chapter 1
Developing Yourself as an Effective Learning and Development Practitioner
In t r od u c t Io n
This chapter begins with a look at what is required of L&D professionals and how L&D roles are specified. We discuss the CIPD HR Profession Map and how we can use it to assess our professional development needs. We then move on to look at how we deliver our L&D service, considering: who are our customers, how well do we meet their needs and what can we do to improve our service delivery. In the final section of the chapter we look at the concept of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and give some practical tips on how to complete a CPD Record and select activities for professional development.
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This may be supplemented by further information, about the skills, knowledge and experience required (for example in a person specification at the recruitment stage) or an internal competence framework which details the abilities and behaviours required of different roles within the organisation. There are many variations of L&D roles; you may, for example, be involved in:
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identifying learning needs and planning learning activities designing learning activities and materials delivering and evaluating learning activities providing one-to-one training or coaching assessing and reviewing learning progress supporting line managers to train their staff advising people in the organisation about L&D maintaining L&D information systems designing or supporting e-learning/technology/enabled learning
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This object of this assignment is to identify what personal and professional development is, if there is any difference between personal and professional development and what opportunities there are, how this benefits both staff and Lancashire Care Foundation Trust (LCF
1.1 Describe how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities.
* To ensure all learners are included in activities, I devise different ways of getting everyone in the room involved –differentiation. Topics of employability can be sensitive because there will be people in the room who’ve had bad experienced such as redundancy or treated badly by the
This is placed within the person specification to notify what skills and knowledge the organisation would rather the candidate have, such as communication and people skills. The skills noted in the person specification usually relate to the nature of the job role.
Unit 4222-302 Engage in Personal Development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 32)
1.3 Identify a range of learning and development opportunities which support the achievement of the personal development plan
It is important to identify the skills needed for new roles. This can be done by creating a job description for the role in questions. Furthermore, an organisation can identify, through the job description, whether the skills already exist within the organisation or if it is necessary for external recruitment.
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Activity 3 – Ability to reflect on own practice and development needs and maintain a plan for personal development
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making Practice-Based Learning work Reflection on PRACTICE A resource commissioned by the Making Practice Based Learning Work project, an educational development project funded through FDTL Phase 4 Project Number 174/02 and produced by staff from the University of Ulster. www.practicebasedlearning.org Author Patricia McClure School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster www.practicebasedlearning.org contents Reflection on Practice 02
Practice: review, plan and monitor, eg respect for the value base of care, professional interactions with
1.1 Describe how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities