Oh the joy of an intandem Advanced Supervision Skills Practice workshop (see https://intandem.co.uk/courses/). These courses provide opportunities to get feedback on our supervision skills from experienced practitioners across various professions working with diverse client groups. Practice opportunities in small groups to improve our skills is a rich source of learning, feedback from others often reveals … Read more
As a Clinical Psychologist and Personal Construct (PCP) supervisor and teacher, it may seem odd for me to be writing about this book, which ostensibly is aimed at a different audience. There is quite a wide overlap in interests, however, and a fair proportion of my PCP colleagues have a professional background in speech and … Read more
On 23th November 2024 we launched Supervision in Speech and Language Therapy: Personal Stories and Professional Wisdom, an anthology of personal narratives that aims to stimulate reflection on contemporary issues in supervision as well as individual, service and organisational supervision culture and practice. Co-editors Cathy Sparkes, Sam Simpson and Deborah Harding enjoyed a stimulating evening … Read more
Through my work in the medico-legal sector, I have the privilege of working with a particularly amazing group of professionals, who provide essential, close and constant support to my clients who have an acquired brain injury (ABI). Their title might vary – carer, buddy, support worker, personal assistant or rehabilitation assistant (RA to be used … Read more
I have been a qualified British Sign Language/English interpreter since 2008 – however, since professional supervision is not mandatory within interpreting, it was some time into my career before I came across it. When I did embark on a supervisory relationship, the value of my monthly sessions became apparent very quickly, and this led me … Read more
I am a British Sign Language/English Interpreter who has been offering Professional Supervision since gaining a Diploma in Supervision in 2016. In August 2021, a tweet by @_intandem, describing an Advanced Programme of supervision workshops, caught my eye. I was keen to develop my creative practice and here was intandem offering a day’s training focussing … Read more
We are two experienced speech and language therapists who recently attended the intandem supervision course ‘Are you getting enough (2)? Making the transition from supervisee to supervisor’. Following which, we have been reflecting on our learning from the day. We work in adult neurorehabilitation (inpatient and outpatient) and share an interest in supervision. We have … Read more
I have had an interesting history… I originally trained as a Physiotherapist. Not long after graduating I suffered a major Stroke which left me with significant physical impairments, one of which was that I lost the use of my vision. For me this ended my career as a physio and put me on a long … Read more
For the last 3 years I have been supervised externally by someone not in my profession. I hadn’t thought anything of how this may differ from previous supervision at the time of seeking it – I was more interested in receiving supervision from someone independent from my workplace, their profession didn’t really come in to … Read more
A second lockdown… I wanted to write this during the first, but it was just too hard and overwhelming. It was busier, weightier and harder than it has ever been. It has also been extremely rewarding. Gratitude has been an ongoing thread and theme of this pandemic, for some, if they have had capacity to … Read more