5N0785: You Are Required To Submit A 5-day Personal Journal: Care Support Assignment, UCD, Ireland

Learner’s Instructions:

You are required to submit a 5-day personal journal that includes a description of the relationships with people you are in contact with on a day-to-day basis including your colleagues, the residents of the nursing home, their families, and other personnel. Journals should reflect your own personal learning in the role of a care worker.

As part of your response, you should include the following:

1. Effective reflection on relationships that develop in care work

2. Clear identification of interpersonal issues that can arise in care work such as recognizing diversity and individuality in clients, families, and co-workers.

3. Effective reflection on own interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness as a care worker, highlighting personal strengths and weaknesses

4. Completion of detailed skills audit

5. Observations on the experience of receiving guidance and direction, and giving and receiving feedback.                                                                                                       Detailed evidence of expertise for safeguarding the privacy and dignity of clients and caring for clients’ property.