ACTC Team coaching - 5 Supervision hours 1:1

The six core areas of competence are:

1. Managing the Supervision Process Establishes and maintains a working contract

with the supervisee and manages the supervision process effectively.

2. Facilitates Development Enables the supervisee to improve the standard of

their practice through a process of facilitated reflection.

3. Promotes Professional Standards Supports industry standards, compliance

with an ethical code and commitment to continuing professional development.

4. Provides Support Offers an appropriate level of support, ensuring the supervisee

prioritises their own wellbeing.

5. Relationship Awareness Understands and works with the multiple layers of

relationship that exist in the supervision process.

6. Working with Groups Skillfully handles supervisees and group process, enabling

all present to benefit from supervision.

Amount and regularity of supervision

Coaches and mentors are encouraged to think about the type, duration and frequency of

supervision that they need in order to be supported, sufficiently, in their practice.

EMCC believes that coaches / mentors should undertake, as a minimum,

1 hour of supervision per 35 hours of practice, ensuring at least 4 sessions per year.

Formats for supervision

Forms of supervision vary from country to country and culture to culture.

The EMCC recognises 1-1 individual supervision and different forms of group / peer

supervision all of which may be underpinned by different theoretical approaches.

These are too numerous to mention. However, as a general principle, EMCC believes that

supervision only occurs when a person is actually spending time considering their work

and development as a coach / mentor with a trained supervisor, irrespective of the

format of the session.