Supervisors will learn how to develop a relationship with staff that promotes family-centered and strength-based services for families. Leadership that guides and directs in the context of a support professional relationship allows the family support professional to then build supportive relationships with the families they serve.
Learning Objectives:
- Fulfill the role and responsibilities of the agency and program goals
- Engage in supervision that is reflective and skill-development driven
- Use methods and strategies that promote practice that is family-centered, strength-based and solution-focused
- Join with family support professionals in determining interventions
- Provide guidance and assistance to family support professionals on various elements of family support practice, including: home visits, case notes, parent education groups, goal-setting, professional boundaries, and formal and informal community resources
- Communicate best practice standards to staff regularly and ensure that services to families reflect the latest evidence-based practice
- Identify training and skill development opportunities for staff