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Health And Social Care Level 3 Unit 9 P1

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Health and social care teams are subject to regular supervision and annual individual performance reviews. As support workers, we need to be able to consider how we can relate to service users and be able to assess our team working strengths and weaknesses. The manager is responsible for setting the goals and objectives for all staff members. Than we have individual objectives, for each staff member, as well as team objectives. We must be able to understand and agree our shared goals and be able to 'picture' the vision or targets we are trying to achieve. Once we agree and understand the goals and targets, we are better able to work together to achieve the required results. Individual objectives can help to support this. An effective team will establish …show more content…

Any lack of clarity can result in the team aiming off target and missing the goal and the visions. -Measurable: How will we know that we are on track? Particularly if the objective will take some time to be realized? Can we measure part way to know that we are heading in the right direction? - Achievable: Does the team members buy into the objectives? Do they believe that can deliver what is expected of them with the skills, training and time available? -Realistic: Are the objectives realistic? The team realistically deliver the vision desired, for the goals we set? - Timely: We might have met all the criteria above, but do the team have sufficient time to do a competent job? Wherever possible the team is involved in the decision making process, when setting objectives. The result is that we feel valued and more likely to take ownership of the objectives and work more actively to achieve the desired outcomes. My personal work objectives based on agreed objectives are to: -support and supervise the team and ensure tasks are carried out to maintain high standards of service. -carry out induction and shadowing with new team

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