SH4052 - Personal & Professional Development; self-management (2024/25)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | |||||||||||||||
| Module title | Personal & Professional Development; self-management | |||||||||||||||
| Module level | Certificate (04) | |||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| School | School of Social Sciences and Professions | |||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
| Assessment components |
|
|||||||||||||||
| Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
|
Module summary
This module aims to:
Develop students personal and professional development skills and competences for effective interpersonal and professional relationships.
Develop students’ knowledge and skills for effective interpersonal and professional communication
Enable students to develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence for effective practice with service users and carers
Develop the knowledge and skills for effective reflective practitioners
Develop students’ ability to use reflective techniques in relation to work with individuals and groups in the health and social care settings
Syllabus
The module programme is structured to tackle each of the learning outcomes in turn.
The relationship between self-awareness and emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal and professional communication.LO1
The role and importance of values within health and social care - anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice, the nature and scope of knowledge and skills necessary for effective practice LO2
An introduction to the reflective skills for effective practice in health and social care LO3
An introduction to the nature and importance of professional boundaries in health and social care.LO4
The nature of relationships between health and social care practitioners and service users and carers; the continuum between paternalism and partnership, user and carer led services LO5
Development planning and action plans to enable personal and professional goal setting and review LO6
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
A range of teaching methods will be used throughout this module: lectures, presentations, seminars, skills development workshops and discussions, both face to face and online. These sessions will provide background coverage on topics under discussion and interactive learning. Students will be required to read set texts and articles and to discuss these in classes and seminars. Additional resources will be available online via WebLearn. Module staff will be available to provide face-to-face, telephone, and email support to students during and outside timetabled sessions.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of self and emotional intelligence for effective interpersonal and professional communication.
2. Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of health and social care work values, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice, knowledge and skills for effective practice
3. Demonstrate an understanding and an awareness of the skills of effective reflective practitioner in health and social care
4. Develop an understanding of professional boundaries in health and social care.
5. Demonstrate an ability to learn from service users and carers
6. Construct personal development targets and action plans to enable progress review.
Bibliography
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/3F355894-688E-87D3-C6DF-F5156C7B8D16.html?lang=en-gb