D2) Evaluate your own effectiveness as a carer has developed as a result of your work placement experiences
From all my placements I have found as a carer I have developed a lot, my skills have advanced.
My communication skills have improved hugely from when I first started the course, when I started at the hospital doing volunteering I was quite timid and waited for the nurses to tell me what to do and then carried out the tasks. But as time went on I became more confident and was able to do the regular tasks they expected me to do. I was able to approach the patients asking if they needed anything or if there was anything they would like me to do. When I did my placement at the nursery I saw myself as being outgoing, being able to interact with the children and staff, if I required help with anything I would ask. If this was the old me I don’t think I would have been able to do this and would have stayed quiet waiting until someone approached me telling me what to do. I was able to talk and do activities with the children.
My listening skills as a carer have become better as I have become much more understanding in what the children wanted and was able to give them everything they asked for. The children at circle time would sit and tell their stories, I would listen and saw how passionate they were about them and so I would engage in what they were saying and ask them questions so they could expand and improve their language and imagination. At the hospital when I did placement there I would listen to the service users and others if they needed help being navigated around the hospital or if they required something.
I am a very organised character and always want everything to be perfect, but doing placement has made me even better as I have been shown additional ways of being organised and keeping everything in a specific way.
At the nursery I was given