Overview

Learners will understand the importance of their own learning and development and how to document this in a Personal Development Plan. The course includes objective setting, different types of learning and feedback.

Audience

This course is aimed at:

New members of staff in Healthcare Support Worker roles

New members of staff in Adult Social Care Worker roles

Any staff members who provide direct care to patients or individuals needing support

This course will also be useful for:

Staff moving into new roles within their organisation

Refreshing the knowledge of any member of staff

About this course

This course contains two bite-sized modules that use practice-based scenarios, videos and engaging questions to bring the subject to life.

The two modules are:

Agree a personal development plan

Develop your knowledge, skills and understanding

Each module takes between five and ten minutes to complete; the modules that contain video clips take a little longer. The knowledge element of standard 2 of the Care Certificate is covered in this course. 

Objectives

In this course you will learn: 

How to create a Personal Development Plan (PDP)

The purpose of supervision and appraisal

What are core skills and how to improve them

How to receive feedback

Content

Here are some of the topics covered in this course:

Steps to create a Personal Development Plan| Feedback| When to learn| Core skills| Improving core skills| Continuing professional development.