In this task I will evaluate the requirements for health care workers, in terms of them providing a competent workforce for the health sector, I will state what the continuing professional development (CPD) is

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 D1- In this task I will evaluate the requirements for health care workers, in terms of them providing a competent workforce for the health sector, I will state what the continuing professional development (CPD) is and then how vital it is, I will also state how the importance of teamwork and the benefit it can be bring.

What is the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?

CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is quite simply a means of supporting people in the workplace to understand more about the environment in which they work, the job they do and how to do it better. It is an ongoing process throughout our working lives.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) can be defined as an on-going, planned learning and development process, which: 

  • enables workers to expand and fulfil their potential
  • contributes to work-based and personal development 
  • can be applied or assessed against competence and organisational performance 
  • includes any activity that increases knowledge, experience and understanding, improves performance and contributes to lifelong learning.

Leaders and managers have a key responsibility to ensure individuals have personal development plans and that effective CPD systems are in place.

The range of CPD activities covers the whole spectrum of learning and can include on-the- job development, formal programmes and qualifications through to informal opportunities and learning through experience.

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CPD for the social care workforce includes any development opportunity that contributes directly to improving the quality of service received by people who use the service.

CPD is vital as it is:

  • central to improving your service
  • essential for good people management
  • key to improving recruitment and retention
  • applicable to all your workers, volunteers, carers and managers
  • a shared responsibility - for workers to develop their skills and knowledge and for you as an employer to actively provide appropriate learning opportunities.                                   ...

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