Every childcare worker needs supervision and appraisal, whether they are full-time, part-time, volunteers, apprentices or on a work placement. The following guidance provides information and support on the process for everyone who is responsible for undertaking supervision and appraisal with childcare workers.
Supervision is an accountable and planned two-way process. It should aid, motivate and ensure that every childcare worker develops good practice. This may seem obvious but, in any setting, if there is a high standard of supervision, people will have greater job satisfaction, will be more dedicated to their work and more likely to stay in their role for longer.
Appraisal is a more formal process which involves determining and reviewing the performance of childcare workers over a period of time, usually a year. It involves:
Supervision is the regular monthly disciplined contact between the supervisor and the individual being supervised in order to look at progress and prioritise individual tasks. It involves:
Appraisal is the framework to which supervision belongs. Individual and job development plans and objectives are agreed and reviewed continuously through supervision using progress milestones.
It is good practice for every early years and childcare organisation and setting to have a clear supervision and appraisal policy which offers a clear definition of supervision which is linked to the values of the organisation/setting. The importance of supervision and appraisal needs to be emphasised setting clear expectations and boundaries. It is essential to provide clarity on confidentiality and access to supervision and appraisal notes and to clarify the role, tasks, rights and responsibilities of the supervisor and the individual being supervised. It should be emphasised that every member of staff, not only childcare workers, has the right to supervision and appraisal and it is essential to show how quality supervision and appraisal are linked to performance management.
A guide to supervising and appraising well:
Mae angen goruchwyliaeth ac arfarniad ar bob gweithiwr gofal plant , boed yn llawn, yn rhan-amser, yn wirfoddolwyr, prentisiaid neu ar leoliad gwaith. Mae'r arweiniad isod yn rhoi gwybodaeth a chefnogaeth ar y broses i bawb sy'n gyfrifol am gynnal goruchwyliaeth ac arfarnu gyda gweithwyr gofal plant blynyddoedd cynnar a gofal plant.
Mae goruchwylio yn broses ddwy ffordd sy’n atebol ac wedi’i chynllunio. Dylai gynorthwyo, ysgogi a sicrhau bod pob gweithiwr gofal plant yn datblygu arferion da. Mae’n bosib bod hyn yn beth amlwg i’w ddweud ond, mewn unrhyw leoliad, os yw’r goruchwylio o safon uchel, yna mae pobl yn cael mwy o foddhad yn eu gwaith ac yn fwy ymroddgar i’w swydd, ac yn dueddol o aros ynddi am gyfnod hirach.
Mae arfarnu’n broses fwy ffurfiol sy’n ymwneud â gosod ac adolygu perfformiad gweithwyr gofal plant dros gyfnod o amser, yn flynyddol fel arfer. Mae’n cynnwys:
Goruchwylio yw’r cyswllt disgybledig misol rheolaidd rhwng goruchwyliwr a’r sawl a oruchwylir er mwyn edrych ar gynnydd a blaenoriaethu tasgau unigol. Mae’n cynnwys:
Arfarnu yw’r fframwaith y mae goruchwylio’n rhan ohono. Caiff amcanion a chynlluniau datblygu swydd ac unigol, eu cytuno a’u hadolygu’n barhaus trwy oruchwylio gan ddefnyddio cerrig milltir cynnydd.
Mae’n arfer da i bob sefydliad a lleoliad blynyddoedd cynnar a gofal plant gael polisi goruchwylio ac arfarnu clir sy’n cynnig diffiniad clir o oruchwylio sy’n gysylltiedig ag amcanion a gwerthoedd y sefydliad/lleoliad. Mae angen pwysleisio pwysigrwydd goruchwylio ac arfarnu gan osod disgwyliadau a ffiniau clir. Mae’n hanfodol egluro cyfrinachedd a mynediad i nodiadau goruchwylio ac arfarnu ac esbonio rôl, tasgau, hawliau a chyfrifoldebau’r goruchwyliwr a’r sawl sy’n cael ei oruchwylio. Mae angen pwysleisio bod gan bob aelod o staff, nid gweithwyr gofal plant yn unig, yr hawl i gael ei oruchwylio a’i arfarnu ac mae’n hanfodol i ddangos sut mae goruchwylio ac arfarnu o safon yn gysylltiedig â rheoli perfformiad.
Canllaw ar oruchwylio ac arfarnu’n dda:
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Llusgwch y datganiadau a’u gosod yn y golofn gywir