Supervision & support counselling

All the advice and information presented here use almost exclusively one perspective, i.e. position you as an educator/practitioner as a person responsible for recognizing and taking care of the needs of the new-coming migrant child.

This is, however, an extremely demanding and challenging task, coming with plenty of stress, surprising situations, unanswered questions and often delayed rewards. Therefore, you need to remember that taking care of yourself is an equally important part of your job: it will not be possible to inspire and educate the others and help them to build positive attitudes if you are frustrated and burnt-out yourself.

To help yourself to avoid frustration an burn-out you need to keep your own work psychological hygiene and an extremely important part of it is to consult and discuss your work and professional challenges with other practitioners. Both talking to more experienced supervisors and your own colleagues who cope with similar challenges may be very helpful, as it will help you to normalize your experience and emotions (“it’s not only me who copes with such difficulties; it’s not only me who gets angry and frustrated from time to time”), learn new information and get some inspiration (how to tackle certain problems, where to look for external support, what materials to use, etc.)