I’ve been providing supervision training to the health & community sector for 20 years, to thousands of participants in many workplaces throughout Australia & New Zealand.
How it works
Through completing the twelve questions and reviewing your results, the survey will help you understand how your supervision is currently tracking against best practice.
The expectation is not to be perfect, but it is to acknowledge that working towards best practice supervision is an ongoing process for every supervisor, supervisee and organisation. It is not just the supervisee who is learning, but you as the supervisor, and workplace are in the process of learning of how to align supervision with the emerging evidence and practice wisdom.
This insights survey acknowledges that the workplace is a foundational ingredient in creating a successful supervisory experience. However, it also relies on a supervisee and supervisor who both embrace lifelong learning and are willing to engage in the process.
The workplace and supervisees also have critical roles in supervision. Supervisors cannot do successful supervision alone. If you are willing, but the other critical components are not, you will find it frustrating and challenging.
The twelve questions highlight the key elements of your supervisory role in supporting the professional learning and development of your supervisees and in reflecting on your role in the supervisory relationship.
Your responses will generate an overall score to help you identify where you, as a supervisor, sit on the best practice scale:
Transformative
The highest form of supervision is transformative, being highly empowering for the supervisee and beneficial to the workplace.
Positive
Positive supervision is focussed on learning and skill development.
Benign
An ineffective learning experience, benign supervision is not energising or engaging.
Toxic
Supervision that is negative, traumatising or toxic is damaging not only to the supervisee, but to the workplace.
Michelle Bihary
Michelle is an expert in professional and clinical supervision, leadership, self-leadership and workplace resilience.
She is the author of Leading Above the Line: Applying neuroscience to build psychologically safe and thriving teams.
Building on strong clinical expertise in mental health, as an occupational therapist, individual psychotherapist and family therapist, Michelle has over three decades of experience and clinical training.
Having worked across a range of health and community sector organisations, she has developed high-level expert knowledge, training and resources to support workplaces to build supervisory knowledge, skills and a supervisory-friendly culture.
Her expertise in this area is un-matched within Australia.
Don’t just take our word for it, see what others have to say
I found this tool was particularly useful and at focusing my own professional development goals as a supervisor and mentor
Jane Blandy
Occupatinal Therapist, Independant Rehabilitation Services
The survey provides, good prompts for supervisors to reflect on their practice, and to receive guidance on areas for developing their own learning goals
Sarah Gallagher
Occupational Therapist, Bendigo Health
The survey provides...Insight into the quality of supervision I am providing
Deb
Occupational Therapist
This survey...encourages to you reflect on how you have come to be the type of supervisor that you are
Leesa
Occupational Therapist
Take your supervision to the next level
This survey will ensure you're aligning with best practice
Take your supervision to the next level
This survey will ensure you're aligning with best practice
