4. REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

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1 . REFLECTIVE PRACTICE The previous evidence-gathering activities and practical tasks have already required you to reflect on your own practice. You will have considered your skills in supporting children s development and thought about what you do well and where you need additional advice, support or training. In the next sequence of activities you will focus more closely on your own role and responsibilities and the importance of continuous reflection so that you are able to develop the professional skills essential for working in the childcare sector. Using your own reflections and drawing on the feedback from others will help you to produce a plan for your own professional development. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The following activities will support you to generate evidence of your own duties and responsibilities and show how these support the relevant standards for the sector. You will also demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of how your own values and beliefs can affect your practice and the importance of reviewing your own practice so that you can provide an effective and high quality service. CYPW Unit 9: 1.1, 1.2 CCLD Unit 9: 1.1, 1.2 Task 1 To show your knowledge and understanding of your own work role you need to obtain a copy of: your job description any additional guidance on your duties relevant standards, eg National Occupational Standards for Children s Care Learning and Development (NOS CCLD) in relation to your own duties. You will need to discuss your understanding of these with your assessor. On a separate sheet, annotate your own job description to: match examples of duties and responsibilities show where own job description is expressed in relevant standards. CYPW Unit 9: 2.1,.1 Unit 15:.1 CCLD Unit 9: 2.1,.1 Unit 15:.1 Task 2 Reflective practice is an integral part of the role of those who work with children and young people. It means thinking about and making sense of your experiences and using the evidence to improve the ways in which you work. 132

2 1. Explain the importance of reflective practice for improving your knowledge and skills and helping you become a more effective childcare practitioner. Include an explanation of how this improves the quality of service. You should make reference to Kolb s learning cycle in your response. Write your answer here: 2. Identify where you can access sources of support for planning and reviewing your own development and list them below. Write your answer here: 133

3 CYPW Unit 9: 2.3 CCLD Unit 9: 2.3 Task 3 Our background and upbringing will affect the way we think and act. It is important to consider this influence on working practice. Use the chart below to identify your own values and belief systems and how these may affect your working practice. Influences (eg family, events, environment) Family - a brother who has a physical disability Values and beliefs The importance of following the social model of disability upholding the rights of children with disabilities How this affects practice Ensures that all activities are accessible for all children so that they feel valued and included 13

4 EVIDENCE GATHERING In this activity you will identify an area of your work that will capture evidence of how you work with others and use feedback from them to help you to review your own practice and plan for personal development. Feedback may come from a variety of sources. As well as your own manager you should seek feedback from your assessor and colleagues. You may also receive feedback from professionals from outside agencies and from children, young people and their families. The evidence gathered will be used to produce your personal development plan. Remember that the targets set for your development should be SMART: Specific be clear on what you expect to achieve Measurable consider how you will know when you have met your target Achievable it must be a target which is achievable within a reasonable time and be likely you will be able to achieve it Realistic appropriate for your own role and responsibility Timed has a clear timescale for achievement. You must measure your progress in the light of your plans to show improvements in your practice. Your assessor will help you to identify suitable items of evidence. You need to gather evidence of activity within areas of your work to demonstrate: CPYW Unit 9: 3.2,.2 CCLD Unit 9: 3.2,.2 When working with others to review your own needs you will be able to show that you can manage discussions and reach agreements, demonstrating responsibility and confidence. a) That you are able to identify sources of support and seek feedback from others in order to improve practice. audio recordings of discussions with manager or colleagues evidence of participation in training and development written feedback from, for example, manager, colleague, professional from outside agency performance review, for example, identified and agreed development plans reflective log or diary. 135

5 CYPW Unit 9: 2.2, 3.1,.3 Unit 15:.2,.3 CCLD Unit 9: 2.2, 3.1,.3 Unit 15:.2,.3 WorkSkills Unit 6: 1.2, 1. PLTS EP: 3 TW: 1, 2, 5 CYPW Unit 2:.1 Unit 9: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Unit 13: 5.1, 5.2 CCLD Unit 2:.1 Unit 9: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 Unit 13: 5.1, 5.2 b) How you use reflective practice to record progress and plan for development in relation to your work role and occupational standards. documents used to prepare for performance review reflective log or journal documentation from performance review development plan with personal targets. c) How you have used reflection to make changes in your practice. activity planning documentation where you have used feedback to improve your performance, eg where you have adapted an activity a review of development plan reflective log or diary. 136