TQUK Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) (610/0955/6) Title: Supervising Others in Adult Care Unit reference number: H/650/2674 Level: 5 Credit value: 3 Guided learning hours: 28 Assessment requirements: This unit must be assessed in a real-work environment. Assessment guidance: Legislation: should include regulations where appropriate. Function: should include the principles, scope, and purpose of professional supervision.
Supervision activities and processes: will include formal and informal ways supervision can be planned and provided in the environment e.g., group, individual, team, observations of competencies, validating knowledge, shadowing activities, induction and learning processes.
Wellbeing: wellbeing is broad concept referring to a person’s quality of life taking into account health, happiness and comfort. It may include aspects of social, emotional, cultural, spiritual, intellectual, economic, physical, and mental wellbeing.
External and internal factors:
External factors may include:
updated national policy or local procedures, emerging best practice, societal movements, and campaigns. Internal factors may include: lessons learnt/learning reviews, concerns or complaints, skills development/training, emerging needs of individuals accessing services. Professional development processes: may include personal development plans, learning logs, development requests.
Strategies: strategies may include those which are personal to the worker. Strategies should include those that enable the worker to maintain their wellbeing as well as strategies to implement if indicators of deterioration are recognised.
Support offers: the range should include offers available inside and outside the workplace. For example:
internal: supervision, employee assistance scheme, mentor, or buddying systems. external: self-help tools, apps and websites, local groups, and networks. Different situations: may include challenges the supervisee or team face in their work.
Objectives of the work setting: should include the range of skills required to meet people’s needs.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria Learning outcomes The learner will: Assessment criteria The learner can: 1.
Understand the purpose and practice of professional supervision in adult care settings.
1.1 Describe how requirements of legislation, codes of practice and agreed ways of working influence and structure professional supervision requirements in adult care. 1.2 Evaluate the function of professional supervision in adult care. 1.3 Analyse different supervision activities and processes which can be used in adult care. 1.4 Describe how effective supervision should be used to support and protect: the supervisee. individuals, carers, and families. 1.5 Explain how effective supervision can protect the supervisor and organisation. 1.6 Explain why the wellbeing of the supervisee should be included within effective supervision and supportive practices, and ways to enable and promote this. 1.7 Evaluate how external and internal factors influence practice and can be used within professional supervision objectives. 1.8 Explain how supervision can be used alongside appraisal and professional development processes to enhance the performance and aspirations of the supervisee. 1.9 Describe the factors which can result in a power imbalance in professional supervision and how to address them. 1.10 Explain ways to address challenges arising during professional supervision. 2 Be able to provide regular professional supervision in adult care settings. 2.1 Establish understanding and agreement with supervision on: the purpose, frequency, and location of supervision activities. actions which can support preparation for supervision. sources of data and evidence that can be used to inform supervision. confidentiality, boundaries, roles, and accountability. 2.2 Use information from a range of sources to build an understanding of the supervisee’s performance. 2.3 Support the supervisee to review their own well- being and the range of strategies and support available to them. 2.4 Support the supervisee to reflect on and explore methods of addressing different situations in their work. 2.5 Provide constructive feedback to the supervisee that can be used to improve and develop performance 2.6 Support the supervisee to identify, plan, and achieve their own learning and professional development needs. 2.7 Agree, review, and revise targets to meet objectives of the work setting and individual objectives of the supervisee. 2.8 Record and store outcomes of supervision activities in line with agreed ways of working