Supervision
What is supervision? At its simplest, supervision is ‘a professional conversation’. It is not therapy or counselling, focused only on the emotional well-being of the supervise but equally it is not a performance management activity with a sole focus on outputs and outcomes. Instead, it sits midway on the continuum between the two. Our integrated model of supervision provides a framework for delivering supervision which:
- Involves a professional relationship between the supervisor and staff member based on safety trust and mutual respect which contributes to improving the emotional well-being of staff
- Provides an opportunity to reflect on day-to-day work with pupils and the interplay between feelings thoughts and their impact on decisions and actions
- Is clear about the context within which supervision takes place including organisational expectations and demands
- Supports staff to think about the wider system including work with other agencies.
Our model of supervision aims to help practitioners work with the complexity of safeguarding challenges and to support reflection and critical thinking.
Our integrated model of supervision provides a framework for delivering supervision which:
- Involves a professional relationship between the supervisor and staff member based on safety trust and mutual respect which contributes to improving the emotional well-being of staff
- Provides an opportunity to reflect on day-to-day safeguarding work with patients, and the interplay between feelings, thoughts, decisions and action
- Is clear about the context within which supervision takes place including organisational expectations and demands
- Supports staff to think about the wider system including work with other agencies
The framework includes supporting tools to help supervisors work creatively with supervisees throughout the process.
Our Supervision Courses
Using Supervision Effectively for supervisees
Supervising to Safeguard in Health Organisations (Adults)
Reflective Supervision
Supervising to Safeguard in Health Organisations (Children’s)
Supervising to Improve Practice
Recording Reflective Supervision
Supervision in Early Years Settings
Using Supervision Effectively: a one day course for Supervisees
Promoting Reflective practice in Supervision
Developing Effective Supervision: Core Skills for Supervisors
