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Peer Supervision is a group based process that facilitates supervision without an identified expert supervisor in the mix.

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Supervision Defined

"Clinical supervision is regular, protected time for facilitated, in-depth reflection on clinical practice. It aims to enable the supervisee to achieve, sustain and creatively develop a high quality of practice through the means of focussed support and development. "

Skills of Clinical Supervision for Nurses
Meg Bond and Stevie Holland

"Supervision is an exchange between practising professionals to enable the development of professional skills and competence."

Butterworth 1998

Forms of Supervision

Internal - supervision delivered by a member of the organisation (often the manager)

The Power of Peer Supervision

Tools for mentoring and supervision groups

Peer supervision differs from other forms of supervision in that it doesn’t rely on the presence of a more qualified, identified expert in the process – a supervisor. Peer supervision can ensure that more people have more access to more supervision and this in turn impacts on the quality of service for clients. In one training day participants are introduced to this team based approach to supervision, and a toolkit of processes that enable them to set up and run peer supervision groups that provide high quality supervision for themselves and their colleagues.

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Queensland Health roll out NZMC peer supervision training to 2000 staff

4 August 2008

Australian health-care provider Queensland Health is rolling out the New Zealand Mentoring Centre training course The Power of Peer Supervision to 2000 employees in 2 districts over 5 years.

After running peer supervision training for the last four years for Queensland Health, the NZ Mentoring Centre has just completed its first train the trainer course. This will enable QH trainers to roll out the peer supervision model throughout the state for allied health staff including occupational therapists, mental health nurses, psychologists, indigenous workers, speech pathologists and physiotherapists - all professions that need the chance to review their practice in order to develop their professional competence.

NZMC Present at ASTD and Clinical Supervision Conferences in USA

2 July 2008

In June New Zealand Mentoring Centre directors Aly McNicoll and Wendy Baker travelled the USA to present a workshop at the  ASTD 2008 International Conference in San Diego on 'The Power of Peer Mentoring Groups - tools for learning in the connected organisation'.

This conference attracted 12,000 delegates, and as workshop leaders they are standing alongside Ken Blanchard, Marshall Goldsmith and a host of other leadership legends.

Peer Supervision - No-One Knows As Much As All Of Us

By Aly McNicoll — 17 May 2008

Peer supervision differs from more traditional forms of supervision in that it doesn't require the presence of a more qualified, identified expert in the process - a supervisor. Peer supervision usually refers to reciprocal arrangements in which peers work together for mutual benefit where developmental feedback is emphasised and self directed learning and evaluation is encouraged (Benshoff, J.M. 1992). There are a number of things that can and do go wrong if individuals are left to lead their own supervision processes and maintaining the quality and effectiveness over time is a challenge.

This article discusses peer group supervision and the factors that impact on its effectiveness, identifies common pitfalls for peer supervision groups and discusses how to maintain the quality and effectiveness over time so that the process does fulfil the purpose and functions of supervision for supervisees, their clients and organisations.

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Aly McNicoll
Article - Updated 22 October 2008 - 1:24pm

Peer Supervision

A group based approach to supervision and mentoring

Peer supervision differs from more traditional forms of supervision in that it doesn't rely on the presence of a more qualified, identified expert in the process - a supervisor.

Peer supervision is rapidly becoming accepted as a credible form of supervision for health professionals and it addresses 2 of the key challenges for supervision in the health sector - the availability of skilled/trained supervisors and the resources (both time and money) that it takes to provide supervision for all those who need it.

Peer supervision can ensure that more people have access to more supervision in the organisation and this in turn impacts on the quality of service for clients.

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