Developing a personal development plan (PDP)
Personal development happens throughout your life. At work, it starts with agreeing on your aims and objectives and thinking about your strengths and development needs. You then set goals so that you can meet your objectives and make the most of your talent.
A personal development plan (PDP) is an action plan that helps you get organised, identifies learning and development needs to help you do your job better or help in your career, and then tracks progress. For those new to health and social care, the Care Certificate is the beginning of your learning and will usually form part of your induction. All good employers will want to develop their workers further over time. A development plan to achieve this might be agreed upon during your induction period or during a review at a later point.
As a first step, you will agree with your employer on how you are going to complete the Care Certificate, including how long it (and any other induction training) will take. Then, as you continue to work in health and social care, it will be important that you develop your skills and abilities. This may involve further training, specialist courses, and qualifications. Your employer will know what they expect from you and will help you set targets and find the learning you need, and so will create your PDP with you. The majority of PDPs cover a 12-month period, and should therefore be updated and renewed each year. The most important person involved in your PDP is you; however, your manager, other workers, and the people you provide care and support for will all play a part.
In order to agree on your PDP you need to ask yourself questions such as:
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