ASSESSMENT 1 PART A BRIEF Subject Code and Title SDR404 Self-Care and Developing Resilience Assessment Reflective Journal. Part A: Critical Reflection.
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SSESSMENT 1 PART A BRIEF |
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Subject Code and Title |
SDR404
Self-Care and Developing Resilience |
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Assessment |
Reflective
Journal. Part A: Critical Reflection. |
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Individual/Group |
Individual
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Length |
300
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Learning Outcomes |
The Subject Learning Outcomes demonstrated
by successful completion of the task below include: a) Critically
reflect on personal strengths and vulnerabilities d)
Recognise symptoms of burnout and examine how they
apply to you as a professional and for your clients e)
Design and justify a personal self-care strategy to
minimise burnout and absenteeism |
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Submission |
Due
by 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday end of Module 4 (Week 4) |
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Weighting |
10%
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Total Marks |
100
marks |
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Task Summary
Using the personal reflective journal you have been asked to write since Week 1, critically reflect on your strengths and vulnerabilities. Compile a 300-word introductory reflection on a personal self- care strategy. This strategy should seek to address your own self-care needs as a professional, in order to help prevent, or to help move you beyond, burnout in your working context. You will then apply your self-care strategy developed in Assessment 1 Part A to later complete a reflexive evaluation in Assessment 1 Part B.
Context
This course has so far confirmed key concepts found in the practice of the helping professions: stress, empathy, resilience and self-care. This task requires you to identify your personal strengths and vulnerabilities, and been given a grounding in the challenges of professional burnout and compassion fatigue. You will also have been provided with tools and strategies to build awareness of your personal self-care needs.
This assessment is designed to draw your attention to a deeper awareness of the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in who you are, and the self-care needs this implies in a professional context. The aim is to develop effective strategies to help you remain healthy in mind, body and spirit as you work in your chosen profession.
Task Instructions
During the learning modules of this subject, you will create a personal journal in which you regularly enter written reflections that help you to process your experience of this subject and relate your new knowledge to your wider life. This journal will be for your eyes only, but will form the basis of material with which you will be able to complete Assessment 1, Parts A & B.
Step 1: Examine reflective journal entries
Critically examine your weekly journal reflections on personal strengths and vulnerabilities, as they relate to your professional context.
See the document titled ‘Helpful Tools for Reflection’, found in Assessment 1 information area to guide the reflective process.
Step 2: Critical Reflection Write up
Formulate a 300-word self-care strategy proposal that addresses your personal needs as a helping professional. The aim for your self-care strategy is to build your resilience, and overcoming or avoiding burnout.
Perhaps you have already identified contexts in which you feel challenged or lacking in sufficient emotional resources. Alternatively, maybe you have reflected upon past experiences that may be useful to draw upon in the future. Draw upon current theories and models found in literature and presented in your weekly module learning to inform your self-care strategy proposal.
You will apply your self-care strategy over the following weeks and write about this experience in your weekly journals. For Assessment 1 Part b, you will conclude with a reflexive evaluation of your self-care strategy.
Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research. Follow the APA referencing guidelines according to the current Torrens University Academic Writing Guide.
Submission Instructions
Submit your Assessment 1, Part A Critical Reflection via the main navigation menu in SDR404: Self- Care and Developing Resilience. The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can be viewed in My Grades.
Academic Integrity Declaration
I declare that except where I have referenced, the work I am submitting for this assessment task is my own work. I have read and am aware of Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure viewable online at http://www.torrens.edu.au/policies-and-forms
Tips on Reflective Writing:
Reflective cycle stages:
1) Describe a significant trigger and how it may have felt
2) Evaluate and interpret your thoughts, feelings or behaviour
3) Analyse and make conclusions
4) Plan for the future
Reflective Writing - First Person:
You will be writing in the first person and using reference citations in areas of your writing too for this critical reflective piece.
When describing your reflections you can write in the first person, because this is about YOU, your reflections and your interpretations. (e.g. “I considered this advice to be…..
because it had a big impact on my……..and it helped me to understand my… .........”). Try to be as specific as possible, use brief examples to illustrate your points and try to select examples that enable you to demonstrate learning against the attributes in the rubric.
The next step is to merge your understanding of what the literature reveals that add to your personal reflections. When backing up your personal reflective understanding, with outside sources, all other principles of academic writing apply including strict referencing and acknowledgement of the work of others to avoid plagiarism.
Assessment Rubric
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Assessment Attributes |
Fail (Yet to achieve minimum standard) 0-49% |
Pass (Functional) 50-64% |
Credit (Proficient)
65-74% |
Distinction (Advanced) 75-84% |
High Distinction (Exceptional) 85-100% |
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Knowledge and understanding of the concepts of
self-care, resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue Describe
a significant trigger and how it may have felt Percentage for this criterion = 30% |
Demonstrates an inadequately developed understanding
of the key concepts of self-care, resilience, and burnout and compassion
fatigue. Not yet competent in Identifying an emotional
trigger or describing how could impact self-care, development of resilience,
burnout and compassion fatigue. |
Demonstrates a functional knowledge of the key
concepts of self-care, resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. Identifies an emotional
trigger (s). Does not describe fully how could impact self- care, development
of resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. |
Demonstrates proficient knowledge of the key
concepts of self-care, resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. Outlines an emotional
trigger (s) and describes on how could impact either/or self-care,
development of resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. |
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the key concepts
of self-care, resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. Outlines a significant
emotional trigger (s) and describes how could impact self-care, development
of resilience and potential for burnout and compassionate fatigue. |
Demonstrates exceptional knowledge of the key
concepts of self-care, resilience, burnout and compassion fatigue. Discerningly identifies a
significant emotional trigger and describes clearly how could impact
self-care, development of resilience and potential for burnout and
compassionate fatigue. |
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Evaluates concepts of self-care, resilience, burnout
and compassion fatigue Evaluate
and interpret your thoughts, feelings or behaviour Analyse and make
conclusions Percentage for this criterion = 30% |
Has not assessed thoughts,
feelings and behaviour or weighed up these in relation to personal opinion,
theories or models found in literature. |
Has considered personal
thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Has not weighed up these in relation to
theories or models found in literature. |
Has thought carefully on
personal thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Has analysed these in context with
some theories or models found in literature. |
Has thought carefully on
personal thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Has identified and explained the
relationship of these in context with relevant theories or models found in
literature. |
Has
reflected carefully on personal thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Has
weighted up the relationship of these in context with relevant theories or
models found in literature, and assessed strength of this evidence from both
sides. |
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Demonstration
of planning to apply a self-care strategy for building resilience, avoiding
burnout and compassion fatigue in a professional context. Plan for the future Percentage for this criterion = 30% |
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self-care strategy is not proposed fully. Observations
about self are superficial and undeveloped for the purpose of application in
a professional context. |
A self-care
strategy is proposed, however lacking evidence of self-awareness applicable
to professional practice. |
A
self-care strategy is proposed. Applies
concepts for the purpose of creating a personalised self-care strategy. A
depth of critical reflection is yet to be fully formed. |
A
self-care strategy is proposed. Shows
excellent ability to synthesise knowledge and insight
to develop personalised self-care strategies supported with evidence of
critical analysis. |
A
self-care strategy is proposed. Highly sophisticated critical
reflection skills Well
justified connections between the theory and practice of self-care in a
professional context. |
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Correct citation of key resources and evidence Percentage for this criterion = 10% |
Demonstrates
lack of good quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop
ideas Referencing
is omitted or does not resemble APA. |
Demonstrates
use of credible and relevant resources to support and develop ideas, but
these are not always explicit or well developed Referencing
resembles APA with frequent or repeated errors. |
Demonstrates consistent use of
credible resources to support and develop ideas Referencing
resembles APA with occasional errors . |
Demonstrates
use of good quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop
arguments and statements Referencing
is free from errors and always adheres to APA format. |
Demonstrates
use of high- quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop
arguments and position statements Referencing
is free from errors and always adheres to APA format. |
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The
following Subject Learning Outcomes are addressed in this assessment |
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SLO a) |
Critically reflect on personal
strengths and vulnerabilities |
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SLO d) |
Recognise symptoms of burnout and
examine how they apply to you as a professional and for your clients |
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SLO e) |
Design and justify a personal
self-care strategy to minimise burnout and absenteeism |
