Refective Portfolio & Personal Development Plan

Refective Portfolio & Personal Development Plan

This assignment is designed to enable you to demonstrate your achievement of the learning outcomes by producing a Reflective Portfolio (task A) and a Professional Development Portfolio (Task B). Assessment task A: Reflective Portfolio The paper– demonstrate an understanding of the nature of housing as a profession, and of how you respond and work within your own situation. You will record, evidence, and reflect upon the subjects covered in this unit. What is a reflective portfolio? A reflective portfolio is a collection of writings that summarise your insights and experiences; not like a traditional academic projects expect you to be objective and impersonal, a reflective portfolio asks you to highlight your own personal perspectives, opinions and feelings. It provides an honest summary of the work undertaken and the skill sets that have been developed. The portfolio should include 5 entries that address the following learning outcomes: Entry 1: Provide an account of what you think it means to be a housing professional. To do this you need to: • Differentiate between being a member of a profession and acting professionally; • Make specific reference to the UK Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH ) of Conduct and Code of Ethics; • Provide an example of a situation in your working life where your professional ethics have come into play – you will find the self-evaluation questions in the Code of Ethics particularly useful here; • Explain how you reacted and the challenges involved. Entry 2: Referring to relevant literature, briefly explain the concept of reflective practice and give reasons for choosing the approach to reflection you feel most comfortable with. Entry 3: Provide an example of a working situation and apply one of the reflective practice approaches to your own performance. Explain why you think housing professionals need to reflect on their performance. Entry 4: Explain how your own performance is monitored. Has this monitoring process: