Social Supervision Theory

Supervisions are great opportunity for monitoring the performance and gathering the information about why performance is poor or outstanding. There are various performance management tools for instance: ‘(Buncher 2007) suggests that Control theory approach, focuses on providing feedback as a means of shaping behaviour. It relies on the idea that feedback allows people to appreciate what they do well and what they need to do, to correct their performance. He also suggests that Goal Theory approach emphasises setting and agreeing objectives which can then can be measured and managed. The third one is Social Cognitive theory: it is based on the idea that what people believe they are capable of impacts on their performance. Thus developing positive

Than we look to the training directory or in-house training to set goals and targets. We set a time span to allow time for the actions or training to be delivered and impacted into the setting or on the individual. We then meet again to evaluate performance and look to set new actions or targets. All staff agreed and worked on the same goal to bring up the scores, regarding our training. I think it is vital to explain to the staff the importance of the goal and give them an opportunity to find ways to achieve using their creativity, experience and skills. By using a Performance Management Cycle it can provide a structure and a process to the way the staff are managed to identify any training or development needs. The aim is to produce and deliver a high standard of services to ensure all opportunities for improvement are identified and worked towards. Professional supervision supports staff to work towards our aims and goals, to achieve good practice and performance, giving support in areas we may be find difficult to achieve. It will give us a better understanding of our responsibilities within our job role and will help us to reflect on our own working practices. Rewarding good performance within the supervision will provide a higher standard of service and good quality