Produce a plan of where you are now and where you want to be in the future, what steps are you going to take to get there? Do you need any qualifications to achieve it?
Personal Development Plan
Where am I now?(Job role) | What do I want to be? | What do I need to do to get there? | What Qualifications/ training and experience will I need? | What is next? |
* Health care assistant | * Mental health nurse | * Go to university * Work experience To become a mental health nurse, I will need to have: * an understanding, sympathetic and non-judgmental manner * excellent communication and listening skills * the ability to gain a patient’s trust * an understanding of body language and other non-verbal communication * the ability to empathise and relate to people of all ages and backgrounds * the ability to stay calm and in control in difficult situations * an ability to manage emotional situations * the ability to work as part of a team * a persuasive manner, with the ability to encourage patients to follow treatment plans * assertiveness and the ability to represent patients’ interests | Qualifications includes: * At least five GCSEs (A-C), including English, maths and a science * Two or three A levels, including at least one science or health-related subject * Good referenceTraining needed includes: * Foundations and theory of mental health nursing * Developing observation, communication and team working skills * Physiology * Safeguarding * Counselling and therapeutic relationships * Medicine management * Care planning and partnership working * Professional standards and code of practice. | * Peruse my career as a mental health nurse and taking further training. |