Becoming an Effective Supervisor

• Introduction
• Learning Aims
• Tutor
• Location
• Booking Form

The learning aims of the training are to:

• Review what is meant by supervision and arrive at a workable understanding of what it means in practice
• Outline the seven focus points of supervision (Hawkins and Shohet, 2001) both as a tool for supervisors and a means of preparation by supervisees
• Help participants understand their role as facilitators of learning and the skills involved in implementing that with supervisees (using the experiential learning cycle)
• Present the five stages through which supervision moves and help participants write a supervisory contract
• Consider how best to use evaluation as a formal method within supervision and feedback as a learning strategy
• Help supervisors help supervisees prepare for supervision and make the best use of the time 
  (The new manual, "On Being a Supervisee: Creating Learning Partnerships"  (Carroll and Gilbert, 2004) will be used here)
• Practice the skills of being an effective supervisor
• Consider a number of practical cases and decide how best in act in the circumstances presented

The two days will use a variety of learning interventions:  input from the tutor, exercises, demonstrations, live supervision and opportunity to practice skills.