Your Personal Development

Personal development is essential to your progression in the adult social care sector. In many sectors, it’s a legal requirement to continue developing your skills and knowledge to ensure you’re working to the most current standards and guidelines.

This course examines how standards are set, monitored, and regulated for UK social care organisations and workers. It covers codes of practice, legislation, reflection on your work, communication, feedback, and more. Personal development is an ongoing process involving different stages of learning. A personal development plan can help you achieve your goals. This course provides personal development planning and self-improvement strategies. You’ll learn about formal and informal learning opportunities and use feedback to improve performance.

The course suits anyone to enhance personal and professional development. You’ll explore standards, codes of practice, and legislation, reflect on work activities, and identify personal attitudes and beliefs that could be hindering your growth. By the course’s end, you’ll have the skills to create and implement effective personal development plans and achieve your goals.

Personal development training offers numerous benefits, including increased motivation, confidence, assertiveness, and communication skills. Whether you’re a single parent or feeling unfulfilled in your job or business, this course can help. It equips you with practical skills to improve your career and every aspect of your life.

This Your Personal Development online course is approved by:  

 CPD certification service :

The CPD certification service helps organisations to formalise their expertise into a structured and recognised approach in learning. This conforms the course content is alilgned to the universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

The learning aim of this Personal Development course is to:

– Understand and apply relevant standards, codes of practice, and legislation in personal and professional development

– Develop the ability to reflect on work activities and identify personal attitudes and beliefs that may impact growth and development.

– Explore formal and informal learning opportunities and understand how to maximise their effectiveness.

– Develop strategies for receiving and utilising feedback to enhance personal and professional development.

– Create and implement effective Personal Development Plans that align with personal and professional goals.

This course is tailored for individuals interested in improving their personal development skills. While this training prepares you for job opportunities in the relevant fields, it also helps advance your career for promotions.

• Individuals interested in improving their personal development skills

• People want to sharpen new skills, enhance existing skills, build confidence, increase self-awareness, and develop a positive mindset

• Anyone motivated to grow and develop themselves personally, whether it be in their personal or professional lives

• Those who work in health and social care services, including but not limited to:

• New members of staff in Healthcare Support Worker roles

• New members of staff in Adult Social Care Worker roles

• Any staff members who provide direct care to patients or individuals needing support

• Staff moving into new roles within their organisation

• Those refreshing their knowledge

• NHS nursing, AHP, and care staff

• Agency care workers

• Healthcare assistants (HCAs)

• Support workers

• Care assistants

• Community services

Module: 1 The Course Structure

This module explains the overview of the course structure and learning objectives. The module outlines the introduction to personal development and its importance.

Module: 2 Setting Standards

This module explains the importance of setting standards in the workplace and personal life and how you can effectively apply standards to personal and professional development.

Module : 3 Codes of Practice and Legislation

This module provides an overview of the specific codes of practice and legislation relevant to personal and professional development, understanding their impact and helping you to apply them. 

Module: 4 Reflecting on your Work Activities

This module demonstrates your steps to enhancing the ability to reflect on work activities and identify areas for growth and development, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in work activities.

Module: 5 Personal Attitudes and Beliefs

This module shows the impact of personal attitudes and beliefs on growth and development. It touches on strategies to overcome potential barriers created by personal attitudes and beliefs and cultivating a positive mindset.

Module: 6 Formal and Informal Learning

This module explains different learning opportunities, maximises their effectiveness, and identifies formal and informal learning opportunities in personal and professional development.

Module: 7 Feedback

This module demonstrates developing strategies for receiving and utilising feedback to enhance self-development and focuses on understanding the importance of constructive feedback.

Module: 8 Personal Development Plans

This module shows essential skills for creating and implementing effective PDPs that align with personal and professional goals, tracking progress and adjusting PDPs to ensure continued personal and professional growth.

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This entirely online course can be accessed from any device with the following system specifications:

    • Browser: Up to date web browser
    • Video: Up to date video drivers
    • Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
    • Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)