Determine the principles, scope and purpose of professional supervision: Management in adult care Assignment, OBU, UK

1. Determine the principles, scope and purpose of professional supervision
2. Evaluate the use of conflict resolution models to address challenges arising during professional supervision
3. Describe how appraisal processes can be used alongside supervision to manage and improve performance
4. Explain theories and models of professional supervision
5.  Explain how the requirements of legislation, codes of practice, and agreed ways of working influence professional supervision
6. Evaluate how findings from research, critical reviews and inquiries can be used within professional supervision
7. Discuss how professional supervision can protect: - the supervisor - the supervisee - individuals, carers and families
8. Explain how professional supervision can be used to inform performance management
9. Describe the rationale for using a 'performance management cycle' model
10. Explain how performance indicators can be used to measure practice
11.  Determine factors which can result in a power imbalance in professional supervision and how to address them

Provide professional supervision

•  Establish an agreement with the supervisee on key areas such as - confidentiality, boundaries, roles and accountability - the frequency and location of supervision sessions - sources of data and evidence that can be used to inform supervision - actions to be taken in preparation for supervision
• Analyse information from a range of perspectives to build an evidence-based understanding of the supervisee's performance
• Support supervisees to reflect on their practice using the range of information available and their own insights
• Provide constructive feedback (positive and negative) that can be used to improve performance
• Support supervisees to identify their own development needs
•  Review and revise targets to meet objectives of the work setting and individual objectives of the supervisee
•  Support supervisees to explore different methods of addressing challenging situations in their work
•  Record agreed on supervision decisions
•  Adapt own approaches to professional supervision in light of feedback from supervisees and others