Preparing supervisors to provide safeguarding supervision for healthcare staff. 2017

Marcia Smikle
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.

This paper outlines why experienced supervisors at a London healthcare provider received skills training so they could offer safeguarding supervision to front-line colleagues with case management responsibilities for vulnerable children and young people. It examines how supervisors use the main functions of supervision and a cycle of reflection in clinical practice with supervisees. As well as the professional issues encountered by supervisors in relation to the benefits, the challenges of providing supervision and the action required to make safeguarding supervision a part of the organisational culture are also explored.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007318 Inservice Training On the job training programs for personnel carried out within an institution or agency. It includes orientation programs. Employee Orientation Programs,Orientation Programs, Employee,On-the-Job Training,Training, Inservice,Employee Orientation Program,On the Job Training,Orientation Program, Employee,Program, Employee Orientation,Programs, Employee Orientation,Training, On-the-Job
D007400 Interprofessional Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals. Etiquette, Medical,Medical Etiquette,Relations, Interprofessional
D008131 London The capital of the United Kingdom. It is located in England.
D009745 Nursing, Supervisory Administration of nursing services for one or more clinical units. Charge Nurses,Head Nurses,Nurses, Head,Supervisory Nursing,Charge Nurse,Head Nurse,Nurse, Charge,Nurse, Head,Nurses, Charge
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D006282 Health Personnel Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976) Health Care Professionals,Health Care Providers,Healthcare Providers,Healthcare Workers,Health Care Professional,Health Care Provider,Healthcare Provider,Healthcare Worker,Personnel, Health,Professional, Health Care,Provider, Health Care,Provider, Healthcare
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015279 Organizational Culture Beliefs and values shared by all members of the organization. These shared values, which are subject to change, are reflected in the day to day management of the organization. Corporate Culture,Corporate Cultures,Culture, Corporate,Culture, Organizational,Cultures, Corporate,Cultures, Organizational,Organizational Cultures
D035862 Vulnerable Populations Groups of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to COERCION in their DECISION MAKING, or who may be compromised in their ability to give INFORMED CONSENT. Disadvantaged Populations,Patients, Underserved,Populations, Underserved,Sensitive Population Groups,Sensitive Populations,Disadvantaged Population,Patient, Underserved,Population Group, Sensitive,Population, Disadvantaged,Population, Sensitive,Population, Underserved,Population, Vulnerable,Sensitive Population,Sensitive Population Group,Underserved Patient,Underserved Patients,Underserved Population,Underserved Populations,Vulnerable Population

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