Staff supervision record. A printable supervision record — the children, the practice, the person doing the job, and what was actually agreed rather than discussed.
This is the paper version. CareOptix does the same job on a phone, with the record filed against the young person or the staff member automatically.
What is on the sheet
- Staff member, supervisor, date and the period since the last session
- Each child the member of staff works with, and how that is going
- Practice: what went well, what was hard, and anything they are worried about
- Any safeguarding matter raised, and what was done about it immediately
- Wellbeing, workload and the effect of difficult shifts
- Training, development and actions with owners and dates, signed by both
Why this record matters
Supervision in a children's home is a practice conversation, not a management one, and what an inspector reads it for is whether individual children are discussed by name and whether anything changed as a result. A record that covers rotas, annual leave and training and never mentions a child has recorded a meeting rather than supervision.
Safeguarding raised in supervision needs its own line and its own immediate route. A concern disclosed in a supervision session is a concern, and it is acted on now rather than captured in a record that goes in a drawer until the next session.
Wellbeing is on the form because of what this work does to people. Staff in children's homes are assaulted, swore at, and present when children hurt themselves, and a supervision record that never asks how somebody is doing is part of why turnover in the sector is what it is.
Actions with owners and dates, signed by both, is what separates supervision from a chat. The commonest finding on supervision records is that the same issue appears in three consecutive sessions with nothing recorded between them.
Use it with
- Staff induction checklistA printable induction checklist for somebody starting in a children's home — the children, the policies that matter on the first night, and what they must not do until they are trained.
- Regulation 44 visit recordA printable structure for an independent visitor's report — what they looked at, who they spoke to, what the children said, and whether the home is meeting the standards.
- Safeguarding concern recordA printable record of a safeguarding concern — what was seen or said, what was done about it immediately, and who was told.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Written for children's homes in England. General guidance, not legal advice, and never a substitute for your own safeguarding procedures — if a child is at risk, act now. Checked October 2026.