The Purpose of a Professional Supervision
The purpose of a professional supervision is it allows the employee to reflect on there own practice and development. The meeting gives the employee the opportunity to voice their opinions about there work whether positive or negative. Supervision is an ongoing reviewing process, it identity’s tasks and establishes support required in order to meet the expected standard of performance. It enables and guides a supervisee towards competent and accountable practice as well as ongoing professional development and support. Supervision is part of the Performance Management Policy. Managing performance well at Livability ensures that each person across the organisation is able to contribute of their best to enable Livability as a whole to deliver high quality services and outcomes for the people we serve.
From a managerial role the supervision is to see that the employee is able to carry out their role effectively and is working to the expected standards. It provides a valuable opportunity to motivate and engage with the employee, which will help to achieve the best performance within their work. Highlighting good performance contributes to the employee’s feelings of being valued in their role within the organisation, also recognition and positive feedback can lead to high performance.
All social care workers and managers are required to undergo supervision in order to meet standards set down by the General Social Care Council. Standard 3 - As a social care employer, you must provide training and development opportunities to enable social care workers to strengthen and develop their skills and knowledge. The Care Quality Commission will take this standard into account in their enforcement of care standards when carrying out an inspection.
At its simplest, supervision is a forum where supervisees review and reflect on their work in order to do it better. Supervision is for better quality service. In a professional