302 Task A Guidance
You are going to be a mentor for a new social care worker as part of their induction process. Part of your role is to help them prepare for the review after their probation period.
Ai Create a guide for the new social care worker about how to reflect on their practice. The guide must include the headings listed with an explanation of each.
What is reflective practice?
Reflective practice is a process by which you: stop and think about your practice, consciously analyse your decision making and draw on theory and relate it to what you do in practice.
Why is reflective practice important?
It is the opportunity to look over what you have done, see what needs to be improved and what worked well. Make a record of what went well and look for ways to improve the things that need to go better.
How reflective practice contributes to improving the quality of service provision.
If workers think about what they are doing and what they can do to make it better their work will improve and so will the service provision.
How standards can be used to help a social care worker reflect on their practice.
Standards help social care workers so they work in the same level as other social care workers or even their peers! It helps standardised the service they are giving to the community. By having a standard, they can always reflect with it and achieve the same standardised level. It's all about everyone giving their best to the community after all