Develop Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People's Settings

Unit ID:
CCY656
Unit Code:
PR15CY001
Level:
Five
Credit Value:
5
Sector:
1.3
LDCS:
PR111
GLH:
39
Last registration date:
31/08/2020
Lower age restriction:
19
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Purpose and Aim

The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding and skills required to undertake professional supervision of others.

Learning Outcomes

The learner will

Assessment Criteria

The learner can
1. Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings.
1.1Analyse the principles, scope and purpose of professional supervision
1.2 Outline theories and models of professional supervision
1.3 Explain how the requirements of legislation, codes of practice and agreed ways of working influence professional supervision
1.4 Explain how findings from research, critical reviews and inquiries can be used within professional supervision
1.5 Explain how professional supervision can protect the:
 • Individual
 • Supervisor
 • Supervisee
2. Understand how the principles of professional supervision can be used to inform performance management in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings.
2.1Explain the performance management cycle
2.2 Analyse how professional supervision supports performance
2.3 Analyse how performance indicators can be used to measure practice
3. Be able to undertake the preparation for professional supervision with supervisees in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings.
3.1Explain factors which result in a power imbalance in professional supervision
3.2  Explain how to address power imbalance in own supervision practice
3.3 Agree with supervisee confidentiality, boundaries, roles and accountability within the professional supervision process
3.4 Agree with supervisee the frequency and location of professional supervision
3.5 Agree with supervisee sources of evidence that can be used to inform professional supervision
3.6 Agree with supervisee actions to be taken in preparation for professional supervision
4. Be able to provide professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings.
4.1Support supervisees to reflect on their practice
4.2 Provide positive feedback about the achievements of the supervisee
4.3 Provide constructive feedback that can be used to improve performance
4.4 Support supervisees to identify their own development needs
4.5 Review and revise professional supervision targets to meet the identified objectives of the work setting
4.6 Support supervisees to explore different methods of addressing challenging situations
4.7 Record agreed supervision decisions
5. Be able to manage conflict situations during professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
5.1Give examples from own practice of managing conflict situations within professional supervision
5.2 Reflect on own practice in managing conflict situations experienced during professional supervision process
6. Be able to evaluate own practice when conducting professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings
6.1Gather feedback from supervisee/s on own approach to supervision process
6.2 Adapt approaches to own professional supervision in light of feedback from supervisees and others

Assessment Methods:

There are no prescribed assessment methods for this unit. Assessments used should be fit for purpose for the unit and learners, and generate evidence of achievement for all the assessment criteria.

Assessment Information:

There is no specific assessment information to be used with this unit.

If not specifically stated in the assessment information, a plural statement in any assessment criterion means a minimum of two.

Other Mappings:

Mapping to National Occupational Standards (NOS) and the Knowledge and Skills Framework(KSF) for the NHS.

NOS ref: LMCS A1, B1, HSC 41, 43, 45 CCLD 328, 427

Assessor Requirements:

This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development's QCF Assessment Principles.
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5 and 6 must be assessed in the work setting.

Additional Information:
Agreed ways of working will include policies and procedures where these exist.

An Individual is someone accessing care or support