Tag: CPD

Continuing the blog collection about Supervision, let's look more at becoming competent as a practitioner, and how to explore this in Supervision.To help us understand levels of competencies, it could be helpful to frame them as a "Ladder of Independence." Instead of seeing them as being graded or as assessments, they could more helpful be seen as a measure of how much "supervisory scaffolding" we need at our current stage of growth.  It is important to normalise, we all have different strengths and growing edges, at every stage of our career. And indeed, they change over time for many reasons both professional and personal. Being open to reflect on these, ask for help or support and seek guidance, is what will help us develop most helpfully and work safely and ethically. This ladder could help us both as Supervisees, as Supervisors, or as both! Proficiency levels Let's start by looking at suggested proficiency levels. Level 5: The Independent Practitioner (Very Good)  What it looks like: You are "in...