Introduction:
According to Morrison, (2005) professional supervision is a process which enables and guides practitioners towards accountable and competent practice, by providing support for their continuous professional development. Supervision is an essential social care practice, within our Irish community, statutory and voluntary settings. Therefore, this essay aims to demonstrate, why one believes social care practitioners have an essential professional obligation to regularly engage in supervision on an on-going basis, in order to reach the full professional potential.
Supervision is perceived as important practice for supervisors and practitioners as a method of overseeing both …show more content…
“Supervision is an intervention that is provided by a more senior member of a profession to a more junior member or members of that same profession. This relationship is evalu-ative, extends over time, and has the simultaneous purposes of enhancing the profes¬sional functioning of the junior person(s), monitoring the quality of professional services offered to the clients she, he, or they see, and serving as a gatekeeper for those who are to enter the particular profession.”
Numerous perspectives are provided within this definition in which client welfare, professional development and gate-keeping are highlighted in the perspective of educational tutoring. This particular definition personally emphasises the hierarchical character of this supervisory relationship that expands while observing and evaluating the supervisee over time within the condition of therapy. The framework of tutoring is mirrored with the assumption that a sufficient supervisor is an experienced senior staff within the same …show more content…
Social care practice is not an ordinary profession as it cannot be practiced on a voluntary or amateur basis, which clearly distinguishes it from the care that is carried out casually within society by community and relations. According to Lalor & Share, (2013) professionalism implies a profession with a status that involves access to a precise body of knowledge and skills. Social care is not primarily concerned with providing services as the devising and planning of these services is of most importance. This particular process requires a variety of diverse skills and understanding in one’s professional ability to provide hands-on care and support to vulnerable individuals. This includes one’s ability to identify what individuals ultimately need, including their professional capability to plan accordingly to ensure these needs are efficiently met, by drawing on available evidence with guidance of relevant policies. This is predominantly achieved by directly communicating with the individual in an authentic manor (Lalor & Share,