The end purpose of supervision is to improve the quality of work so that all Staff can meet the outcomes of the people who use services want to achieve.
Personalization of social care services means employees will need support to respond to new ways of working, develop new skills, and adapt to completely different procedures.
What is supervision?
Supervision can be a relationship between two individuals, one of whom has the purpose of using it to improve his work with someone in his or her life and the other who has the purpose of helping him or her to achieve this. In your manager role, the purpose of giving supervision is to see that staff members can carry out their roles effectively and are working to the expected standards set out.
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Supervision is reflection-on action, or indeed, reflection-in-action to result in reflection-for-action. In the present we consider the past to influence the future.
Managers may employ different supervision models and theories to maximize the productivity and efficiency of their teams. No single theory or model is better than another.
Powell 1993 recognized that supervisors may use several different models to simplify supervision.
Peter Drucker composed The Management by Objectives (MBO) approach to supervision. The underlying theory behind MBO is that employees are much more motivated to achieve company objectives when they have a hand in crafting the objectives.
Supervisions provide a plan for learning and achieving, they are a good way to provide and log praise for good and outstanding work practices and recognize that staff works hard. They are a way of monitoring, learning, and identifying gaps in learning.
Training, supervision, and appraisals were made a legal requirement by the Care Standards in an attempt to address problems with recruitment and retention
The Codes of Practice for Social Care Workers and Code of Practice for Employers of Social Care Workers issued by the General Social Care Council
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The care we provide must be safe and effective. By looking at the evidence, making a professional judgment, then applying the knowledge when making decisions regards our own practice, we can ensure the care we deliver is done so in a safe way and in a way we are able to account for our actions. It is important that you are able to pass any knowledge gained to your staff to ensure their work is also carried out in a safe and accountable way. It is important for all who work in social care to be able to apply their knowledge. As a Manager, it is important that you ensure and encourage staff to embrace the idea of evidence-based practice. it helps practitioners identify their strengths and weaknesses. it helps to learn from peers
It offers the opportunity to keep up to date with professional developments.
Supervision also has the benefit of improving staff morale and improving recruitment and retention whilst contributing effectively to professional and organizational objectives.
The Performance Management Cycle has a very important part to play in the implementation of motivation in the