1st Edition
Supervision in Speech and Language Therapy Personal Stories and Professional Wisdom
Supervision plays a central role in supporting professional practice, practitioner wellbeing, clinical governance and client safety. This anthology, designed as a collection of possibilities rather than a definitive guide, offers a window into a less visible and rarely discussed aspect of practice. Contributors draw on first-hand encounters of supervision to share insights from both professional and public perspectives. These span practice contexts from pre-registration to qualified and into advanced clinical practice and management roles. The accounts draw on individual, team, multi-professional, independent and public sector experiences within and beyond the speech and language therapy profession. This book:
- Broadens the discourse and deepens understanding about supervision theory and practice
- Explores multiple formats and contrasting approaches to lay bare differences in the enactment of supervision as well as variations in underlying assumptions and real-life supervision challenges
- Holds a mirror up to diverse conversations about supervision across practice contexts and career points to broaden the scope of supervision possibilities
- Prompts exploration of new ways to engage with and benefit from supervision as an alternative or adjunct to existing, established approaches
- Demonstrates the clear return on investment in supervision at personal, departmental, service and organisational levels with both professional and public benefit
Illustrated throughout with personal stories and professional wisdom, this book will interest students and practitioners at all stages of their career in speech and language therapy. In addition, it will appeal to other allied health and care professionals. This anthology aims to stimulate reflection on contemporary issues in supervision as well as individual, service and organisational supervision culture and practice.
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
1. Climbing out of the Window: Finding Supervision
Zein Pereira
2. The Role of Supervision in Supporting and Empowering Patient Voice and Choice
Scott Ballard-Ridley
3. Supervision in Pre-registration Speech and Language Therapy Education
Melanie Packer
4. Insights into Supervision in Speech and Language Therapy: Exploring the Experiences of Ethnic Minority Clinicians and Reflections on Continued Practice
Ilyeh Nahdi and Sahar Nashir
5. Establishing Supervision Practices: One Manager’s Journey
Dawn Leoni
6. The Alchemy of Group Supervision
Penny Farrell, Jennifer Roche, Edel O’Dea and Lauren Tyson
7. A Lifejacket in Stormy Seas: Supervision for Speech and Language Therapists Working with Young People who have Mental Health Challenges
Melanie Cross
8. The Role of Profession-specific Supervision and Support in the Safe and Effective Care of Clients in Clinical Settings.
Jackie McRae and Kimerly Clarke
9. Supervision: A Personal and Professional Perspective.
Lorraine Maher-Edwards
10. From Permafrost to Permeability: Supervision as the Foundation of Professional and Public Safety
Deborah Harding
11. Must it Always be Within or Could it be Outside? Constructions of Supervision Outside your Own Profession
Fran Brander and Gavin Newby
12. Developing a Multi-disciplinary Allied Health Professional Supervision Strategy: A Case Study
Lucie Rochfort
13. Group Supervision: ‘A Woven Sculpture’.
Ann Farquhar, Karen Cundy, Sarah Stewart and Zein Pereira
14. The Value of Supervision: What do our Clients Say About It?
Iain Wilkie
15. Supervision in Advanced Practice: Insights from a Speech and Language Therapist
Lucy Titheridge
16. Building Competency and Professional Safety through Supervision: Insights from the Specialist Oncology Setting
Kate Ashforth and Justin Roe
17. Peer Supervision: Drawing on Collective Knowledge
Kate Balzer, Claire Farrington-Douglas and Mary Ganpatsingh
18. Going it Alone: Being a Supervisee and Supervisor in Independent Practice (and what I have learnt in the process about being human)
Rachel Barton
19. Looking Back and Looking Forward: Facilitating Robust Supervision Culture and Practice through Training
Sam Simpson and Cathy Sparkes
Index
Biography
Cathy Sparkes works as a personal construct psychology (PCP) counsellor and supervisor. She originally worked as a speech and language therapist (SLT) with individuals who had experienced a neurological condition and their support networks. Since 2003 she has worked as a counsellor with this same client group. Cathy has extensive experience of receiving and providing supervision and has been a champion for high quality supervision practice for many years.
Sam Simpson is an independent speech and language therapist, person-centred counsellor, supervisor and trainer. She is a committed supervisee and holds a Diploma in Person Centred Supervision from Metanoia Institute to ground her work as a supervisor. Sam enjoys supervising across specialisms and professions and values the intimacy of 1:1 working and the collaborative learning of paired and group supervision. Sam plays an active role in teaching about supervision, promoting pro-supervision cultures and developing robust, quality supervision practices across the UK public and independent sectors.
Deborah Harding is a speech and language therapist by profession. She combines her role as Professor of Learning and Innovation for Practice at St George’s, University of London with work developing national guidance for the National Health Service in England and beyond. Her teaching, research and policy work are underpinned by her comprehensive experience in multi-professional health and social care practice, management and leadership. Deborah’s PhD research explored supervision for the allied health professions.
