Fulcrum Family Services
Facilitating Positive Change
Systemic Supervision
Fulcrum Family Services can provide independent supervision sessions and mentoring support.
Care work is emotionally demanding but research shows that good supervision can help managers get the best out of staff, says Stephen Goulder, workforce director of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie). Organisations require workers who are skilful, knowledgeable, and clear about their roles and boundaries. In order to do this, staff members are in turn assisted in their practice by ensuring they have appropriate sound advice, and emotional support. This should come from a supervisor with whom they have a good professional relationship.
Fulcrum Family Service's senior management have experience of supporting professionals:
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With case management direction
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To reflect on and learn from practice
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To explore client relationships with service-users, and others
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To reflect, deconstruct and reconstruct social graces (Burnham:2012), life experiences, and biases
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To explore how practice has impacted on client welfare
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Identifying and providing professional development
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Explore issues of power and anti-oppressive practice
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With personal support
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Mediation in which the supervisor acts as a bridge between an individual staff member and the organisation they work for
Supervision will include:
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Applying the SMART model - (i.e. be specific, measurable, agreed achievable goals, relevant, and time specific)
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Systemic approaches, models and techniques
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Reflective learning and development
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Constructive feedback
