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Personal and Professional Development in Public Services
Instructions
P1 Discuss the importance of Personal Professional Development for Life Long learning for career and personal development
Task.1.
Written assignment of 800 words explaining the rational for Life Long Learning for Career and Personal Development
Reflective report of 800 words to be submitted to Turnitin/moodle With references and any other supporting evidence as Appendices covering:
AC1.1
LO.2.1
Evaluate own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisational objectives.
LO.2.2.
Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them.
LO.2.3.
Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs.
LO.2.4
Develop a personal and professional development plan based
on identified
needs.
P.2.1
Identify and Present your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in a Matrix framework.
P.2.2.
Identify own development needs and how you would meet these for your chosen career
P.2.3
State what opportunities are available for development for your current and future needs
P.2.4.
Develop a holistic development plan based on identified needs and the results of the SWOT Analysis.
Undertake a SWOT Analysis of your strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats and how such skills meet professional standards of your chosen career.
Complete the Honey and Mumford Learning Style Questionnaire and explain your Learning style.
Identify and explain your development needs and a plan of developing these to meet your skills requirements.
Review your development opportunities and identify relevant sources for achieving these
Develop a Personal Development Plan for your future career and professional development. Identifying your Short (6 months, Medium, 6 months to 2 years and Long term 2-5+ years – plans
Present your information in a matrix format. Please ensure that you provide evidence for your assertions.
State how you know that you have the skill/ability you have identified?
Results and explanation of of Honey & Mumford Learning Style
Do these meet the requirements of professional standards of chosen career?
Present your work in Table Format, identifying the skills required, and the plan/activity you need to undertake as well as the schedule for achieving these.
Present the result of your exploration in Table format identifying your development needs, and identifying opportunities for achieving these
Present your Development Plan in Table format. Critically evaluate the plan and present in a 400 word essay format in order to ensure that you justify your assertions and explain how this fits with your future plans presented.
AC2.1;AC2.2;AC2.3;AC2.4
P.3.1
Discuss the processes and activities required to implement the development plan.
LO.3.2
Undertake and document development activities as planned
LO.3.3. and LO.3.4.
Reflect critically on own learning against original aims and objectives set in the development plan and update Development Plan based on feedback and evaluation
P.3.1
Discuss the processes and activities required to implement the development plan.
P.3.2.
Undertake and document development activities as planned.
P.3.3 and 3.4
Critically reflect on learning against the original aims and update the plan based on your review.
Task 2 – LO.3
Referring to relevant literature and explain the process of monitoring and reviewing the development plan. Explain the rationale for continuous monitoring of the plan.
Identify required development activities from your plan and prepare a plan for achieving these.
Evaluate proposed learning for increased effectiveness for planned personal growth and update the development plan to take into account any changes .
Learning outcome in essay format of 800 words supported by relevant literature explaining the reason for continuing personal and professional development.
Produce a list of development activities you have identified as required and log these in table with target time-spans.
Submit a 500 word essay identifying and explaining the required changes to the plan.
Produce a new plan for development in table format identifying key changes.
AC31;AC3.2;AC3.3;AC3.4
LO.4
Be able to demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferable skills.
P.4.1
Identify and select solutions to work based problems.
P.4.2.
Communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels
P.4.3. Evaluate the use of effective time management strategies Task 3.
Undertake a mock interview for an identified post in the Police or in another Public Sector Post.
Prepare a job description, person specification of qualifications and competences required for the post.
You will need to develop a set of interview questions for the identified candidate
Submit the video of the interview and together with a 500 word essay from each participant critically evaluating the process and suggestions for improvement.
Include all relevant documentation and submit the video clearly marked with participants.
AC41;AC4.2;AC4.3;AC4.4
ASSIGNMENT BRIEF AND GUIDANCE:
Submission Format
This unit is assessed via a range of assessment tasks.
Written essay, Tasks for Continuing Professional Development and Lifelong learning based on skills analysis to support development plan, together with self reflection of your learning.
Purpose of this assessment
This purpose of this assessment is to help the learner to develop skills and competencies for identifying the essential elements required to undertake a critical analysis of own personal and professional learning requirements for Lifelong learning and professional development. The need for continuous assessment of current skills and competencies and identifying development needs is crucial for successful career progression and personal growth and confidence in their abilities.
In addition to the above PASS criteria, this assignment gives you the opportunity to submit evidence in order to achieve the following MERIT and DISTINCTION grades:
Grade Descriptor Indicative characteristic/s Contextualisation
M1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions effective judgements have been made Learners should be able to recommend appropriate and sound solutions for the issues encountered.
M2 Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques a range of sources of information has been used Information is obtained from a variety of sources including text books, academic journals, relevant websites and conference notes. Learners identify new information sources which are often appropriate.
M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings the appropriate structure and approach has been used The presentation should be performed with an appropriate style. The use of English and communication style must reflect the audience for which they are intended. English should be clear and appropriate. Reference list/bibliography is accurate and related to references in the text.
D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions realistic improvements have been proposed
against defined characteristics for success A high level of ability to analyse critically using a range of perspectives. Excellent use of information gathered which to support arguments put forward.
D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities activities have been managed Precise use of language expressing complex thought with clarity. Well-presented data. Precise, full and appropriate references and notes. Formative submission should be submitted on time.
D3 Demonstrate convergent / lateral / creative thinking problems have been solved
Learners identify problems and independently generate and pursue innovative solutions. Learners put forward arguments or ideas which are consistently unambiguous.