Personal Reflection On Work Placement

On my first day of my work placement I was learning new things and being introduced to the skills I had to learn. At first I wasn’t as effective as I could have been, because, I had to learn about how to meet the service user’s needs in a positive way. However, over time I learnt to gain more confidence to ask staff to see care plans and support plans so I am able to see the needs of the service users that I am caring for, this made me much more effective as a carer. The confidence that I have gained over the two years of my work placement has been tracked throughout my action plan. My effectiveness wasn’t that beneficial as I did not have the experience of different roles in the jobs that I had to perform within the work placement. Although over time as I communicated effectively with staff I was able to ask questions and advice about how to partake in the roles, this helped me to gain confidence within the role and also improved my effectiveness as a carer within the job roles themselves. An example of me taking part within different job roles was when learning and playing a role in part of being a …show more content…
This was because I want very confident and my Asperger’s limits my communication skills. However whilst I was in placement I was given the opportunities to develop my communication skills to make relationships and good bonds with staff for me to be able ask for advice and receive support from staff. As the time went on this was able to be developed as it allowed me to work to with staff and clients effectively. This also helped to develop my confidence which was quite low at the before I started my work placements. It also helped me meet the service users needs as I was able to openly talk to the clients. This was promoting effective communication and building relationships with the clients. This also enabled them to become much more comfortable with me and build