CPQLTD Independent Professional Supervision Policy
🆕 New document — aligned with ISO/IEC 17024 — Defining supervision, supervisor eligibility, ratios and independence from assessment
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1 Purpose and basis
This document is available as CPQLTD internal policy within the institutional standards pack and is designed to align the CPQLTD ecosystem with ISO/IEC 17024 principles relevant to bodies certifying persons. Procedural and numeric provisions shown in this available edition are CPQLTD internal requirements. Their publication is not a claim of accreditation, certification or recognition by ISO/IEC or any other external body.
Professional supervision recurs as a requirement across the pack (CPQLTD-STD, CPQLTD-CRED, CPQLTD-CPD, CPQLTD-ASSESSOR) without a standalone policy defining it and governing its eligibility, ratios and independence. This policy resolves that.
2 Definition of supervision and its distinctions
Professional supervision is a regular space to review cases, ethics, the practitioner’s impact, blind spots and professional learning. It differs from mentor coaching, which focuses on coaching-skill performance itself, and from assessment, which issues a judgement against a available standard. Supervision is developmental and supportive, not judgemental.
3 Supervisor eligibility
Holding a valid CPQLTD-T credential appropriate to the level supervised.
Sufficient documented practice experience after credentialing.
Completion of supervision training or a documented equivalent qualification.
No active recorded ethical breach.
Disclosure of any conflict of interest with those supervised.
4 Scope and functions of supervision
The developmental function: growing the practitioner’s competence and reflection.
The supportive function: safeguarding the practitioner’s professional wellbeing and preventing burnout.
The oversight function: protecting the client through review of ethics, scope and referral.
5 Ratios, frequency and documentation
Supervision hours are documented as evidence for a credential application and renewal. Indicative minimum thresholds (proposed for review, consistent with CPQLTD-CRED):
| Tier | Indicative minimum supervision | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| CPQLTD-T1 | 8 hours | Regular whilst building practice |
| CPQLTD-T2 | 10 hours | Periodic |
| CPQLTD-T3 | 15 hours | Periodic |
| CPQLTD-T4 | 20 hours | Periodic, plus supervising others |
Individual and group supervision are both accepted with controls; group supervision is documented so as to reflect each practitioner’s actual participation, not merely attendance.
6 Independence of supervision from assessment
A candidate’s supervisor may not be their assessor in the same credentialing decision, to safeguard impartiality (consistent with CPQLTD-IMP and CPQLTD-ASSESSOR). Any prior supervision relationship requiring the assessor’s recusal is disclosed.