Free Webinar: The Professional and Personal Benefits of Reflective Practice

How can reflective practice enhance professional effectiveness, emotional resilience and wellbeing?

In this free, one-hour webinar, participants will examine practical reflection models, understand some of the common barriers to reflective practice, and learn simple strategies for embedding reflection into everyday work. The session will consider how reflective practice can support decision-making, professional learning and compassionate, person-centred practice.

In this session, we’ll explore:

• The purpose and principles of reflective practice
• The impact of high-pressure work, burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and moral distress
• Reflective practice as a tool for professional development, ethical decision-making and person-centred practice
• Practical reflection models, including Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle, Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle and Driscoll’s “What? So What? Now What?” model
• The personal and professional benefits of reflective practice for wellbeing, resilience and compassionate care
• Common barriers to reflective practice and how to overcome them
• Practical approaches including micro-reflections, reflective supervision and peer reflection
• Ways to integrate reflection into everyday practice

Key takeaways

Attendees will:

• Understand the value of reflective practice
• Learn practical reflection models and simple techniques they can use immediately
• Explore how reflection can enhance decision-making
• Understand how reflective practice can strengthen resilience and support wellbeing
• Consider how reflective practice can improve outcomes for the people they work with

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for frontline practitioners, managers, supervisors and leaders working in emotionally demanding roles across:

• Children’s and adults’ social care
• Domestic abuse and sexual violence services
• Policing
• Health
• Housing
• Education
• Youth justice
• Probation
• The voluntary and community sector

It is relevant to anyone seeking to strengthen reflective practice, resilience and professional wellbeing.

About your host

Jo Majauskis is a trauma-informed consultant, Associate Lecturer and trainer with more than 20 years’ experience working in the domestic violence sector.

Her work has included developing reflective practice with frontline police officers and university students.