I joined a family support team within children's services from September to January. Everybody was so busy on my first day, I just tried to fit in. It was quite daunting but the team was supportive and friendly. However, there was not much time to have a conversation.
Absent supervisor
The manager, my supervisor, wasn't around often. I was supposed to have a weekly supervision session but I only had about two official ones in the three months.
It would have been nice to have weekly one-to-ones, because you want to make sure that you are doing what you are supposed to be doing and not going off track.
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