Supervision
Guardians should have
access to regular supervision and coaching to ensure the quality of their work,
to identify areas where a guardian needs support, to promote staff wellbeing
or, in the case of voluntary guardians, appropriate conditions for exercising
their roles, and to prevent burn-out. Supervision and coaching helps guardians
to gain and continuously expand their knowledge and build the skills needed to
carry out their tasks in accordance with the rights and the best interests of
the child, while also safeguarding the own wellbeing.
A regulatory framework, or an
otherwise structured approach, for the supervision and coaching of individual
guardians contributes to ensuring consistent, positive and empowering working
conditions in guardianship services. The regulatory framework should set out
the responsible supervisors and the terms and conditions for regular and
extraordinary meetings between guardians and supervisors, including individual
and group supervision.
See
also:
Level 1: Child rights principles
Level 5: Mandate and tasks of the
guardian
Reference:
EU training and learning platform for guardians of unaccompanied children
Chapter 4: Quality standards and accountability of guardianship services
Literature:
FRA (European Agency for Fundamental Rights) (2014), Guardianship for children deprived of parental care, A handbook to reinforce guardianship systems to
cater for the specific needs of child victims of trafficking, Luxembourg, Publications
Office of the European Union (Publications Office).