Personal Development

I work in nursing home. My person values are ambition, committed, family orientated, hardworking, loyal, self-reliance, acceptance. My personal belief is to treat everyone equally, with respect and dignity. I always remember that every person is unique and different. I show positive regard to everybody. I am a Christian brought up in the Catholic faith, but in my work, there are a lot of people with different faiths like Hindu, Muslim, Jehovah, Anglican. Mrs X who is one of the residents on my ward is Muslim. I attend to her every day. She likes to pray four times a day, covering her face during the day with a hijab. When I finish giving her personal care in the morning, I make sure I give her the hijab to cover her face and then remove it at night before going to sleep. I make sure no male carers are allowed to enter her room or attend to her. She has a female carer at all times. I make sure that I don’t discriminate against any client or staff. I try to give each staff member and client equal opportunity like the same amount of time. I respect the right of clients and staff, by giving the clients the right to chose what they want to do. What they want to wear. What they want to eat. Mrs X wants to go to bed at 22.00 hours every night One night we were short of carers for the night shift, so I put her to bed early, her son came to visit and complained, and asked me to

This object of this assignment is to identify what personal and professional development is, if there is any difference between personal and

Personally I believe that I am organised, I always carry round a diary, where I note down important dates and deadlines, and therefore allowing me to manage my time more efficiently. Another strength that I have is that I know how to operate a computer and I know how to use a computer effectively, at GCSE I got a B in my exam in Information and Technology, therefore giving me an advantage compared to someone who do not know how to use the computer. I also believe that I am confident, and that I have courage and the ability to speak to new people and adapt myself to a new environment without feeling uncomfortable. As well as that, I am also able to work in a group, where I can listen to my members in my group as well as voice my own opinion.

To make improvements in our organisations we must work together to ensure the service we are providing is of a high standard and one that meets the service users’ needs. To improve the experience and outcomes for service users and the staff team we need to create a working environment within which staff is provided with opportunities to reflect on, learn and design improvements to the service we provide. This is where improving knowledge and practice becomes vital, without it the service and team cannot keep ahead of changes in

SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis is a very effective way of identifying your Strengths and Weaknesses, and of examining the Opportunities and Threats you face. Carrying out an analysis using the SWOT framework helps to focus activities into areas where the business are strong and where the greatest opportunities lie. Strengths: * What advantages do you have?

Human relationships are what feed into our need to belong. Being in contact with others not only makes us feel connected, it also enhances various skills such as communication. Human interaction is being revolutionized by technology, limiting human interaction. Reading Thrive by Arianna Huffington opened my eyes to various topics I had never really thought of. Being able to disconnect from the outer world enables us to connect with our inner world.

When you are ready for deep personal development it is important to realise that in many instances knowledge gets in the way of emotional freedom. If you think about it for a moment, knowledge is all about words, reading and writing lots of little squiggles (words) that we attach meaning to, how I manifest that meaning may be very different to how you make sense of it.

Although I did not pass with a distinction, I still managed to obtain an average of 72% for the overall degree.

Completing the SWOT Analysis exercise helped me see a realistic picture of myself. The SWOT analysis has been very helpful for creating a personal development plan because it is based on self-actualization and brings focus to strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities. I find it interesting to realize that performing a SWOT analysis for a career role of interest can help me identify if it is a good

date. In doing this I will highlight potential areas of development needed and will address these through Personal Development Planning. The rationale for doing this assignment is to enhance my professional development by undertaking an annotated reflective report.

My current strengths include; my honesty and passion towards my work. I have always been positive and confident regarding my aims and targets. Along with these, I am a good decision maker, due to which I can make right and quick decisions. Moreover, I have ability to motivate others and do team work. I am also a responsible person, when I make a target; I work day and night to achieve my goal.

According to Guskey (2001), Professional Development refers to the intentionally designed endeavours to bring about improvement and change in the professionals towards a planned goal and vision of achievement. These goals determine what to include in professional development, which processes and procedures to develop and follow and what criteria to use to assess and evaluate the process.

Personal development is an active, circular process that one pursues in order to improve on a small set of targeted skills or competencies. Most people are interested in developing competencies associated with your interpersonal skills/style and general managerial skills: The term competencies is meant to be an overarching term that includes behaviors, skills, and styles. The development process is generally segmented into four interrelated phases or steps (2016, May 7) Retrieved from http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078029546/973099/Guidelines_for_Creating_Your_Personal_Development_Plan.doc

I like to think I have many strengths. After review of my character/ personality test, I can see what they are. I am a task-oriented leader, which drives me to finish a project. I have a strong individual work ethic, which allows me to be responsible and not rely on others. I am good at building and leading

The strengths I have: being efficient and organize. I have to have everything a particular manner before I write, perform, or do almost any jobs. Occasionally this can cost me lots of time. The weaknesses that I have are a perfectionist and impatient at times. I was used to working at a substantially faster rate than those around me. Sharing information and interacting with others is when I learn best. Understanding my weaknesses assists me to plan methods to conquer them when I am doing tasks and socializing with others. I must be kinder to myself and less strict about matters being merely so. I also need to be more delicate and comprehensible of others who tend not to take up my perfectionist styles. I also should be patient with people who take longer time to work. Since I have got a tendency to delay works when I do not feel like doing anything, I, therefore, need to create a regular schedule with integrated rewards and times for learning and acquiring assignments done.