Reflective Practice
Delivered online or in person at a venue of your choosing
What is Reflective Practice?
Reflective Practice (RP) involves a regular meeting of a group or team of staff to think about how they are working together to deliver the aims and tasks expected of them in meeting the goals of the organisation.
It is an opportunity to reflect upon the complexities, dilemmas, issues, relationships, tasks, within the experience of being at work.
It provides a space for staff to work together towards a better understanding of service/organisational/role purpose.
Development
Facilitates individual development in role, through support in thinking through challenges and dilemmas. Can support the professional development of the team as it introduces and reinforces the consideration of a psychologically informed approach to the work.
Support
Offers and facilitates between colleagues, the provision of emotional support around the challenges experienced in the course of the work. Can support individuals in feeling more sustained and emotionally available. An encourages a group supportive approach
Psychologically Informed Environments
The concept of a psychologically informed approach began in homelessness services. It acknowledges that people have emotional and psychological needs; and emphasises consideration of these.
Using psychologically informed approaches aims to improve the psychological and emotional well-being of people accessing, or working in, services. It also supports staff in working with behaviour that challenges in the course of their work.
Further information regarding the history and development of this approach can be found here:
How does Reflective Practice Work?
Reflective practice group membership is made up of those with some commonality, this can include but is not limited to role, responsibility, and work focus.
Groups are 1.5 hours duration and can be facilitated online or in person
Groups are facilitated by an external facilitator who has training in psychologically informed approaches.
Groups are structured around the time boundary and do not have a set agenda. This facilitates the organic sharing of issues and challenges currently being experienced and gives the group freedom to develop it’s own way of working together.
Group frequency can be negotiated according to the needs of the organisation. However, it can take time for trust within a group to be built.