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Supervision, Mentoring and Progress Reviews: A Guide for Youth Worker Apprentices
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Professional supervision is an important part of becoming a confident and reflective youth worker.
Throughout your Level 6 Youth Worker Degree Apprenticeship, you'll have opportunities to discuss your practice, receive feedback and think critically about your professional development.
You'll receive support from a workplace mentor where appropriate.
Where your workplace mentor is a professionally qualified youth worker, they can provide professional supervision.
Where a workplace mentor is not professionally qualified, your Development Coach will provide the relevant professional supervision support.
Supervision is more than a catch-up.
National Youth Agency – Standards and Resources provides further context for professional youth work practice and development.
It gives you protected space to:
Every 10–12 weeks, you'll take part in a Formal Progress Review with you, your employer and your Development Coach.
These reviews are an opportunity to step back and look at the bigger picture.
You may discuss:
Come prepared.
Before a supervision or progress review, think about:
The more openly you engage, the more useful these conversations become.
Supervision is a professional space for reflection, development and accountability. Use it to become more intentional about the youth worker you want to become.
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