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Professional Supervision
Daniel Tunbridge
Catherine Court
Essex Educational Psychology Service
Aims of the session
• To share our understanding of professional
supervision
• To share an example of when professional
supervision has been helpful.
• To explain how this service might be accessed locally.
Professional Supervision
• Established within Education, Health and other helping or caring
professions.
• Many occupations requiring intense involvement with other
people recognise the importance of good quality supervision to
safeguard both their workers and their clients.
• In Essex:
– supervision well established in the EP Service and is a
professional requirement.
– EPs have been providing professional supervision for an
increasing number of other professionals including family
support key workers, behaviour support staff and autism
support workers.
What is supervision?
• Regular protected time for facilitated, in-depth reflection
• A working alliance between two professionals where supervisees
offer an account of their work, reflect on it and receive feedback.
• A place of trust where a healthy relationship gives a safe place to
acknowledge and work with concerns, stresses, fears and joys.
• A process by which a supervisee can understand better the
client system and themselves as part of the client–worker
system, and by so doing transform their work and develop their
craft.
How does supervision help?
The main functions of professional supervision are:
• To develop the competence and capacity of the supervisee
• To increase the supervisee’s ability to resource and sustain
themselves
• To improve the quality of the work with the
supervisee’s clients
Benefits of Professional Supervision
Good quality supervision has the potential to offer a range of
benefits for schools, including:
• Improving practice and developing skills
• Helping to safeguard children
• Supporting school improvement and
organisational change
• Promoting a learning culture
• Improving relationships between staff and with children
• Improving the attainment of children
• Supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of staff
• Maintaining creativity, enthusiasm and job satisfaction.
My Experience of Supervision
Alison Blant
What is involved?
What we offer
• Initial information session to prepare for supervision sessions.
• Agreed number of supervision sessions (1¼ hours) with an EP
trained to provide supervision.
What you would need to provide
• Staff who are interested in experiencing professional
supervision.
• Regular, protected time for staff to meet with the EP providing
their supervision.
Accessing professional supervision locally
• Not with your Link EP
• Contact your link EP or Daniel Tunbridge Area Senior EP
([email protected])
• Will be provided by an EP from the South Area