Personal Development

The Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care unit ‘Personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings‘ explores several topics relating to professional development including roles and responsibilities, reflective practice, Personal Development Plans (PDPs) and evidence-based practice.

It is made up of 6 learning outcomes, each consisting of several assessment criteria.

1. Understand what is required for competence in own work role
   • 1.1 Explain the duties and responsibilities of own work role
   • 1.2 Explain expectations about own work role as expressed in relevant standards
   • 1.3 Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the quality of own work
   • 1.4 Explain why competence includes using own behaviour to model person-centred values and practice
2. Be able to reflect on practice
   • 2.1 Explain the cyclical process of reflection
   • 2.2 Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving the quality of service provided
   • 2.3 Reflect on day to day work practice
3. Be able to evaluate own performance
   • 3.1 Evaluate own knowledge, understanding and performance against relevant standards
     3.2 Use feedback to evaluate own performance and inform development
4. Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to personal development
   • 4.1 Evaluate how learning activities have affected practice
   • 4.2 Demonstrate how reflective practice has contributed to improved ways of working
   • 4.3 Record progress in relation to personal development
5. Be able to agree a personal development plan
   • 5.1 Use data and information to plan and review own development
   • 5.2 Work with others to review and prioritise own learning needs, professional interests, and development opportunities
   • 5.3 Work with others to agree own personal development plan
   • 5.4 Take steps to develop own leadership and mentoring skills
6. Be able to use evidence-based practice
   • 6.1 Analyse how evidence-based practice can be used to inform your practice
     6.2 Apply evidence-based practice in your practice
     6.3 Evaluate use of evidence-based practice in own setting