Ideally, supervision offers supervisees authenticity by talking openly about emotional responses to processing stories of family violence and sexual harm.
Supervision is essential for all practitioners working with trauma and interpersonal violence and those who:
- invite engagement and directly (or indirectly) work with adults using family and sexual violence, while applying non-collusive practice
- work with children and young people exhibiting concerning or harmful sexual behaviours or family violence, while applying a trauma- and violence-informed lens
- often work with unpredictable and serious levels of risk related to adults, children and young people experiencing violence
- may feel responsible to stop violence or abuse and to get justice for clients, especially for practitioners with lived experience of family or sexual violence.
Supervisors have a complex role. They must balance supporting supervisees, client needs and ethical practice. Supervision creates opportunities to discuss these tensions, and to support and sustain practitioners in their challenging, complex work.
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