Learning Tools, Cognitive Mapping, Evaluation, Professional Supervision, Sensemaking

Guided Independent Supervision & Support

Professional Supervision is designed for experienced practitioners who either manage or help

others learn, including those who:

	teach on formal (academic programmes)
	train either in-company or as an independent
	need support with continuing professional development (CPD)
	coach others on a regular basis
	manage the human resources function (in-company or as an independent)
	work with challenging groups as a team member or leader
	mediate or facilitate conflict situations as an internal or external facilitator
	want to review their future professional career and need guidance and support

If you are one of the above then read on...

Even in deep recession, the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) found

70% of organisations claiming their spend on coaching was increasing and external coaches

were used by 60% of respondents to their 2009 survey.

At present, anyone can legally offer their services as a coach, without training, experience, or indeed, competence - raising the issue about the need for regulation of the profession.

Professional Supervision is integral to good practice for the qualified coach, mentor, facilitator, manager, leader or trainer. The value of this practice is becoming more widely recognised and

may soon become one of the main methods of regulating these professional roles.

"The Association for Coaching (AFC) UK, hosted its first debate on the possible regulation of the coaching profession in 2009. Those in favour argued that regulation would protect clients, the industry and aspiring coaches, while promoting the value of coaching: very useful given that nearly half of the CIPD’s survey respondents admit they aren’t bothering to measure it at present.

Those against regulation ask if a stamp of formal approval makes sense in such an eclectic profession, when the most effective solutions are by their nature customised and the most crucial success factor is the fit between coach and client. Does regulation run the twin risks of 'infantilising' buyers and detracting coaches away from their clients’ needs toward ticking compliance boxes?

AfC members voted nearly three to one against regulation whilst on the other hand, the British Psychological Society (BPS) - a professional body where many coaches, counsellors and psychotherapists are registered - believe that government and client pressure mean regulation is a case of when, and not if "

Daniel Wain, People Management Magazine, 25 May 2010

Check out our brand new CARTOON SERIES - the first episode was about establishing a

Professional Supervision arrangement.

So how would Professional Supervision help?

In the absence of any recognised professional regulation, introducing effective Professional Supervision would achieve three main purposes:

1. Quality Control in which the supervisor is responsible for helping the practitioner review

their own performance (quality and standards assurance)

2. Personal Development in which the supervisor is responsible for enabling practitioners to

refine their skills and elaborate both their discipline-specific knowledge and their technical

competencies (reflective learning and behavioural change)

3. Promoting Commitment to the professional fields of management, leadership, learning

and development, which, in turn, enhances motivation (support and guidance and well being)

OFQT Service

We provide a HIGHLY EXPERIENCED TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISORS to established and experienced practitioners who want to maintain their quality and standards and provide

evidence for future regulation and their CPD hours through practical action and reflection.


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