Qcf - Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services - Promote Professional Development

1.1 Review the range of groups and individuals whose communication needs must be addressed in own job role

Professional development is an opportunity to reflect, share common goals, support each other as well as learn from others knowledge, expertise and experience. Regular supervision and training of staff can lead to reduced sickness and absence, it can improve the service that they

I am responsible for ensuring that my mandatory training is up to date, and that I follow all codes, legislation, and recommendations when performing my duties. I will ensure that my job description is current, and am aware of my responsibilities within my role. It is important that I attend refresher courses to update my practical skills, and attend new training courses to improve my working knowledge and skills.

Understanding the EYFS is essential as my observations and reports about children have to be accurate and objective to avoid bias and show a full ‘map’ of child’s development in all the different areas. I have to make sure that my observations are always a true record of what is taking place (e.g. tempting to add something what may make more

Within my role, it is important to continually improve knowledge and practice so I am aware of how to give the best diverse and equal care to children, stay fully up to date with all standards and legislations.

There are three different types of settings which provide care and education for children in my area. One of them is called the statutory sector, this is a service that has to be available by law. Legislations have been passed which requires either the government or local authorities to provide them. This service gets payed for by people paying taxes so if we didn’t pay our taxes then these services would no longer be funded. An example of a statutory setting would be Richardson Dees primary school, this is because they are funded by the government. Children start from nursery all the way up to year 6 before they have to leave. This school provides support for children and their families

It is important to continue your professional development throughout your career or chosen profession, as this will help your knowledge to grow and expand. There are many ways in which you can constantly keep improving on this. You

As I was reading the journal one thing which really drew my attention was that it talked about the staff training being inconsistent. In some places staff seemed confident and in some places they were not. My self being an early year’s practitioner and working in a private sector I can relate to the problems as staff are expected to go on training in their own time. Working within the Borough of Hounslow I have experienced first-hand cuts that have definitely been made in regards to training.

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (3978-51/52/53/54/55/56)

Professional development took on a new identity in 2010. The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) began focusing on “professional learning” and rebranded the idea of professional development. “Learning Forward”, as it is now referenced, embraces professional learning that increases the effectiveness of educators and grows all students (Learning Forward, 2011). A new focus on professional learning evolved into the creation of new standards, these new NSDC Standards now focus on educator effectiveness.

Continuous personal development is vital to ensure that each individual is up to date on current legislation and to enable each professional to continue with their career goals via training and development tools. By keeping up to date with current legislation, standard practices and new tools and skills this will allow you to become more productive and proactive within your career and by reflecting on experiences allow you to develop yourself further for future progression.

The five main steps in determining and executing training in an organisational context: analyse the required standards, analyse the current skill and knowledge level, determine the skills/ knowledge gap, identify training solutions and evaluate performance after training.

Continuing professional development requires structured processes and individual responsibility to maintain, develop and enhance skills, knowledge and competence both professionally and personally to improve performance at work and are necessary to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world. Being an effective educator requires staying up-to-date of the scholarship of teaching and learning as well participating in scholarly activities are necessary to increase personal and professional knowledge thus the process should benefit the individual, colleagues, students, external sponsors and clients, and the institution. Coaching, working in committees, development centers, actively participate in distance learning, e learning, project working,

There are many ways in which professional development can happen. The item for development I chose is the professional learning community.

According to Dr Breeze, 2004 good training is the beginning, not the end. Many new employees come equipped with most of the knowledge and skills to start work. Others may require extensive training and development before getting ready to make much of a contribution to the organization. A majority, however, will at one time or another require some type of training or development activity in order to maintain an effective level of job performance (Nankervis, Compton and Baird, 2005).