Successful Supervision and Leadership

Chapter 3

The Contextual Nature of Supervision

Key focus for this chapter

• Defining what supervision is

• Supervision as a practice

• Exploring the benefits of supervision

• Key roles and responsibilities

• Accessing quality training

• The supervisory alliance

• Learning styles

• Preparing for supervision

• Setting up the first and subsequent meetings

• The role of supervision agreements

• How to set an effective agenda

• Setting goals in supervision

• Closing supervision meetings

• External and internal supervision

Introduction

Since the nineteenth century, professional supervision and leadership have played an important role across various disciplines such as business, human resources, psychology, counselling, nursing and social work. ...