The Supervision of Peers

Abstract

Supervision is an essential component of the helping professions. It provides a gatekeeping role into the quality and effectiveness of care, while also having a safeguarding and reporting function. Moreover, practitioners' use of effective supervision is associated with various personal and organisational outcomes. Supervision is generally provided by a more senior member of the same or very similar profession. However, peer support is still a developing profession and does not, generally speaking, have peer supervisors. Although other professions can and do supervise peer workers effectively, there are various concerns that for many, the peer role gets diluted when those without lived experience are supervising peers.

Citation

Mahon, D. and Norton, M.J. (2024), "The Supervision of Peers", Mahon, D. (Ed.) Peer Support Work, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-018-220241010