Title

Engage in professional development in residential childcare settings

Type

Knowledge and Skills

Learning outcomes

Assessment criteria

Potential Evidence

1

Understand what is required for competence in own job role in a residential childcare setting

1.1

Explain the duties, responsibilities and boundaries of own job role

Showcasing your knowledge: –

Tutor marked assignment – one of:

a) Assessment Pack

b) Resource Pack                      

c) Essay

All Assignments MUST use and be submitted with an appropriate referencing system

Professional Discussion

E-learning

Prior Learning / Certificates

Learning Journal

Showcasing your skills: –

Observations

Witness Testimonies

Workplace Records

Minutes of Meetings

Care Plans

Daily notes

Supervision / Appraisals Records

Medication Administration Records

In put – Out put Records

Turn Charts

Reports

Prior Learning / Certificates

Learning Journal

1.2

Explain expectations about own job role as expressed in relevant standards

1.3

Explain the importance of own resilience, maturity and emotional intelligence when working in a residential childcare setting

1.4

Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the expected standard of own work

2

Be able to reflect on own practice

2.1

Explain the cyclical process of reflection

2.2

Explain the importance of reflective practice in continuously improving own practice and the service provided

2.3

Reflect on own practice

2.4

Reflect on how work demands have impacted on self

3

Be able to evaluate own performance

3.1

Evaluate own knowledge and understanding against relevant standards

3.2

Obtain formal and informal feedback from others on the impact of own actions and interactions in the workplace

3.3

Evaluate own performance using feedback

4

Be able to engage with professional supervision to plan and review own development

4.1

Participate in supervision in accordance with requirements in the workplace

4.2

Use supervision to review and prioritise own

4.3

Use supervision to agree own professional development plan

5

Be able to use reflective practice to contribute to professional development

5.1

Use reflective practice to evaluate how learning activities have affected practice

5.2

Demonstrate how reflective practice has contributed to improved ways of working

5.3

Record progress in relation to professional development