We are delighted to invite our SCPHN Student members to join us on Wednesday 8 May, 3.30pm – 4.30pm for our next SCPHN Student Health Visitor Networking Event.
Join us and learn together on topics that you as student health visitors identify as important to you, as you journey through your SCPHN programme. This particular event focuses on safeguarding supervision.
These events are applicable for all student health visitors, whether you are currently working through the SCPHN training programme or transitioning to newly qualified health visitor. These networking events will offer you as an iHV member opportunities to network, share experiences, and learn about health visiting practice from colleagues across the UK.
Safeguarding supervision
Safeguarding babies and children and protecting them from harm is everyone’s responsibility. The recent publication of Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 states:
“Effective supervision can play a critical role in ensuring a clear focus on a child’s welfare and support practitioners to reflect critically on the impact of their decisions on the child and their family.”
Safeguarding supervision provides opportunity for support, challenge and learning around safeguarding cases. We know that safeguarding cases can be tricky, stressful, and emotionally draining. It is therefore important that we have access to conversations both informally and formally, where we can seek ideas and advice about how to manage a safeguarding case. It can also challenge us to think differently, particularly when things have become a bit “stuck”.
Safeguarding cases can trigger memories and feelings and having a safe space to talk is an important way to look after ourselves as well as the families we care for.
Our student health visitor members have said that the safeguarding aspect of the health visitors’ role is an area where they would like further support and guidance, especially as they enter their extended period of practice (previously known as consolidation), and are closer to completing academic programmes, gaining award, and professional registration with the NMC as SCPHN health visitors.
In light of this feedback, we have brought together expert safeguarding practitioners from across the UK who will share their safeguarding supervision practices for health visiting students and newly qualified health visitors during the preceptorship period at our next SCPHN student health visitor networking event.
We would be delighted if you could join us on Wednesday 8th May, 3.30pm-4.30pm.
There will also be a fantastic opportunity to ask questions, network with colleagues from across the UK and share experiences – we look forward to seeing you there!
How to book for iHV members:
Our booking process has changed, you no longer require your membership number to book. Go to our booking page and log in with your iHV member email address and password. You must have ‘validated’ your membership for this to work. Once you have logged in, you will be able to select your ticket, submit your details and proceed to checkout – please note that this networking event is free to iHV members.
