F076 04 (GEN12) Reflect on and evaluate your own values, priorities, interests and
effectiveness
About this Unit
This Unit covers reflecting on and evaluating your own values, interests, priorities and
effectiveness in practice as it is only through knowing yourself that you can reflect on the
effectiveness of your interaction with others.
The Unit applies to all workers in the health and social care sector who are accountable for
their own actions and responsible for their own development. This includes registered and
unregistered staff.
Scope
The scope is here to give you guidance on possible areas to be covered in this Unit. The terms
in this section give you a list of options linked with items in the performance criteria. You
need to provide evidence for any option related to your work area.
Identify - this may be through:
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self evaluation
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discussion with colleagues and friends
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educational experiences
Information about advances in knowledge and practice may be gained formally or
informally from:
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books and research reports
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professional and trade journals
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learning programmes, observation
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discussion and presentations
Opportunities include:
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debates
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discussions and conferences
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publications
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collaboration and consultation
Others includes:
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service users
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carers
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colleagues and practitioners
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Specific Evidence Requirements for this Unit
Simulation:
 Simulation is NOT permitted for any part of this unit.
The following forms of evidence are mandatory:
 Direct observation: Your assessor/expert witness must observe you in real work
activities, which provide evidence for a significant number of the performance
criteria for this unit. This may be from other activities where you have evaluated
your practice
 Reflective accounts/professional discussion: This will include thinking about how
you can build effectively on your strengths and limit the factors which inhibit your
effectiveness, including factors affecting your own health e.g. work load and stress
levels. You might also build on ideas for improvement identified through appraisals
and identify any available training courses pertinent to your needs
Competence of performance and knowledge could also be demonstrated using a
variety of evidence from the following:
 Questioning: may be used to provide evidence of knowledge, legislation, policies
and procedures, which cannot be fully evidenced through direct observation or
reflective accounts. In addition the assessor/expert witness may also ask questions
to clarify aspects of your practice.
 Witness testimony: can be a confirmation or authentication of the activities
described in your evidence that your assessor has not seen. This could be provided
by your line manager
 Work Products: These can be any records that you would normally use within your
normal role NB Confidential records are not required to be in your portfolio, they
can remain where they are normally stored and checked by your assessors and
verifier. If they are included they must be made anonymous
 APL/Assignment/Project: This is not appropriate for this unit
General guidance
 Prior to commencing this Unit you should agree and complete an assessment plan
with your assessor which details the assessment methods you will be using, and the
tasks you will be undertaking to demonstrate your competence.
 Evidence must be provided for ALL of the performance criteria ALL of the
knowledge and the parts of the scope that are relevant to your job role.
 The evidence must reflect the policies and procedures of your workplace and be
linked to current legislation, values and the principles of best practice within Health
Settings. This will include the National Service Standards and/or KSF for your areas
of work and the individuals you care for.
 All evidence must relate to your own work practice.
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KNOWLEDGE SPECIFICATION FOR THIS UNIT
Competent practice is a combination of the application of skills and knowledge informed by
values and ethics. This specification details the knowledge and understanding required to
carry out competent practice in the performance described in this Unit.
When using this specification it is important to read the knowledge requirements in
relation to expectations and requirements of your job role.
You need to provide evidence for ALL knowledge points listed below. There are a
variety of ways this can be achieved so it is essential that you read the ‘knowledge
evidence’ section of the Assessment Guidance.
You need to show that you know, understand and can apply in
practice:
Legislation, policy and good practice
1. A factual awareness of the importance of understanding your own
personal beliefs and preferences, values, interests and priorities when
working with others in relation to their health and social well-being
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Care and Support of the Individual
2. A factual awareness of the networks and support systems which may
be available and the nature of the support they may give
3. A factual awareness of the advantages of different networks and
support systems for different people and situations and why they may
be of particular importance in crisis situations
4. A factual awareness of the support which others may give to reflecting
on practice
5. A factual awareness of the range of sources available in your own area
of practice and how this compares with other practitioner groups
Procedures and techniques
6. A working understanding of how interests, priorities and values may
affect your own work and change over time
7. A working understanding of the factors which affect health and social
well-being and the ones of particular importance in your own situation
8. A working understanding of the nature of the inter-relationships
between yourself and others with whom you work and how this may
affect your ability to work effectively
9. A factual awareness of the limits of your own work role and its interrelationship with the work roles of others
10. A factual awareness of the relationship of strengths and limitations to
different contexts and work with different people
11. A working understanding of the role of development programmes in
learning more about yourself and the use which can be made of these
12. A factual awareness of the meaning of the term ‘learning styles’ and
your own learning style
13. A working understanding of how you can evaluate your own values
and practices constructively
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You need to show that you know, understand and can apply in
practice:
14. A working understanding of effective ways of challenging and
developing yourself in relation to values and attitudes
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15. A factual awareness of the meaning of the term ‘reflective
practitioner’ and how you can become more reflective in your work
16. A working understanding of how to tackle your own behaviour and
practice effectively when it adversely affects how you work with
different people
17. A working understanding of how to assess your own strengths and
limitations
18. A factual awareness of how to access and use networks and support
systems
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Performance criteria
DO
RA
EW
Q
P
WT
1. identify your own values, interests and
priorities in relation to health and social
well-being
2. think about and identify the impact which
your own values, interests and priorities
have on your own practice and personal life
3. acknowledge the factors which have
influenced your own health and social wellbeing together with how these have affected
your own values
4. reflect on your own personal beliefs and
preferences to identify the effect which they
have had on how you think about and work
with others
5. evaluate your own strengths in working with
others and your effectiveness in different
settings
6. monitor the outcomes and processes of your
own work and evaluate their effectiveness
7. identify the ways in which your own work
can be improved
8. develop specific plans to tackle any
behaviour and practice which might directly
affect how well you can work with different
individuals and groups
9. use effective support systems and networks
for ongoing and crisis situations
10. use feedback from others constructively to
inform change and development
DO = Direct Observation
EW = Expert Witness
RA = Reflective Account
P = Product (Work)
Q = Questions
WT = Witness Testimony
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To be completed by the Candidate
I SUBMIT THIS AS A COMPLETE UNIT
Candidate’s name: ……………………………………………
Candidate’s signature: ………………………………………..
Date: …………………………………………………………..
To be completed by the Assessor
It is a shared responsibility of both the candidate and assessor to claim evidence, however, it
is the responsibility of the assessor to ensure the accuracy/validity of each evidence claim and
make the final decision.
I CERTIFY THAT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO MEET
ALL THE ELEMENTS, PCS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS UNIT.
Assessor’s name: …………………………………………….
Assessor’s signature: ………………………………………....
Date: …………………………………………………………..
Assessor/Internal Verifier Feedback
To be completed by the Internal Verifier if applicable
This section only needs to be completed if the Unit is sampled by the Internal Verifier
Internal Verifier’s name: ……………………………………………
Internal Verifier’s signature: ………………………………………..
Date: ……………………………………..…………………………..
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