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Unit 1: Understand Own Role
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Understand own role
Unit 2: Personal Development
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Personal Development
Unit 3: Duty of Care
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Duty of Care
Unit 4: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Rights
Unit 5: Work in a Person-centred Way
Unit 6: Communication
Unit 7: Privacy and Dignity
Unit 8: Nutrition and Hydration
Unit 9: Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia
Unit 10: Adult Safeguarding
Unit 11: Safeguarding Children
Unit 12: Health, Safety, and Principles of Basic Life Support
Unit 13: Handling Information
Unit 14 Infection, Prevention and Control
Unit 15: An Awareness of Learning Disability and Autism
Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate
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🔷 Unit ASCC-02: Personal Development

Unit Code: F/651/1556
RQF Level: 2
Unit Aim:
This unit introduces learners working in health or social care settings to the principles of personal development and reflective practice. It focuses on identifying learning needs, setting goals, accessing support, and measuring progress.

🔹 Area 1: Agree a Personal Development Plan

📌 1.1 Explain the processes for:

  • identifying their own learning needs

  • agreeing a personal development plan and who should be involved

Core Content:

  • Learning needs may arise from:

    • Supervision or appraisals

    • Policy/procedure changes

    • Gaps in knowledge or performance

  • Personal Development Plan (PDP): A formal document outlining:

    • Learning goals

    • Actions and timelines

    • Support/resources needed

  • Key people involved may include:

    • Line manager/supervisor

    • Mentor or workplace coach

    • The learner themselves (active participation)

Related Theory:

  • Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle (1984) — learning is a continuous cycle of experience, reflection, conceptualisation, and experimentation.

Further Reading:

📌 1.2 Explain why feedback from others is important in helping to develop and improve approaches to their own work

Core Content:

  • Offers external perspective on strengths and areas for improvement

  • Encourages growth mindset and lifelong learning

  • Ensures care practices meet expected standards

  • Helps in adapting work style to meet individuals’ needs better

Relevant Theory:

  • Johari Window (Luft & Ingham, 1955) — feedback helps reduce the “blind spot” in self-awareness.

Further Reading:

📌 1.3 Explain how to contribute to and agree their own personal development plan

Core Content:

  • Reflect on past learning and feedback

  • Be honest about your strengths and development areas

  • Work collaboratively with manager to:

    • Set SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound)

    • Identify training and mentoring options

    • Review progress regularly

Further Reading:

🔹 Area 2: Develop Own Knowledge, Skills and Understanding

📌 2.1 Identify sources of support for their own learning and development

Core Content:

  • Formal support: training courses, workshops, e-learning

  • Informal support: peer learning, supervision, mentoring

  • Organisational support: appraisal systems, CPD programmes

  • External sources: local colleges, CPD providers, online platforms

Further Reading:

📌 2.2 Explain how learning activities have improved their own knowledge, skills and understanding

Core Content:

  • Learners apply new knowledge directly to improve care practices

  • Activities such as shadowing, case studies, and simulations enhance critical thinking

  • Increases confidence and motivation

Example:
Manual handling training → safer transfers → reduced risk of injury

Further Reading:

📌 2.3 Explain the level of literacy, numeracy, digital and communication skills needed to carry out their own role

Core Content:

  • Literacy: reading care plans, writing reports, logging incidents

  • Numeracy: measuring medication, recording fluid intake/output

  • Digital: using care management software, e-learning

  • Communication: speaking clearly with individuals and teams

Further Reading:

📌 2.4 Explain where to find information and support on how to check and develop their own current level of:

  • literacy

  • numeracy

  • digital

  • communication skills

Core Content:

  • Local adult education centres

  • Workplace training teams

  • Online assessments (e.g., BKSB, Learn My Way)

  • Self-assessment tools provided by Skills for Care or National Careers Service

Further Reading:

📌 2.5 Describe how reflecting on a situation has improved their own knowledge, skills and understanding

Core Content:

  • Reflection allows learners to analyse successes and mistakes

  • Leads to better decision-making, empathy, and accountability

  • Encourages proactive problem-solving

Example:
Realising a communication breakdown → improving listening skills

Relevant Theory:

  • Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988): Description → Feelings → Evaluation → Analysis → Conclusion → Action Plan

Further Reading:

📌 2.6 Describe how feedback from others has developed their own knowledge, skills and understanding

Core Content:

  • Feedback helps identify blind spots

  • Promotes continuous improvement and self-confidence

  • Reinforces good practice

Example:
Supervisor’s suggestion to speak slower improved interaction with a resident with dementia

Further Reading:

📌 2.7 Demonstrate how to measure their own knowledge, performance and understanding against relevant standards

Core Content:

  • Use tools like:

    • Supervision reviews

    • Self-assessments

    • PDP outcomes

  • Benchmark against:

    • Care Certificate standards

    • Code of conduct

    • Organisational competencies

Further Reading:

📌 2.8 Outline the learning opportunities available and how they can be used to improve ways of working

Core Content:

  • Internal training (e.g., safeguarding, infection control)

  • External qualifications (e.g., diplomas)

  • Online CPD courses (e.g., OpenLearn, FutureLearn)

  • Reflective practice, supervision, and coaching

Further Reading:

📌 2.9 Demonstrate how to record progress in relation to their own personal development

Core Content:

  • Use:

    • Reflective journals

    • Appraisal forms

    • PDP documentation

    • Training logs

  • Helps in tracking growth, identifying gaps, and planning next steps

Further Reading:

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