Dr. Carmel Halton:

Yes. Supervision is based around the provision of administrative and management supervision, educative supervision, and support. Any supervision arrangement should be contracted with the inclusion of all three elements of a supervision agreement. What our workers on the ground, not just in Tusla, are telling us is that supervision is often dedicated to the management and administration of the work, and aspects of the emotional and supportive side of the work are not attended to. We also know from the retention research that has been done that those aspects become the variables which influence people in making their decision either to stay or leave.