Supervision Agreement & Contract

1. Parties to This Agreement

This contract is entered into between:

2. Purpose and Scope of Supervision

This agreement establishes a professional supervisory relationship to support you, your clinical practice, ongoing development, and ethical accountability. Supervision will provide a reflective space in which to explore your caseload management, your wellbeing, your professional growth, safeguarding and any personal factors that might be relevant. My aim as your supervisor is to provide a safe, collaborative, nurturing space within which to reflect and explore.

3. Theoretical & Ethical Frame

Supervision will be offered from an integrative perspective, drawing on the ethical frameworks of the BCAP. If we belong to a different membership body from each other then your chosen body's ethical framework will also be respected and referenced as relevant.

4. Practical Arrangements

Sessions will begin and end at the agreed time and I would encourage you to be prepared with any notes that you feel will be helpful and relevant to your supervision.

5. Fees and Payment

Fees will be reviewed annually or at the contract review date, with a minimum of one month’s notice given of any change.

6. Cancellation and Missed Sessions

Where a session needs to be cancelled or rescheduled, both parties agree to give a minimum of 48 notice wherever possible.

• Cancellations with sufficient notice: no charge
• Late cancellations less than 48 hours full fee payable
• Non-attendance without notice: full session fee payable

I will endeavour to offer an alternative appointment where cancellation is unavoidable on either side.

7. Confidentiality

Supervision sessions are confidential. However, confidentiality is not absolute. The following exceptions apply:

• Where there is risk of serious harm to the supervisee, a client, or a third party
• Where disclosure is required by law (e.g. safeguarding, court order)
• Where concerns about serious professional misconduct arise
• Where required for the purposes of insurance or professional indemnity

I may discuss anonymised aspects of our supervisory relationship with my own supervisor for the purposes of professional reflection and quality assurance.

8. Record Keeping

I will keep brief notes of our supervision sessions for the purposes of continuity and professional accountability. These notes are stored securely and will not be shared with third parties except in the limited circumstances outlined above.

You are encouraged to maintain your own supervision log or notes to support reflective practice and to satisfy any training or CPD requirements.

Both parties agree to comply with relevant data protection legislation, including UK GDPR, in the handling of any personal or client-related information.

9. Professional Responsibility and Accountability

Supervision does not transfer clinical or legal responsibility from the supervisee to the supervisor. You will remain professionally responsible for your own practice and ethical conduct at all times and I will offer reflective and constructive feedback, maintain appropriate boundaries and raise concerns as necessary.

Should I have any questions or concerns I may need to

• Seek guidance from my own supervisor or professional body
• Advise you to seek additional support, training, or consultation
• In serious cases, consider referral to the relevant professional body

You the supervisee agrees to:

• Attend supervision regularly and at the agreed frequency for your caseload and training requirements
• Work within your competency
• Disclose any concerns about your practice, wellbeing, or capacity to work safely
• Inform me of any formal complaints, fitness-to-practise investigations, or significant professional events

10. The Supervisory Working Alliance

A strong working relationship is central to effective supervision. Both parties commit to:

• Engaging openly and honestly
• Raising difficulties or concerns in the relationship as they arise
• Respecting difference — in approach, identity, background, and experience. Openly and compassionately attempting to respect and understand differences in lived experience
• Working collaboratively to establish and maintain a safe, containing space

You are encouraged to use the space as self care and to bring your authentic experience of clinical work. Including uncertainty, challenge, and anything that might be hard to name. Supervision works best when it feels genuinely collaborative and reflective rather than performative and my role is to support, encourage and reflect whether it is about you, your practice case load or your practice development. I offer all of my supervisees  the ability to contact me in between sessions in cases of client emergencies and risk management via email or messaging but cannot guarantee an immediate response.I will of course endeavour to respond as soon as it's possible to do so.

11. Endings and Notice Period

Either party may end this agreement by giving four weeks notice. Where possible, both parties agree to use remaining sessions to bring the relationship to a thoughtful, planned close.

In exceptional circumstances — for example, where there are serious concerns about ethical conduct or the safety of the working relationship — either party may end the contract with immediate effect.

12. Review

This contract will be reviewed at 6 months and thereafter as agreed. Either party may request a review at any point if circumstances change significantly.

At review, both parties will reflect on the quality of the supervisory relationship, whether the practical arrangements remain workable, and any adjustments needed to meet the supervisees evolving professional needs.

13. Agreement and Signatures

By signing below, both parties confirm that they have read, understood, and agree to the terms of this supervision contract.