Principles of professional development in adult care
Professional development is each individual's responsibility and is to be made possible and supported by the employer
Professional development should benefit service users
Professional development should improve the quality of service delivery
Professional development should be balanced and relevant to each persons area of practice for employment
Professional development should be recorded and show the effect on each persons practice
Employer
Employee
Planning CPD
Applying CPD
Reflection on CPD
Identifying and demonstrating the benefits of the CPD
Recognising unplanned CPD opportunities
Identifying and demonstrating the benefits of the CPD
Creating and promoting CPD opportunities
Ensures employees have safe and up to date practice to deliver safe and effective care
Provides time for CPD
Maintains professional standards
Study Leave
Training opportunities
Provides access for learning
Equipment
Employer
Employee
Identifies needs of the service and provides relevant learning opportunities
Develop new skills
Enhance existing skills
Supports and promotes quality CPD & lifelong learning for all levels of staff
Ensures CPD is relevant to the needs of the service, and feed back on the relevance for future reference
Employer
Employee
Demonstrate how your learning is benefitting and improving your practice
Use your learning to provide evidence based practice and reduce risk
identify opportunities to learn
Share learning with others
Encourages a culture of learning
Provides constructive feedback
Supports learning
Between individuals and from outside the organisation
Provides adequate time for learning
Provides adequate staffing to allow learning opportunities
Provides resources
Evaluates the quality & effect of the learning opportunity on the service
Employer
Employee
Supports learning across different areas
Health & Social Care
Learning & education
Leadership
Evidence, Research & Development
Provides a range of learning opportunities
Responds to learning needs of employees
Demonstrates learning across different areas
Leadership
Learning & Education
Health & Social Care
Evidence Research & Development
Be available and take part in learning
Be active & reflective
Formal learning
Informal learning
Learning opportunities
Challenges current practice
Develops current practice
Employer
Employee
Records learning
What you learnt
How it has developed your practice
Effect of learning on service users
Accesses, promotes and uses resources available
Follows professional standards
Code of conduct
Provides time, opportunities and resources for training
Provides opportunities to share learning opportunities
Monitors & audits CPD