Unit 145: Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care settings

1. Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care settings

• 1.1 Analyse the principles, scope and purpose of professional supervision
• 1.2 Explain how the requirements of legislation, codes of practice and agreed ways of working influence professional supervision
• 1.3 Explain how professional supervision can protect the: • Individual • Supervisor • Supervisee

2. Understand how the principles of professional supervision can be used to inform performance management in health and social care settings

• 2.1 Explain the performance management cycle
• 2.2 Analyse how professional supervision supports performance

3. Be able to undertake the preparation for professional supervision with supervisees in health and social care settings

• 3.1 Explain factors which result in a power imbalance in professional supervision
• 3.2 Explain how to address power imbalance in own supervision practice
• 3.3 Agree with supervisee confidentiality, boundaries, roles and accountability within the professional supervision process
• 3.4 Agree with supervisee the frequency and location of professional supervision
• 3.5 Agree with supervisee sources of evidence that can be used to inform professional supervision
• 3.6 Agree with supervisee actions to be taken in preparation for professional supervision

4. Be able to provide professional supervision in health and social care settings

• 4.1 Support supervisees to reflect on their practice
• 4.2 Provide positive feedback about the achievements of the supervisee
• 4.3 Provide constructive feedback that can be used to improve performance
• 4.4 Support supervisees to identify their own development needs
• 4.5 Review and revise professional supervision targets to meet the identified objectives of the work setting
• 4.6 Support supervisees to explore different methods of addressing challenging situations
• 4.7 Record agreed supervision decisions

5. Be able to manage conflict situations during professional supervision in health and social care settings

• 5.1 Give examples from own practice of managing conflict situations within professional supervision
• 5.2 Reflect on own practice in managing conflict situations experienced during professional supervision process

6. Be able to evaluate own practice when conducting professional supervision in health and social care settings

• 6.1 Gather feedback from supervisee/s on own approach to supervision process
• 6.2 Adapt approaches to own professional supervision in light of feedback from supervisees and others