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Maintaining professional resilience through group restorative supervision.

Sonya Wallbank¹

¹South Warwickshire Foundation Trust. s.wallbank@nhs.net

Community Practitioner : the Journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association

|August 31, 2013

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Restorative clinical supervision effectively reduces burnout and stress while boosting compassion satisfaction. A new group model sustains these benefits for organizations, improving professional well-being and workplace functioning.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Occupational Psychology
Clinical Supervision

Background:

Restorative clinical supervision (RCS) is effective for professionals, reducing burnout and stress.
High demand necessitates sustainable implementation models for organizations.
Individual sessions may not be feasible long-term.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of group restorative supervision (GRS) in maintaining and improving outcomes after initial RCS.
To assess the sustainability of GRS for organizations.
To explore additional benefits of GRS on workplace functioning.

Main Methods:

Development of a group restorative supervision model following initial individual sessions.
Reporting on the success of GRS in maintaining and improving compassion satisfaction, stress, and burnout.
Qualitative assessment of benefits on workplace functioning.

Main Results:

GRS successfully maintained and improved compassion satisfaction, stress, and burnout levels.
The GRS model provides a sustainable option for organizations.
Inadvertent positive benefits on workplace functioning were observed.

Conclusions:

Group restorative supervision is a viable and effective model for sustained professional support.
GRS enhances organizational capacity to manage emotional demands in the workforce.
The program improves both individual well-being and overall workplace effectiveness.