Group Supervision
Group Supervision is a core element of ethical practice, ensuring accountability and transparency in our work. Using an approach based on the Minnesota Model, Group Supervision involves a deliberate process of slowing down to reflect on our professional practice with families, while exploring issues that benefit from multiple perspectives and voices to guide our approach.
Group supervision serves as an effective model of critically reflective professional practice. The conversations we engage in, along with our intentions and relationships with one another, are rooted in our commitment to our agencies and, most importantly, to the individuals we serve.
We use group supervision to:
- Understand, safeguard, and develop ethical practice
- Share and hold risk
- Be curious about the capabilities and quality of our professional practice
- Safeguard our work to address predictable errors
- Ensure we provide a voice to children and their families
In group supervision, we:
- Discuss our purpose, values, and intentions in our work
- Explore the attitudes, skills, and knowledge necessary for effective practice
- Engage in conversations about how our words, thoughts, and actions impact practice outcomes
- Openly and honestly discuss blind spots and biases that may arise in our professional practice
- Use curious language that avoids shaming, blaming, or judging
- Allow ourselves to be vulnerable and invite critique, critical reflection, and learning
- Cultivate curiosity about diversity and inclusion to foster safety within our teams and throughout our practice.