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Discover ways home-based supervisors may be involved in three important tasks related to hiring staff: developing a job description, recruiting staff, and being a key part of the interview process.

Find ways supervisors support home visitors through challenging situations. Learn how they help manage relationships and promote positive outcomes for children and families.

Learn how home-based supervisors ensure that all visits are completed and make sure that documentation is accurate, children and families receive services, and home visitors receive training and support.

Find out about reflective supervision, a mutual process in which a home visitor and supervisor learn together about the child, family, home visitor’s work, and the relationships involved.

Learn how home-based supervisors can promote wellness as they support others and care for their own well-being.

It is key for home visitors to feel safe and know how to maintain personal safety. Learn how to help create an emotionally safe environment for both home visitors and families.

The intimacy of working within someone’s home with no other professionals present may lead to confusing situations. It's key to have agency policies in place to handle ethical issues.

Find ways to develop and strengthen home visitors’ knowledge and skills. Learn how supervisors can use formal learning experiences, coaching, supervision, case management, and observations to support home visitors.

Find ways learning experiences can build home visitors’ knowledge and skills, supporting reflection, self-awareness, and empathy and regulating intense feelings arising from working with families.

For successful home visitor recruitment and retention, find ways to provide orientation activities, informational supports, and training activities based on staff needs from the start.