Clinical, Professional Practice
DCP Policy on Supervision
This document confines itself primarily to the supervision needs of qualified clinical psychologists.
18 January 2014
Supervision is one strand of clinical governance for professions within health services, alongside continuing professional development (CPD) and life-long learning to ensure safe and accountable practice and high quality clinical and professional services. Supervision within clinical psychology can be defined as 'the formal provision, by approved supervisors, of a relationship-based education and training that is case-focused and which manages, supports, develops and evaluates the work of junior colleagues'. This document confines itself primarily to the supervision needs of qualified clinical psychologists.