Aim: To enable you to plan, develop and continuously improve the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to perform their role effectively

Objectives:

By successfully completing this course you will be able to:

• Identify your learning and development needs and contribute to the creation of a personal development plan
• Describe the process for agreeing a personal development plan and identify who should be involved
• Explain how feedback from others supports personal and professional development and improves ways of working
• Describe the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills required to carry out your role effectively
• Identify the sources of information, support and guidance to check and develop your literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills
• Explain how reflection on situations, learning activities and feedback from others can improve your knowledge, skills and understanding
• Measure your knowledge, performance and understanding against the relevant standards and record progress towards personal development goals
• Identify the learning opportunities available to you and explain the importance of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in improving your practice

Introduction

Welcome to Halo Staffing Care Certificate Standards: Standard 2 – Understand Your Role.

We will explain how to identify your learning and development needs, contribute to your personal development plan, and understand who should be involved in agreeing and supporting your development.

We will then explain how feedback can help you improve your performance and development, and how the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills required for your role can support effective working.

You will then be able to identify sources of information, support and guidance to develop your skills, and understand how reflection on learning activities, workplace experiences and feedback can improve your knowledge, skills and understanding.

We will also inform you how to measure your knowledge, performance and understanding against relevant standards, record your progress towards development goals, identify learning opportunities, and recognise the importance of continuing professional development in improving your practice.