Child Protection Supervision
Structured group supervision sessions designed for professionals working with children
Don't make decisions in a vacuum; safe and responsible practice is centred around collaboration and communication. Within this confidential group setting, facilitated by Child Matters experts, you will be able to reflect on and work through complex situations to support safe, ethical decision-making.
Groups of up to six people meet for a 2-hour facilitated supervision session.
Lead by an experienced Child Matters consultant with extensive expertise in child protection practice and processes.
What can we discuss?
Sessions are flexible and responsive to the needs of the group. Every discussion is considered through a child protection lens, keeping the safety and wellbeing of children at the centre of professional decision-making. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Debriefing after complex or challenging situations
Practice discussion and professional reflection
Ethical decision-making and managing professional dilemmas
Assessing risk and making safe decisions for children
Professional development and building practice confidence
Organisational challenges affecting practice
System pressures and barriers to effective child protection practice
Boundaries, professional responsibility and accountability
Self-care, resilience and managing the emotional demands of the work
Reflecting on patterns, assumptions and professional judgement
Expertise that strengthens practice
Child protection decisions are rarely straightforward. Our facilitators bring extensive experience across child protection practice and understand the realities professionals face when working with complex families, competing priorities, organisational pressures and uncertainty.
Our supervision model provides a framework that goes beyond simply talking about the work. It creates space to ask:
Have we considered everything?
What are we missing?
What is the safest decision for this child?
Is our response proportionate and defensible?
What is influencing our professional judgement?
Alan McGlade
Prior to emigrating to New Zealand, Alan worked in the United Kingdom Prison Service. In New Zealand, Alan has 25 years’ experience with the New Zealand Police.
After he qualified as a detective, Alan specialised in serious child abuse investigation.
Additionally, Alan spent five years as the domestic violence mentor to Vanuatu, spending time both in-country and remotely driving improvements in legislation, policy and best practice.
Karen Rogers
Karen joined Child Matters in 2020. Karen began her foray into social services in the 90’s working in a community agency where she facilitated family violence groups prior to returning to tertiary education in 1996.
Karen then joined Oranga Tamariki and has built up 20 years’ experience as a frontline worker at Oranga Tamariki. Karen has worked in a number of roles at Oranga Tamariki and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the area of child protection.
Karen has is committed to improving outcomes for all tamariki throughout Aotearoa.
Brooke Dawson
Brooke is a registered Social Worker with over 11 years of experience working with children, young people, and their whānau. Throughout her career working within an NGO, she has held a range of roles in Care and Protection and Therapeutic Foster Care.
Her most recent role was as a trainer, delivering various trainings to staff who worked closely with tamariki including training on child protection models of practice, trauma informed care and held an Associate Trainer qualification in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.
Brooke is passionate about supporting professionals in building their knowledge to keep tamariki safe and to respond in ways that are trauma informed and therapeutic.
INVESTMENT
$400 + GST per group
Your group can have up to 6 participants for a 2-hour session. Organisations can now access expert child protection supervision for their team at a highly accessible cost.
Get Started
To learn more, contact our team by completing the form below, or call 07 838 3370.
