Specific Measurable Achievable Resource-related Timed
What a mental struggle this has become for me!
I have written so many care plans over the past 10 years, and worked with all those psych teams to set SMART targets for service users, that putting this into a business context is tricky for me. SMART targets are a bit of a joke in care. It's very hard to get the support staff motivated to ensure the service users gain something from them. They usually sound ordinary, boring, pointless....
'XYZ is to make his own breakfast every morning. This is to be documented in his daily records. His motor skills demonstrate he has the ability to carry out this task with support..... and so on'
Resource related was worded as realistic, but otherwise it's the same premise.
To apply this to a set of financial records is bizarre to me. In fact, when I took my B680 exam, one of the questions was about SMART objectives. I had no recollection of having read about them in any of the text books. Assuming I got marks for that question, it was only my time in the care industry that got them. I made something up that fitted with the words, all the time thinking 'this can't be for real'??!!
Alas, I have no choice. It appears to be an integral part of the report. Irritatingly. It takes my head back to a place I was happy to have left.
Working hard today though! Of course I am; I've only got one day left. Probably nearing 10% complete now. Hardly inspiring progress, but progress nonetheless.
SMART
Specific Measurable Achievable Resource-related Timed
What a mental struggle this has become for me!
I have written so many care plans over the past 10 years, and worked with all those psych teams to set SMART targets for service users, that putting this into a business context is tricky for me. SMART targets are a bit of a joke in care. It's very hard to get the support staff motivated to ensure the service users gain something from them. They usually sound ordinary, boring, pointless....
'XYZ is to make his own breakfast every morning. This is to be documented in his daily records. His motor skills demonstrate he has the ability to carry out this task with support..... and so on'
Resource related was worded as realistic, but otherwise it's the same premise.
To apply this to a set of financial records is bizarre to me. In fact, when I took my B680 exam, one of the questions was about SMART objectives. I had no recollection of having read about them in any of the text books. Assuming I got marks for that question, it was only my time in the care industry that got them. I made something up that fitted with the words, all the time thinking 'this can't be for real'??!!
Alas, I have no choice. It appears to be an integral part of the report. Irritatingly. It takes my head back to a place I was happy to have left.
Working hard today though! Of course I am; I've only got one day left. Probably nearing 10% complete now. Hardly inspiring progress, but progress nonetheless.