Your Personal Development in Social Care | E-Learning

Your Personal Development in Social Care | E-Learning

In social care, personal development is not optional. In some roles, it is a legal requirement.

In health and social care, continuing professional development is embedded in professional regulation. Social workers, nurses and many allied health professionals are required to evidence their ongoing learning as a condition of continued registration. Even for those roles that do not carry a formal registration requirement, working to current standards, reflecting on practice and actively seeking to improve are fundamental professional expectations.

This CPD-approved online course introduces personal development in the context of social care: how standards are set, monitored and regulated across the sector, what the relevant codes of practice require, and how care workers can develop and demonstrate the skills they need to work effectively throughout their careers.

What You Will Learn

• How standards for social care organisations and workers are set, regulated and monitored in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• The relevant codes of practice for social care workers, including those published by Skills for Care and the regulatory bodies in each nation
• The relationship between personal development and quality of care: why continuing to learn makes a direct difference to the people you support
• Reflective practice: what it means, why it matters and how to do it as a regular part of your working week rather than an occasional exercise
• Identifying your own learning needs: self-assessment, supervision and performance review as tools for professional development
• Types of learning and development: formal qualifications, on-the-job learning, peer learning, supervision and coaching
• Communication as a professional skill: developing your ability to communicate with service users, families and colleagues
• Giving and receiving feedback: how to use feedback productively to improve your practice

Course Details

Certificate:

• PDF format certificates are issued as standard, as soon as you complete the course.

Course duration:

• The course includes around 35 minutes of video lead learning.

Test:

• Your personal development in social care course is tested online & you’ll need to gain a minimum of 70% in each of the modules to pass.
• There are short tests throughout to help cement your learning.
• You will undertake a multiple choice exam at the end of the course.

Pre-requisites:

• We recommend that you have a reasonable understanding of English & maths (e.g. GCSE grade D/Level 1) before undertaking this course.

Candidates:

• Purchase a place for yourself, or purchase a bundle for your colleagues.

Geographical coverage:

• Your personal development in social care course is available to candidates in the UK.
• The course can be delivered in other countries however candidates should be aware that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice, protocols & guidance.

Venue:

• Your personal development course in social care can be run on any electronic device. We recommend that a laptop/desktop is used to ensure that you can see the screen clearly.

Joining instructions:

• Shortly after you purchase your place on the course, we will email you your login details for the course.
• Visit this page to read the course joining instructions including everything you need to know about our e-learning courses.

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