Guidelines for professional supervision for Educational Psychologists - BPS

Supervision is central to the delivery of high quality psychological services. Good supervision supports professionally competent practice and ensures that legal and ethical responsibilities to clients are met. The experience of good supervision is invaluable, yet is not always experienced. Of great concern is that in times of change, when support is most necessary, supervision may be regarded as a luxury and minimised due to economic and time demands (putting workers and clients at risk). The Supervision Working Group was convened by the DECP committee in response to requests from a range of stakeholders for professional practice guidance and clarification of the skills and competencies necessary for successful supervision.

The remit of the working group was to consider the range of supervisory structures and arrangements that educational psychologists may be involved with and include supervision of:

● Trainee educational psychologists;

● Qualified educational psychologists;

● Supervision by educational psychologists of other professional groups