1.1 Analyze the principles, scope, and purpose of supervision in adult care. Supervision is a workplace process between an experienced individual and a less experienced individual, for example a manager or supervisor and a support worker. They are usually held one to one, however group supervisions can be offered. The process involves evaluating performance as an individual and within a team, as well as advising and monitoring. Within my workplace supervision includes how the individual is feeling including their home/work life balance, wellbeing etc. A discussion around people we support, are they reaching outcomes, are there any concerns, celebrating success, including any safeguarding concerns. How the individual is performing individually…show more content… There are many factors that can result in a power imbalance in supervision, including personality differences, past experiences, control of or access to factors such as training or funding and levels of authority. This may cause a supervisor to be wary of being honest and transparent in fear of being blamed for a mistake and losing their job. On the other hand, the supervisor may use their power to intimidate the supervisee. On a personal level in my workplace I worked alongside a team as a support worker for many years and then two of us applied for a supervisor role which I obtained. This lead to resentment from other team members causing friction and unwillingness to perform tasks I asked of her. In these cases it is important for the supervisor to discuss the power imbalance with the supervisee to request that they respect the decision made for the appointment of the position and that deliberate avoidance of completing tasks set based on a personal issue is a misconduct of company values, policies and procedures and may result in disciplinary action. The supervisor should also express that all supervisions are confidential, discuss the importance of honesty and that they are there to support
