A healthier health visiting workforce: findings from the restorative supervision programme

The restorative clinical supervision programme has been delivering a cascade model of restorative clinical supervision to over 1800 professionals across the UK. Currently, it is rolling out the programme to 246 health visitors across the West Midlands to enable them to experience the model for themselves and to prepare them to supervise other health visitors in the model. The programme has also been commissioned in other trusts across the UK to reduce burnout, stress and improve compassion satisfaction (the pleasure one derives from doing their job) among a range of professionals. This paper explores how clinical supervision is being delivered and experienced by professionals within different trusts, and shares quantitative data to show how the specific restorative model used which differs from usual clinical supervision has been significant in improving the capacity of professionals to function at their optimum level.