Beyond the Home Visit: Supervision, Professional Development, and Community Connections
Examine the responsibilities of the family support professional beyond the home visit. Learn how you can get the most out of supervision, represent your program in the community, build and maintain relationships with co-workers and advance your professional development.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is meant by reflective supervision
- Ask for feedback and develop a supportive relationship with their supervisor
- Use the strength-based approach to address vulnerabilities
- Use supervisor for continued skill development
- Demonstrate an understanding of conflict management and mediation skills and know when and when not to use these strategies
- Apply the principles of nonviolent communication to their relationships in the workplace
- Develop an understanding of the benefit of on-going training
- Identify individual learning style
- Create a professional development plan to increase skill level
- Supplemental Materials
- Estimated Time to Complete
- 180 minutes
- Skills Addressed
- Relationship-based Family Partnerships Professional Practice Dynamics of Family Relationships Healthy family functioning Conflict resolution Community Resources and Support Building community relationships Effective Home Visits Planning Professional development Continuous learning Family communication Identification of community resources Positive communication Effective inquiry Parenting education Quality improvement Reflective supervision
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