Hand to Plough
Professional Supervision
Navigating life from a super visioned perspective
In our 21st Century, we find that our job and identity are linked. How we see our work can impact how we see ourselves. Our own perceptions about this alignment can affect our work, which in turn affects our sense of value. Country Community provides professional supervision for people who are tackling areas regarding life and profession.
What is Professional Supervision?
In essence, “Professional Supervision” is described perfectly. It is super-vision, an enlarged vision, or a higher perspective regarding this relationship between you and your profession. However, professional supervision is unlike line management, where one closely examines processes (we could call that micro-vision). Professional supervision focuses on you and your work. Professional supervision is a journey to discover the best you, and in doing so, be the best at what you do.
To start our journey, let us start by explaining what supervision is about. Supervision involves two professionals (a supervisor and supervisee) who engage in a collaborative process intending to create better practices and positive work outcomes for the supervisee. The role of a supervisor is to support you professionally. It is a contracted arrangement to engage with current work roles. In this space, Supervisors help to explore your current situations from a broader perspective. The purpose of this reflection is to create space in which to discover possibilities for personal and professional growth. The supervisor provides a space to ensure the supervisee is responsible for their work’s personal and professional standards.
"Helping those who are helping others"
When choosing your supervisor, knowing what type of supervision you will engage in is valuable. At Country Community, we use two approaches:
Person-Centred Conversations
At Country Community, we believe that everyone can be an effective problem-solver and achieve their personal idea of success. In this belief, our supervisors do not analyse and provide solutions; instead, your supervisor serves as a “collaborator” towards your success. The supervisor’s role is to provide an environment where you can be open to your experience and navigate your profession towards success.
In our model, wisdom arises from a courageous conversation about a person’s motivation, role, and current environment. Our supervisors will encourage you to have these conversations. At times, we may have conversations about the everyday aspects of work or your awareness of your own self; other times may require honest self-evaluation. Your supervisor will also be able to guide you through your experiences to grow as a person, and even find your own personal support team within yourself. These conversations can be challenging, but our supervisors will be with you on the journey. Your supervisor is also trained to make sure that your conversations help make things better.
Reflection & Solutions
Reflection entails taking a step back from the immediate moment of an experience to consider what it truly means and then determining how to negotiate future expectations (Moore, 2017). In a supervisory relationship, reflection will develop a foundation of honesty and trust. From there, we foster an environment in which people can think creatively. In general, your supervisor will interact with you regularly. As a team, you and your supervisor will investigate the range of emotions (both good and negative) associated with the challenges that you are managing. You and your supervisor will collaborate to get a sense of where you are and then navigate the next steps.
Everyone’s professional journey is unique, and our goals are very different. Many outside influences affect our pathways. The differences we face are often magnified when we work with people. Country Community Professional Supervision recognises that you (and your success) will be unique. This is why we use reflective, transformative supervision. Reflective supervision is unique from therapy. Reflection focuses on events, emotions, and feelings that are closely related to the work. In understanding our past experiences, we can determine where we are mentally, remind us of our life goals, and what we can do to get back on track.
Our Commitment
The collaborative connection between a supervisor and a supervisee is important to our professional supervision. An agreement to enhance professional development and quality service delivery formalises the partnership. We advise that you give permission to engage with interactions that allow you to tap into their knowledge, skills, and experience. This expedition, like those of famous prior explorers, demands collaboration. However, we recognise that you are in control of your path. We offer a variety of tools to help you get to where you need to go. Our supervisors will walk alongside you to support you in making sound decisions.
Our Supervisors offer clients who come to us a sympathetic, nonjudgmental ear. Personal information is kept private. You and your supervisor can work through challenging emotions in a safe environment that allows you to manage job-related situations
Our Supervisors are educated on the legal and ethical consequences of their position. Supervisors have proved expertise in supervision and are constantly improving their abilities.
Our Supervisors will construct working agreements outlining Supervisees’ duty for their ongoing learning and self-monitoring. Both the supervisor and the supervisee are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the supervision arrangement on a regular basis and revising it as needed. Both our Supervisors and you are responsible for establishing and maintaining clear boundaries between working relationships, friendships, and other interactions, as well as making explicit the limits between supervision, consultation, therapy, and training.
Country Community is always looking for ways to improve professional growth, including, when possible, specialist training in the development of supervision abilities. Supervisors benefit from oversight that keeps track of all ethical issues.
Our Supervisors value and respect supervisees and clients as individuals, regardless of origin, status, gender, sexual orientation, age, or belief. Supervisors must not monetarily, sexually, emotionally, or in any other way exploit the supervisee. There are persons you can talk to if you have a problem about your supervisor’s professional behaviour. We encourage all of our members to ask our team questions, difficulties, and/or uncertainties.
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