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This 8 page paper looks at the role of the mentor as a supervisor and how the mentor need to provide both knowledge and skills as well as support. The paper considers different models that explain the changing relationship and how the mentor needs to adapt. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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is a wide role, both that of counselling and that of a teacher, both of which may or many not be together in the same role. However, as in most
cases a mentor will also be associated with a learning environment, the role of teaching is one that is likely to be accompanied by the need to supervise in some
form. This context issue is one which is very important to the role of a mentor and their ability to teach their charge. The situation of the supervision
may also indicate the need for the use of different models (Kohner, 1994). Different settings will have different needs and requirements for both the supervisor/mentor and the progress of the
individual being supervised (Kohner, 1994). However, Proctor (1986) argues that there are three main functions of clinical supervision whatever model is used and however it is interpreted.
The three functions laid out by Proctor are those of the formative function, the restorative function and the normative function (Proctor, 1986). The formative function is
as the term indicates that at the beginning of the supervision relationship. This is one where there is a transfer of knowledge and skills from he supervisor to the individual
being supervised, and as such the mentor is a leader in the process here (Proctor, 1986). This is the stage of education and the development of the required skills.
In terms of the working alliance we can see that this is the working alliance in operation with the transfer and teaching passing form one with the knowledge to the
one learning and seeking to follow the same path (Proctor, 1986). The second function is that of the supportive role. This is therefore
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