Supervising to Improve Performance - refresher for managers and supervisors children’s social care 24/25

TARGET GROUP

This course is targeted to all levels of management who have already completed the two-day Supervising to Improve Performance training, who work for the London Borough of Sutton. 

Please note that the refresher training should be completed every three years.

AIM

The aims of this session: 

• To refresh the knowledge and understanding acquired previously from attending the Supervising to Improve Supervision course
• To understand what constitutes effective supervision
• To understand the use of Proctors Model of Clinical Supervision (Restorative/Supportive;
• To understand the normative/Managerial; Formal/Educative) to support critical thinking
• To understand the supervisory style and the supervisees’ changing needs over time
• To understand the inclusion, complexities, and tensions in supervision, and the importance of the
• To understand the supervision agreement and recording
• To understand the spotting difficulties early: Wellbeing and emotional resilience through supervision

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By attending this course, participants will have:

• An ability to apply their knowledge and understanding of what constitutes effective reflective supervision and how this relates to safe practice and positive outcomes for service users.
• An ability to demonstrate the acquisition of further knowledge and confidence in incorporating and applying Proctor’s Supervision Model in the management of staff.
• An ability to demonstrate increased knowledge and understanding of the supervisory relationship, anti-oppressive practice, and the role of supervision throughout all professional career stages.
• An ability to demonstrate increased confidence in applying critical thinking about supervision and the importance of contracting, professional boundaries, and effective recording.
• An ability to demonstrate confidence and originality in applying the supervision cycle to better understand how it can be used to facilitate critical thinking in most supervisory settings.
• An ability to express confidence through further knowledge and understanding in recognising and addressing power imbalances and how these can derail good working relationships.
• An ability to apply their further knowledge and understanding about the factors that might affect performance through strategies for addressing poor performance.
• An ability to demonstrate their further knowledge and understanding of the LB Sutton supervision policy.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please note that this course is only open to permanent staff who have attended the full 3- day Supervising to Improve Performance course.