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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Boundaries and Contracting in Supervision

HSC505 · Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care — Week 4 of 16

CourseHSC505
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Boundaries and Contracting in Supervision

  1. Establishing supervision contracts and terms of reference
  2. Managing confidentiality and disclosure limits
  3. Navigating dual relationships
  4. Maintaining professional scope and objectivity
  5. Manager ≠ Mate. Friendships, boundaries and favouritism

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Explain the boundaries and parameters for carrying out supervision with the supervisee.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the boundaries and parameters for carrying out supervision with the supervisee.

Study materials

Videos

  • Manager ≠ Mate. Friendships, boundaries and favouritism · YouTube · We Lead · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Caldicott Principles (National Data Guardian, 2020) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
  • Week 2: Theoretical Models of Professional Supervision
  • Week 3: Evidence-Based Supervision Practice
  • Week 4: Boundaries and Contracting in Supervision
  • Week 5: Power Imbalances and Relational Dynamics
  • Week 6: Delivering Constructive Feedback
  • Week 7: Methods of Measuring Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Target Setting and Performance Reviews
  • Week 10: Managing Conflict within Supervision
  • Week 11: Reflective Practice and Supervisory Self-Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Professional Supervision Practice in Health and So…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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