HPMA Supervision & Support Toolkit
What’s it all about?
The HPMA Supervision and Support Toolkit has been developed to support NHS people professionals working in increasingly complex, demanding and emotionally challenging environments. Recognising that those who care for and support others also need opportunities for reflection and support, the toolkit provides a structured approach to developing resilience, enhancing professional practice and promoting personal wellbeing. It is designed to help individuals and teams strengthen resilience, enhance wellbeing and build the confidence and capability needed to thrive in today’s NHS.
What is the key idea behind the HPMA Supervision and Support Toolkit?
The toolkit encourages the shifts the focus onto supporting NHS people professionals themselves. Rather than being another HR policy or procedural guide, it’s a framework for creating regular, psychologically safe spaces where HR, OD, and workforce colleagues can reflect on complex work, develop professionally, and maintain their own wellbeing. This is especially important given the emotional demands of supporting others through change, conflict, and challenging workforce issues.
The HPMA Supervision and Support Toolkit has been developed to support NHS people professionals working in increasingly complex, demanding and emotionally challenging environments. Recognising that those who care for and support others also need opportunities for reflection and support, the toolkit provides a structured approach to developing resilience, enhancing professional practice and promoting personal wellbeing.
Bringing together evidence-informed resources, practical tools, reflective exercises and learning materials, the toolkit helps individuals better understand how they respond to pressure, build sustainable resilience and embed reflective practice into their day-to-day work. It also supports organisations to foster supportive cultures where supervision is valued as a key component of professional development, psychological safety and high-quality people practice.
Whether used for individual learning, peer support or facilitated supervision, the toolkit encourages continuous growth, self-awareness and meaningful conversations that strengthen both personal effectiveness and the wider people profession. Ultimately, it aims to ensure that NHS people professionals are equipped not only to support others, but to thrive themselves.
Bringing together evidence-informed resources, practical tools, reflective exercises and learning materials, the toolkit helps individuals better understand how they respond to pressure, build sustainable resilience and embed reflective practice into their day-to-day work. It also supports organisations to foster supportive cultures where supervision is valued as a key component of professional development, psychological safety and high-quality people practice.
Whether used for individual learning, peer support or facilitated supervision, the toolkit encourages continuous growth, self-awareness and meaningful conversations that strengthen both personal effectiveness and the wider people profession. Ultimately, it aims to ensure that NHS people professionals are equipped not only to support others, but to thrive themselves.
