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Personal Development Goals

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Explain how to meet own specific personal and professional development goals while on work placement.
A “Personal Development Plan” is a written explanation of progress and self-reflection, which can be used as a detailed action plan used to accomplish academic, individual, or professional goals. It’s typically created within the workplace or when studying, and works by allowing you to establish your goals, distinguish your strong points and weaknesses, and recognize the necessity for development. Objectives are assigned based on the areas you’d like to progress on, and the plan is comprised of your own personalised actions that will help you to accomplish them.
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I will follow instructions from the company on health and safety matters and attend relevant health and safety training.
I will report hazards and defects observed in the workplace and an employer if I have concerns relating health and safety.
I must abide by legal and workplace health and safety acts no matter how much it may limit my experiences.
Risk assessment
As part of a business the health and safety risks must be controlled. Hazards need to be assessed to decide whether reasonable steps are being taken to prevent the harm. This is a risk assessment and it must be carried out by law. If there are less than five employees nothing needs to be wrote down.
Risk assessment are about recognising sensible procedures toward controlling the risks involved in a workplace, not about producing vast amounts of paperwork; they will help resolve whether all areas have been safely covered, in addition to the steps made to protect all employees. Some risks require control measures, an assessment will help to identify what needs observing.
Assessing risks in a workplace
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The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (SVGA) 2006 and Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order (SGVO) 2007, place a duty on employers of people working with children or vulnerable adults to make a referral to the ISA in certain circumstances. Following a structured decision-making process, the ISA can make a „discretionary‟ barring decision.
Aggressive behaviour, harassment and bullying within the work place must be dealt with not only for the employee but the business. Workplace abuse can be highly damaging, with incidents being far too frequent. It can cause legal repercussions, loss of employees and damage companies reputations.

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