KALOELENI SUPPORT SUPERVISION ACTIVITY REPORT
REGION
KILIFI COUNTY
REPORTING MONTH
MAY 2022
TARGET BENEFICIARY
HTS AND ADHERENCE COUNSEORS
VENUE
ST LUKES S HOSPITAL
PROJECT NAME
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
DATE OF ACTIVITY
26TH MAY 2022
DURATION (HOURS )
4 HRS
FACILITATION METHODE
BRAINSTOMING, GROUP SHARING, EXPLORATION,
EMPOWEREMENT, LIVE OBSERVATION AND
EXPERIENTIAL METHODS
ACTIVITY FACILITATORS
VESPUS CHENJA SANGULI
TOPIC COVERED
CLINICAL SUPPORT COUNSELLING SESSION
PARTICIPANTS GENDER
MALE
FEMALE
2
12
INTRODUCTION
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well- being and not merely the absence
of disease. Whereas mental It is a state of well -being in which the individual realizes his or her
own abilities, Can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is
able to make a contribution to his or her community. It includes our emotional, psychological
and social well -being. It affects how we think, feel and act.
Health care workers working with people who are seriously ill experience a variety of emotions
related to the work, including sadness, frustration, grief, guilt, or isolation. The fast pace of
health care often leads them to compartmentalize: to put their reactions aside and manage them
later. The strain brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating this challenge, with
health care workers in all disciplines and health institutions facing unprecedented emotional
demands. Research has confirmed that the impact of ongoing stress and distress affects clinical
practice, leads to compassion fatigue, increases rates of burnout, and can result in a desire to
leave the field.
Therefore, clinical support supervision for health care workers offers a powerful remedy that
should be standard practice in health care institutions. Support supervision can be informal, peerfacilitated, small-group meetings where participants have an opportunity to give voice to the
difficult nature of their work and discuss issues that negatively affect resiliency. It is of this
reason that I had time to engage with counselors in order to support them.
ACTIVITY SUMMERY
Morning round
The facilitators engaged counselors where we had a prayer then introduction of who we were,
where do they work, and what services do they offer under HTS, any unique thing we don’t
know about them and the last time they had support supervision, lastly if they have ever been to
support supervision sessions before, we then agreed and made some norms which could govern
the day’s session
Most of our session began late because we were waiting other who were coming from far to
arrive, we agreed in all our different session that
The supervisory relationship
a. Confidentiality was to be maintained by all
b. We should start and end our meeting with the word of prayer.
c. Phones should be in silent mode/ flight mode
d. There should be minimal movement.
e. We all respect each other views.
f. We should all speak through the facilitators
g. Confidentiality was to be maintained by all
h. Our meeting to take 5 hours.
i. Punctuality and flexibility
Conducting supervision
Members in the meeting agreed that the clinical support supervision will be conducted as follows
Starting at
1. Morning round 9:00 am -10:30 which will involve prayers sharing on personal issues
And reacting
10:30am - 10: 45am break
10: 45am - 2: 00pm client work, capacity building, administrative issues
There was need for counselors clinical support supervision as a requirement since every
counselor who works with client needed to seek the support every month and when on feels she
has issues. We then reminded ourselves what counselors support supervision is
There after counselors agreed on the supervision dates for the following months till termination
26th May, 2022
15th June, 2022
13th July, 2022
10th August, 2022
14th September, 2022
12th October, 2022
9th November, 2022
14th December / supervision termination
Activity proceedings
The facilitator then asks the counselors to react and support each other on what they shared in the
morning round if they picked what they shared from each other. This was a very good
exploration and support session where at the end of it all counselors felt supported.
We later embarked in sharing some of the and challenges counselors facing while offering HTS
services
Challenges as:
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There has been un-realistic of the figures put in positive identification since many clients are
aware of prevention with positive
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Some clients clients get tested and promise to start ART agreed place but they do not go
instead they reappear to be tested again after one to two years using different names
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The facilitation fee given to counselors for APNS support is not enough siting the distance
Having no any other business, the meeting ended at 3 pm
Appendix 1 participants list
Report by
Vespus Chenja Sanguli
Psychological counselor/ counselor supervisor