Why is supervising important?

A worker supporting a participant.

It’s important that someone supervises your workers to make sure they:

  • support you well
  • listen to you
  • follow the rules.

A participant making a choice between 2 supports. There are a cooking icon and a car. They are pointing at the cooking icon.

You can choose how you want your workers to support you.

A document that says 'Feedback' with a tick and a cross on it.

You can also give feedback about your workers.

When you give feedback, you tell someone what they:

  • are doing well
  • can do better.

A participant and a worker looking at a document together. Behind them is a supervisor writing notes.

If you use a service provider, they will have people who should supervise your worker.

We call these people supervisors.

A participant pointing at themselves with their other hand raised.

You can give your feedback to your service provider.

A person looking at a document.

Your service provider must make sure your worker:

  • supports you well
  • listens to you
  • follows the rules.

A participant pointing at themselves with their other hand raised.

If you hire your own workers, it might be up to you to supervise your workers.

A participant and someone else looking at a document together. Next to them is a good quality icon.

This is why it’s important to know how you can:

  • supervise well
  • work with your service provider to get good quality support.