Supervision of the Community Meeting

Abstract

There had been repeated staff dissatisfaction with the community meetings. Particular concerns included staff interrupting each other; frequent changes of theme; insufficient time for adolescents to speak or answer questions before the next staff intervention; some staff, particularly the more experienced, tending to fill the time with their questions or contributions. Repeated discussion of the meetings resulted in transient improvements lasting only until the next period of competition between eager therapists, or the next assertion of ‘need to know’ by the oncoming shift.