Staff Supervision in Health and Social Care

JANE WONNACOTT qualified as a social worker in 1979. In 1994 she founded In-Trac, a training provider for staff in social care, health and education. She has a long interest in supervisionand has trained supervisors across the UK. With Tony Morrison, she co-wrote the Children's Workforce Development Council's guide for supervising social workers during their early development. She is the author of Developing and Supporting Staff Supervision (Pavilion, 2014).BRIDGET ROTHWELL is an independent social care trainer based in Scotland. She has been a learning and development professional for two decades, following social work practice and acareer in management in both public and third sectors. As a facilitator, she has worked across sectors and with a wide range of professions.TONY MORRISON was a leading figure in social care, particularly respected for his work on supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration and staff development. He died suddenly in 2010.

• Introduction 1. The organisational context Why supervision matters - Culture and climate - How supervision impacts service outcomes The factors needed to make supervision work2. The Core Model The applicability of the IMS (Integrated Model of Supervision) - An overview of the whole model -Building the model from its three core elements3. What We Bring to Supervision What supervisors bring to supervision -Power and authority -Emotional intelligence -Containment -Identity - Adult Attachment frameworks4. Contracts and Structures The benefits of a supervision contract - How to negotiate a contract - Supervision and authority - supervision across professions and settings5. Supervising Practice Supporting relationship-based practice -Working with bias - Enabling curiosity -Uncertainty -Supporting critical analysis - The six-stage model6. Making the most of supervisionHelping supervisees prepare for supervision -The IMS seen from the supervisee's perspective