Supervision: Performance Management

My supervision is always held in a confidential setting, between myself and my Manager. My Manager records details of what has been discussed, targets identified, and achievement target dates to be met by me and my Manager. This is my personal development plan, and helps me to record training received, training identified, and knowledge gained. My supervision is my opportunity to discuss issues I am concerned about. Sometimes prior to my supervision, I write down notes on issues I want to raise, so that I do not forget whilst in my supervision.

The key principle of supervision is for the worker to be able to carry out their job role as effectively as possible. Enhancing their understanding of their own practise.

Once the required level of supervision has been determined, it is important to consider the following disciplines in order to ensure safe supervision and to make all other family members aware of them also.

Thus, there is a continuous flow of terminology, focus, and technique from the counseling session to the supervision session, and back again. Several illustrations of specific psychotherapy-based supervision models

Supervisors’ provide effective formative and summative feedback, promote growth and self-assessment in the trainee, and they also have to be able to conduct their own self-assessment. These skills encourage the trainee in the process of supervising. Clinical supervision is defined as: “An intervention that is provided by a senior member of a profession to a junior member or members of that profession. This relationship is evaluative, extends over time and has simultaneous purposes of enhancing the professional functioning of the junior member(s), monitoring the quality of professional services offered to the clients she, he or they see(s) and serving as a gatekeeper for those who are to enter the particular profession” (Bernard & Goodyear,

Agreed ways of practice have impacted our supervision by the requirements of CQC. It allows managers to ensure that staff is supported within the company and codes of practice and correct procedures are being followed. A professional supervision is one of the ways to meet that requirement. It is in the staff members contract from the company that they are required to have 4 supervisions annually. For new members of staff during their 12-week probationary period they have supervision after 4 weeks and 4 professional discussions throughout the 12 weeks. This allows the manager to be able to give new staff as much support they require and to resolve any issues they may have. This allows managers to be able to observe performance, skills and possible

The European Parliament issues Directives on all legislation, including Health & Safety. 1989 saw six Health & Safety Directives issued. They had to be applied as law by each of the Member countries. By authority given to the Secretary of Sate these Directives became Regulations enforceable from January 1st 1993. The Health & Safety at Work etc Act is the ʺparentʺ of all UK Health & Safety legislation.

1.1 Identify standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out.

A duty of care is a legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm within the health and social care sector. The duty of care is very important as it does not only protect the service users but the service provider’s as well. There are 7 principles all care workers must follow in order to care for the service users effectively. I will be investigating the quality of care given by service providers in both a child and adult health and social care settings. if the duty of care is not followed, implications can occur, for example it is a carers duty of care to report any signs of abuse they may notice on a patient, reporting this to higher authority etc could possibly save that service users life. Service users have rights to

During staff supervision i address any practice issues un professionalism and individual practice issues with staff. In a recent supervision I discussed a staff members un professional

Holding professional supervision in this manor helps me to continually measure performance indicators given to me by the organisation to evaluate the success of a particular identified task or areas of work which the supervisee has direct impact on and responsibility for, monitoring these tasks allows me establish if the supervisee is progressing towards achieving his goals or identification of an area of potential improvement.

Both me and my employer have duty of care when we deliver care to service users. It is means that we need to follow general rules, policies and procedures. We should accept and promote all the rules included in the General Social Care Council Code of Practice. I also should make sure that I fully understand my role as a care worker, undertake trainings to act in the best interest of the service users.

Supervision has been defined as: “an accountable process which supports, assures and develops the knowledge, skills and values of an individual, group or team. The purpose is to improve the quality of their work to achieve agreed objectives and outcomes. In social care and children’s services this should optimise the capacity of people who use services to lead independent and fulfilling lives”. (National Occupational Standard on Supervision developed by Skills for Care and Development and CWD

Supervisions need to be on-going to be as effective as possible and gives the opportunity to reflect on the development of the staff member. It allows us to reflect and consider outside training for extra support and guidance and the opportunity to refresh skills. Supervisions help build relationships with the individual and improve their quality of work and to give support to their

Counseling supervision, the ethical and legal issues, and the multiple relationships that result is a dynamic topic that presents numerous complex issues. The important functions of the supervisory relationship are to teach counseling through a hands-on process, assess, inform, implement, and evaluate the application of theories, ethical and competent practices to prepare the supervisee for their future profession in the counseling field. However, while supervisors play multiple roles in the supervision process, there are situations and times when the boundaries between therapy and supervision are not always clear. During the supervisory relationship it is vital and of the upmost importance that the supervisor model’s ethical behavior and implements the ethical standards of the counseling profession.