 022, Understand Child and Young Person Development.

In order to improve their work with young children practitioners use their own learning by using ways of work that are non-judgemental, sensitive and positive. Therefore, practitoners through initial on-going training and development need to develop, and demonstrate and continuously improve a number of things in their work. They may have to work with the wider community such as parents and carers and also with other professionals with inside and outside the setting. They may have to improve on their relationships with both the children and their parents and develop a knowledge and understanding of the diverse ways that children can learn in order to support and extend children’s learning across all areas and aspects of learning (Leicestershire County Council).

The purpose of this assignment is that I will be reflecting on my own engagement in professional relationships and establish key skills that underpin lifelong learning. I will also be looking into how to perform evidence-based practice and reflect on my capabilities and weaknesses identified in my SWOT analysis (see appendix 1) and personal development plan (see appendix 2).

Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health, Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings.

The opportunity for children and young people to develop in a loving caring environment is vital to their development. It is important that professional practitioners know the expected aspects and rate of development to ensure that individuals in their care are given the best opportunity to thrive. The following tasks will help you to understand the support that each child or young person may need.

Understanding development in this section allowed me to learn the sequence and rate of the development of children and young people from birth to 19 years and how different aspects of development can affect one another. Learning the theories of development and frameworks to support development in current practice was good to see how things work effectively. People who work with children and young people must be able to recognise concerns about development. This is to make sure that the correct actions can be taken. The early recognition of speech, language and communication disorders to children’s holistic development is an important feature of this section. Children and young people go through a number of stages as they progress into adulthood.

At first, focusing on “self” seemed irrelevant and ineffective. However, with time, I grew to appreciate the purpose of self-reflection and understanding myself. Personal growth often takes a backseat, because acquiring new techniques, skills and maintaining ones grade often takes priority. Nonetheless, I learned to courageously confront the elements of my character which needed adjustments in order to make me a better OT. This self-assessment is still a process for me but I realize that personal growth is rarely explored in any professional field especially to those who are professional caretakers.

During this course, I have studied many different subjects including Lifespan Development, where I have learnt different aspects of development through the different life stages. I particularly enjoyed learning about PIES for children 1-18 years and how to apply the different theories of Piaget to the different stages and applying Chomsky’s LAD to different intellectual stages of language development. Psychological Perspectives helped me to shape children's behaviour within the year 2 class by applying Skinner's positive reinforcement by giving rewards and praising them. Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs helped me to understand the needs of different service users and how to meet these through positive working

For this essay there will be a critical evaluation of the counselling approaches and skills that are used which can guide the practice of education professionals and benefit relationships with children/ young people in supporting their social and emotional well-being. The approaches that will be looked at and compared are the Person-centred approach and the Psychodynamic approach. The approaches will be discussed and linked to the use in an educational context by teachers with children and young people. The strengths and weaknesses of these approaches will also be examined. It is important for teacher to support children and young people’s social and emotional development right for the start of their educational experiences in the early years. The statutory frame work for the early years published by the department for education in 2014 makes sure that every practitioner follows by law the learning and development requirements of every child. The DFE 2014 suggests educational programs have to include activities and experiences involving the children as suggested: personal social and emotional development entails assisting children to develop an encouraging view of themselves, and others; to make positive relationships and develop respect for others, progress on their social skills and acquire the skill how to deal and control their feelings, to know how to behaviour correctly in groups and to have self confidence in what they can do. From this practitioners can pick up on

This essay is aimed to reflect on my professional development and academic progression during the second year of my studies at the university. I shall use Gibbs (1988) reflective model in this piece of work

• Ray: “Your telephone message about an error in your tender was a waste of time. You can’t change the rules. The best you can do is to withdraw”

It has been 10 years passed since last time I entered in college as a freshman, and now, at the end of 2017, I decide to go back to college for pursuing a new major and reaching a new objective of career path. All of these will start from Fullerton College.