HCPC supervision resources
23/02/2022
Reflect, discuss, develop: the benefits of supervision
Reflect, discuss, develop: the benefits of supervision
Over the course of your career, you may be expected to supervise or support colleagues and students. Alternately, you may receive supervision to develop your own professional skills and competence in a certain area.
Whether you are providing or receiving supervision, it’s important that you are able to do this safely and effectively, and in a way that enables you to meet your intended learning objectives.
These pages outline some of the benefits and outcomes that supervision can have on your professional development and provide some top tips on how you can effectively approach supervision in your practice.
Relevant Resources
AEP Guidance: Best Practice for working directly with Children & Young People
As Educational Psychologists, our work with CYP should support and promote their human rights. At each stage it is therefore important to take account of their views, support their wellbeing and engage with them in partnership, taking the least intrusive approach to assessment and respecting their right to privacy in the information we gather and the records we keep.
AEP Guidance: Working relationships between local authority employed EPs and EPs working in private practice
The AEP is committed to representing both LA and non-LA educational psychologists (EPs). We offer both professional and workplace support on a case-by-case basis and acknowledge that a nuanced understanding of the individual workplace context is vital in providing appropriate guidance.
AEP Guidance: Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The AEP believes that CPD is an important aspect of educational psychology (EP) work, as it ensures that EPs continue to grow and develop new skills as they progress through their career.
