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BOOK EARLY AND SAVE! Early Bird Fee applies until 30 October 2024

Competency Workshop - Early Bird Fee: $680.00 AUD - payments received by 30 October 2024

Competency Workshop - Standard Fee: $750.00 AUD - payments received from 31 October 2024

Please note the Terms and Conditions of enrolment prior to enrolling.



Contact us to discuss organisational bookings - we offer 10% discount for groups of 3 or more booking at the same time.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Competency-Based Clinical Supervision

This 2-day skills-based workshop is for allied health professionals, social workers, pychologists and clinicians working within counselling and/or health care provider roles. Professionals working in mental health, paediatric, child, adolescent, adult and aged care are suited to attend this course. Previous participants have included those working in private practice, community health, hospitals, in-patient units and NGO services.

The interactive workshop provides participants with a thorough understanding of the principles and practice of effective clinical supervision. You will learn how to set up and conduct effective and supportive supervision, learn how to give feedback and evaluate supervision incorporating best practice standards and reflective practice. Participants will benefit from the opportunity to discuss case scenarios reviewing ethical challenges and how to manage, support and promote supervisee self-care.

All course notes are provided electronically, including references, PowerPoint presentations and a Supervision Resources Handbook.

WORKSHOP CONTENT:
 

• Setting up competency-based clinical supervision 
• Establishing and managing the working alliance supervisory relationship 
• Live demonstration (pre-supervisory meeting; contract setting and establishing learning goals) 
• Reflective practice: theory and practice
• Supervision interventions (using videos and tapes, assessment of skill acquisition) 
• Micro-skills training, modelling and demonstrations 
• Structural considerations (individual vs group contexts, tele-health) 
• Techniques and methods, including case consultation, writing activities, journal, log books, process recording, and structured case review forms and live observation methods 
• Supervision relationship issues (awareness and sensitivity to diversity) 
• Evaluation methods 
• Providing effective feedback. 
  
   

CERTIFICATION:

Participants are required to attend both days and will receive a certificate of attendance for 14 hours of training.

COURSE FLYER (pdf)
 

PRESENTER: Christine Senediak

Christine Senediak is a Board Approved supervisor trainer with 40 years clinical experience and over 35 years experience as a supervisor and educator. She supervises widely providing individual, peer, group and organisational supervision to psychiatrists, psychologists and other health clinicians working in child, adolescent and family services, schools, adult mental health, drug health, gambling, sexual assault, cross-cultural and trauma services. She divides her time between education, clinical work and supervision. Christine has trained as a systemic family therapist, which influences her approach to clinical supervision where the wider context is considered in understanding the development and maintenance of problems in clinical practice. She employs a reflective practice approach to supervision, enhancing self awareness of relational issues between therapist, client and systems. Christine incorporates elements of systemic, cognitive behavioural, mindfulness and person-centred therapies in supervision and training.