Supervision for Leaders: Culture, Governance and Quality
This event is open to all.
About the online event
This session explores supervision not just as a support mechanism, but as a strategic tool for leaders. We will look at how supervision sits within organisational culture, how it connects to governance frameworks and quality assurance, and what effective supervisory leadership looks like in practice. Whether you work in the NHS, the third sector, or a non-traditional setting, principles will be transferable.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the relationship between supervision, organisational culture, and leadership practice
- Identify how supervision supports governance, accountability, and quality assurance frameworks
- Recognise the characteristics of psychologically safe supervisory environments and how leaders can cultivate them
- Build awareness and be able to reflect on their organisations/departments policies and procedures
- Explore how supervision can be used as a vehicle for service improvement and professional development
Speaker
Shaen Milward MRCOT, BSc OT, MA Education, FHEA - HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
Shaen is an HCPC-registered occupational therapist. His career has spanned stroke rehabilitation, mental health, end-of-life care, sight loss, and cancer support, alongside NHS acute trust leadership where he led trust-wide service redesign involving complex stakeholder engagement and multi-million-pound investment. He has worked extensively in the third sector and in non-traditional OT roles, giving him first-hand understanding of the governance, accountability, and professional identity challenges that come with operating outside mainstream structures.
Alongside his clinical career, Shaen has a longstanding commitment to education, having delivered undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at the University of Plymouth, Marjon University, and Plymouth Medical School. He holds an MA in Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Shaen runs OTSupervision.com, an established supervision practice supporting OTs nationally, and also offers counselling and psychotherapy through his private practice, West Country Therapy (westcountrytherapy.co.uk). As a UKCP trainee psychotherapist in the later stages of his training, he brings a deepening relational understanding that runs through all aspects of his practice.
His supervision training/practice brings together occupational therapy theory and professional identity, a solid grounding in NHS systems and governance, and real experience of third sector and non-traditional practice. Underpinning all of this is a genuinely relational approach to supervision that is practical, grounded, and directly relevant to the realities OTs face across all settings.
Booking your place
Booking your ticket: This event is open for all and tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite. Book before 25 August to get your early bird discounted ticket:
Early bird RCOT Member: £80
Early bird RCOT Learner: £20
Early bird Non-Member Learner: £30
Early bird Non-member: £109
Rates are as follows from 25 August:
RCOT Member: £99
RCOT Learner: £30
Non-Member Learner: £40
Non-member: £129
Bookings close: Monday, 14 September 2026, 11.59pm
Cancellation and substitutions: Refunds will not be made without a written request. Refunds will be made after the event. Cancellations made up until 25th August will incur a charge of 30% of the registration fee. Cancellations made between 25 August - 14 September inclusive will incur a charge of 70% of the registration fee. Cancellations after 14 September and on the day of the event or ‘no shows’ will not be refunded.
Contact: [email protected] if you have any questions.