Supervision now: emotional support and self-care for school staff during ordinary and extraordinary times
May 27, 2020 . 12:20 pm
This blog is co-written with Jo Rowe. We are keen to promote supervision in schools and why we think it is such an important time now for schools to have supervision available for them. What have we observed happening in education during a pandemic? It is our belief that schools have risen to the challenge of working with and supporting the children and young people in their care, as well as their families. Jo has been working with schools that
Online training – Supervision in Schools
May 13, 2020 . 4:09 pm
Has the time come to introduce supervision into your school? Jo Rowe and Penny Sturt, co-authors of a guide to introducing supervision into schools are offering supervision training online, targeted at school leaders, Designated Safeguarding Leads and pastoral leads. Supervision has long been available to social workers, psychologists, counsellors, school nurses and others working with schools, it is surprising that it has not been more available to staff in schools and is beginning to be recognised as a
Finding your way – Coping in the time of COVID-19
April 15, 2020 . 12:46 pm
This is a short blog post with 3 main points designed to help you cope at what keeps being described as the strangest times of our lifetimes. Everyone has a slightly different challenge at present, so this is deliberately generalised. I am posting it on my website but will also be coming back to the issues on Twitter @practicematters and Facebook @pennyselfcare and am happy to discuss any points further. There are 3 main points I wish to make. Prioritise
