I am undertaking my personal development - During Appraisal
During the appraisal you will be:
- Asking for and receiving feedback
- Having a development discussion
This page will highlight some tools and resources that will enable this.
Your supervisor or manager will arrange a time and date for your appraisal and provide a private space for you to have conversations about your development. Having spent time preparing for your appraisal, it is important to bring along any reflections, pieces of evidence or activities you have completed. Remember, appraisals are not solely based on looking back over the last year, it’s about looking forward and considering what skills or experiences you would like to develop.
Your manager may have suggested using the Turas Appraisal as a means of logging your conversations and evidence. The site guides you through thinking about your PDP, objectives and KSF progress.
Feedback
Reflection will form a large part of your appraisal as you look back on the previous year and consider what went well, any successes, and what could be better in the future. Think about skills or knowledge you would like to develop. Reflection helps to support you to think through and process any experience, to gain maximum learning and insight.
The 2024 VBRP® Three Levels of Seeing is one model of reflective practice among many. Values Based Reflective Practice (VBRP) is an intentional way of reflecting on past and present practice, in a way which can improve future practice. VBRP® offers you a structured, reflective method which is designed to help staff deliver the care they came into the service to provide. You may wish to use another model as there are many reflective models and templates.
The 2024 VBRP® Three Levels of Seeing is one model of reflective practice among many. Values Based Reflective Practice (VBRP) is an intentional way of reflecting on past and present practice, in a way which can improve future practice. VBRP® offers you a structured, reflective method which is designed to help staff deliver the care they came into the service to provide. You may wish to use another model as there are many reflective models and templates.
Receiving feedback forms a valuable aspect of your appraisal. Top tips on feedback can be found within the NHS NES resource Leading for the future: tips for giving and receiving feedback. As you reflect together, consider how you can ask for feedback to further inform your learning and development.
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Receiving constructive feedback can help you evidence your effectiveness as a practitioner, contributing to your PDP and support you to meet your performance objectives for KSF. Feedback will also demonstrate your achievement of professionalism which may contribute to meeting your professional codes of practice, for example, HCSW codes and standards, NMC revalidation, and HCPC audit.
Appraisals are person-centred and can raise both your successes and any challenges of you or your teams' performance. You may wish to consider how you can best prepare for conversations with colleagues. Information around Challenging conversations and how to manage them may provide a helpful guide to navigating conversations with colleagues.
Resources to support you include information on continuing professional development. Supportive discussion utilising Development Needs Analysis Tools may also be helpful.
Now visit the “after your appraisal” page by clicking the icon on the right.
