As a supervisor, how can you best support the development, learning, and improvement of your practice? This book is designed to equip all professionals working in support fields, who are starting in the supervisory process, with the theoretical, practical, and psychological basis they need for effective practice. It covers everything from how to build a confidential and respectful relationship with your supervisee, to how to provide effective feedback and shape a supervision session.
This book will help you support and encourage those engaged in emotionally demanding tasks. Special attention is given to the ethics of supervision and the reflective practice, as well as the challenges of supervising and assessing trainees. Practical suggestions are included for using creative methods and working with unconscious processes, as well as brief exercises to support learning and development.
Concise and free from specialist terms, this introduction to supervised practice is ideal for new supervisors in social and healthcare sectors, frontline services, psychology, coaching and therapies, as well as for students in supervisory training programs.
