Introduction to Personal Development in Health, Social Care or Children’s and young People’s Settings - Unit Resources - Handout 3

This handout covers every topic in the unit specification learning outcome 3

17 page handout

Be able to agree a personal development plan

Sources of support for own learning and development: informal; formal;
internal e.g. line manager, supervisor; mentoring schemes; tutor; accessing
specialist information through partner and external organisations; online
professional discussion groups

Planning process: cyclical nature of planning and review; understanding own
role; identifying own strengths and weaknesses; identifying gaps in knowledge;
using feedback from others; appraisal process; understanding development
goals of own sector; identifying opportunities to develop knowledge and skills;
reviewing progress

People involved: e.g. the individual, people using services, supervisor or line
manager, other professionals, tutors or mentors, carers, advocates

Personal development plan: agreeing objectives for development; proposing
activities to meet objectives; timescales for review; understanding needs for
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed targets (SMART); need for
regular review of development plans; need to identify training opportunities and
support

This handout covers every topic in the unit specification learning outcome 3