Reflective Supervision

An open access resource hub from Research in Practice to support individuals who are responsible for the practice of others and supports organisations to develop a positive culture of supervision. Resources are relevant to both children's and adults services.

Reflective supervision: Learning Hub | Research in Practice

Group supervision can take place online or face to face. It can help teams to: 

• Reflect in depth on complex problems. 
• Pool and apply knowledge and skills.
• Challenge individual perspectives (a group’s diversity in terms of gender, age, ethnicity, and experience will provide different perspectives). 
• Explore the skills, processes and dynamics needed in practice.
• Provide a safe space to share feelings. 
• Build relationships and reduce isolation. 
• Develop a shared language, values, and culture.

For group supervision to be effective it needs to include a mutually agreed purpose, focus and structure; trusting relationships between participants and facilitator and strong facilitation by someone with an understanding of the group processes being used. Adapted from Earle et al. (2017).

This below information from Research In Practice explores how we can embed effective group supervision within practice. 

Using group supervision | Research in Practice