Jogo Behaviour Support Blog
Well-being Supervision: An Essential Element to Self-Care Sunday, 1 March 2020
Well-being
Supervision: An Essential Element to
Self-Care
Well-being supervision is an essential element for
our own self-care and for the care of the children, young people and families
we work with.
The role of the educator has
changed over the years. Due to limited
services and high thresholds, schools and educators are now needing to hold
cases that previously would have been held by Social Care. As noted by Bomber (2007), “it is not usual practice
to set up reflective times and spaces in the school day for the staff team
working “on the ground” with the child in school, to consider what is happening
emotionally for the child and for themselves.”
Schools are beginning to recognise the importance
of supervision for educators. Therefore,
we have been offering well-being supervision to school staff for nearly ten
years now, to enable them to continue meeting the needs of the children and
young people they work with.
Well-being supervision is a
process of regular collaborative reflection between a practitioner (clinical or
other) and the supervisor. Well-being supervision provides a dedicated
reflective space for the practitioner to explore their role, case work and the
emotional responses evoked by their work. It enables them to enhance their professional
skills and further their development.
In
addition, (adapted from BACP 2010) “supervision is a process to maintain
adequate standards of service encounters and a method of consultancy to widen
the horizons of an experienced practitioner.”
For further information, please contact us on info@jogobehavioursupport.com or
call us on 01604 832970.
Reference:
Bomber, L. (2007) Inside I'm Hurting:
Practical Strategies for Supporting Children with Attachment Difficulties in
Schools, Worth Publishing, Duffield.