Providing Effective Supervision: A workforce development tool, including a unit of competence and supporting guidance

High quality supervision is one of the most important drivers in ensuring positive outcomes for people who use social are and children’s services. It also has a crucial role to play in the development, retention and motivation of the workforce. We also know that managers want us to do more to develop their contribution to delivering the very best services. As part of the Leadership and Management Strategy for social care a range of products has already been ublished, but this new publication fills an identified gap. The guidance and other resources have been designed to enable organisations, supervisors and those receiving supervision to make the most of the opportunities that supervision offers.