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Supervision for Trauma Informed Practice

BOOK EARLY AND SAVE! Early Bird Fee applies until 20 December 2024

Master Class - Early Bird Fee: $395.00 AUD - payments received by 20 December 2024

Master Class - Standard Fee: $440.00 AUD - payments received from 21 December 2024

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This workshop is an AHPRA approved (Psychology) Master Class and complies with the requirements for the Psychology Board supervisor requirements.  The workshop is also open to nurses, social workers, psychotherapists, counsellors, allied health and experienced practitioners who have at least 5 years clinical and supervisory experience and who have already undertaken introductory supervisor training.


ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Trauma Informed Supervision

This 1-day Master Class workshop provides existing supervisors with an opportunity to critically examine the practice of competency-based supervision using a trauma informed practice lens.

The study of neurobiology has made a significant impact in recent years on deepening knowledge about the effects of abuse and trauma and the impact working in this space has on the health professional. Supervision approaches to help prevent vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout will be discussed, with the view to help supervisors strengthen their ability to support practitioners integrate self-care strategies in their practice. Supervisors will learn how to structure supervision to ensure supervisees apply appropriate culturally-safe assessment and trauma informed treatments, while at the same time applying reflective and reflexive practices to heighten supervisee awareness and responsiveness to the possible adverse impact of their trauma work. This includes direct clinical work with clients and within organisations and settings that deal with critical issues/presentations such as emergency services, inpatient services and other services where there are complex at-risk presentations.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have:

• An increased understanding of the complexity of working with clients who have experienced relationally based complex trauma and the challenges for supervisees
• Insight into the personal, professional and organisational impact of trauma
• Developed supervision strategies and processes to ensure that trauma-informed practice remains at the forefront of practice when working with clients who have experienced trauma
• Developed a framework/model of reflective and reflexive practice for trauma-informed supervision practice within a competency-based framework
• Developing supervisee competencies for boundary setting and self-care.

WORKSHOP CONTENT:

• Goals, nature and function of supervision within a trauma-informed practice framework
• Setting up and implementing a reflective practice supervision framework within trauma-informed services
• Sensitivity to trauma in the supervisory context
• Application of a competency-based and reflective psychological practice
• Setting up and maintaining safe supervision
• Maintaining boundaries and sound ethical practice in supervision
• Self-care of the professional
• Managing complex presentations, ethical issues and agency-related challenges
• Balancing educational, support, and administrative roles in supervision
• Evaluation of the supervisory process and diversity (managing expectations and responsibilities; providing feedback in trauma-informed supervision)
• Ensuring supervisors develop solid skills and knowledge to manage the supervisory relationship (e.g. managing developmental stages of supervision; vicarious trauma; self-care; boundary setting)
• Knowledge of supervision as it relates specifically to trauma-informed supervision theory and practice, including ethical and professional practice in trauma-informed supervision
• Assessment of supervisee competency (application of therapeutic interventions in trauma-informed practice).

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.

CERTIFICATION:

Participants are required to attend the full day and will receive a certificate of attendance for 7 hours of CPD training. This workshop is interactive and allows ample time for practice and review of participant questions/clinical scenarios and case issues brought to the session.

Flyer: Trauma Informed Practice Master Class 2025 Allied Health (PDF)