H/650/1142 Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care Assessment

OTHM Level 5 Unit – Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care Assessment 

Unit Aims

Professional Supervision is a legal and regulatory requirement of health and social care settings. This unit covers theories relating to supervision and the purpose and processes of professional supervision, together with performance management and methods of managing and addressing conflict.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

1. Understand professional supervision in health and social care settings.

1.1 Evaluate theories and models that underpin the practice of professional supervision.

1.2 Explain the legal and regulatory codes of practice that relate to professional supervision.

1.3 Explain how evidence-based practice informs professional supervision.

2. Know how to agree on the framework for a professional supervision process.

2.1 Explain how to overcome power-imbalance in professional supervision.

2.2 Explain the boundaries and parameters for carrying out supervision with the supervisee.

3. Know how to provide professional supervision.

3.1 Describe how to provide constructive feedback to the supervisee.

3.2 Describe how conflict can be managed within supervision.

3.3 Analyse methods that can be used to measure performance.

3.4 Explain how to review and agree performance targets.

4. Know how to reflect on own practice in professional supervision.

4.1 Explain how to use tools to gather feedback on own professional supervision practice.
4.2 Describe how to reflect on feedback to identify changes to be made to own practice.

Task 1

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Understand professional supervision in health and social care settings.

Task Assessment Criteria to be covered

1.1; 1.2; 1.3

Assignment Brief and Guidance

Professional supervision is a process of professional learning and development that enables individuals to reflect on and develop their knowledge, skills, and competence, through agreed and regular support with another professional.Write a report about the concept of professional supervision in health and social care settings.

Your report should:

• Evaluate theories and models that underpin the practice of professional supervision
• Explain the legal and regulatory codes of practice that relate to professional supervision
• Explain how evidence-based practice informs professional supervision

Delivery and Submission

The submission is in the form of a report written in Word format.

The recommended word limit is 1500 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices.

Referencing

You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work. References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style.

Task 2

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO 2 Know how to agree on the framework for a professional supervision process.

LO 3 Know how to provide professional supervision.

LO 4 Know how to reflect on own practice in professional supervision.

Task Assessment Criteria to be covered

2.1; 2.2; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 4.1; 4.2

Assignment Brief and Guidance

With reference to a Health and Social Care organisation of your choice, explore their approach to and use of professional supervision.

Your essay should:

• Explain how to overcome power-imbalance in professional supervision.
• Explain the boundaries and parameters for carrying out supervision with the supervisee.
• Describe how to provide constructive feedback to the supervisee.
• Describe how conflict can be managed within supervision.
• Analyse methods that can be used to measure performance.
• Explain how to review and agree performance targets.
• Explain how to use tools to gather feedback on own professional supervision practice.
• Describe how to reflect on feedback to identify changes to be made to own practice.

Delivery and Submission

The submission is in the form of an essay written in Word format.

The recommended word limit is 1500 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices.

Referencing

You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work. References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style.

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