Implementation and evaluation of clinical supervision for support workers in a paediatric palliative care setting.

Support workers represent a large proportion of the NHS workforce and yet their supervisory needs are often overlooked. This study focused specifically on a cohort of support workers in a community paediatric palliative care setting. Peer supervision was implemented for this group, initially face to face and then virtually.

Clinical Supervision for Support Workers in Paediatric Palliative Care: A Literature Review.

Providing home care to children with complex physical health needs is an emotionally challenging role. Extant literature and documents such as the Cavendish Review (2013) have reported that a large proportion of care for this population is carried out by non-registered staff (support workers). Provision of clinical supervision for nurses working in palliative care is increasing, however, supervision needs of support workers are commonly neglected.

'The end of treatment is not the end': parents' experiences of their child's transition from treatment for childhood cancer.

Objective: This study explores parents' experiences of the end of treatment (EOT) for childhood cancer and aims to develop a theoretical understanding of this transition.

Method: The study used a grounded theory design to develop a theory from 11 semi-structured interviews with parents of children who had finished their cancer treatment. These were transcribed verbatim and analysed.