Unit 11: Develop Professional Supervision

Practice in Health and Social Care

or Children and Young People’s
Work Settings
Unit code: LM2c

Unit reference number: M/602/3187

QCF level: 5

Credit value: 5

Guided learning hours: 39

Unit summary
The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding
and skills required to undertake professional supervision of others.

Forbidden combination
This unit must not be taken with Unit 32: Understanding Professional
Supervision Practice (LM2a, H/602/3185)

Assessment requirements
This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and
Development's QCF Assessment Principles.
Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5 and 6 must be assessed in the work setting.

Additional information
Agreed ways of working will include policies and procedures, where these
exist.
An Individual is someone accessing care or support.

Assessment methodology
Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for
assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion.
Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this
information.

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Learning outcomes and assessment criteria

Learning outcomes Assessment criteria Evidence Portfolio Date

type reference
1 Understand the purpose of 1.1 Analyse the principles, scope and purpose of
professional supervision in professional supervision
health and social care or
1.2 Outline theories and models of professional
children and young
supervision
people’s work settings
1.3 Explain how the requirements of legislation, codes
of practice and agreed ways of working influence
professional supervision
1.4 Explain how findings from research, critical reviews
and inquiries can be used within professional
supervision
1.5 Explain how professional supervision can protect
the:
– individual
– supervisor
– supervisee
2 Understand how the 2.1 Explain the performance management cycle
principles of professional
2.2 Analyse how professional supervision supports
supervision can be used to
performance
inform performance
management in health 2.3 Analyse how performance indicators can be used to
and social care or children measure practice
and young people’s work
settings

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3 Be able to undertake the 3.1 Explain factors which result in a power imbalance in
preparation for professional supervision
professional supervision
3.2 Explain how to address power imbalance in own
with supervisees in health
supervision practice
and social care or children
and young people’s work 3.3 Agree with supervisee confidentiality, boundaries,
settings roles and accountability within the professional
supervision process
3.4 Agree with supervisee the frequency and location of
professional supervision
3.5 Agree with supervisee sources of evidence that can
be used to inform professional supervision
3.6 Agree with supervisee actions to be taken in
preparation for professional supervision
4 Be able to provide 4.1 Support supervisees to reflect on their practice
professional supervision in
4.2 Provide positive feedback about the achievements
health and social care or
of the supervisee
children and young
people’s work settings 4.3 Provide constructive feedback that can be used to
improve performance
4.4 Support supervisees to identify their own
development needs
4.5 Review and revise professional supervision targets
to meet the identified objectives of the work setting
4.6 Support supervisees to explore different methods of
addressing challenging situations
4.7 Record agreed supervision decisions

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5 Be able to manage conflict 5.1 Give examples from own practice of managing
situations during conflict situations within professional supervision
professional supervision in
5.2 Reflect on own practice in managing conflict
health and social care or
situations experienced during professional
children and young
supervision process
people’s work settings
6 Be able to evaluate own 6.1 Gather feedback from supervisee/s on own
practice when conducting approach to supervision process
professional supervision in
6.2 Adapt approaches to own professional supervision
health and social care or
in light of feedback from supervisees and others
children and young
people’s work settings

Learner name: __________________________________________ Date:___________________________

Learner signature: _______________________________________ Date:___________________________
Assessor signature: ______________________________________ Date:___________________________
Internal verifier signature: ________________________________ Date:___________________________
(if sampled)

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