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Defining peer supervision

Definition: Peer supervision is a collaborative learning environment created between fellow coaches, mentors or other professionals (practitioners). It is of mutual benefit to the practitioners involved as well as being of service to their clients and the wider system. Peers often have comparable levels of expertise and are without supervision training. It is a self-managed arrangement where typically the major exchange is time rather than money. What’s significant is that it is reciprocal, generates the power to reflect on practice together, and peers share vulnerability and support in equal measure.

What we mean by peer supervision

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