Clinical Supervision in Adult Mental Health: Managing Risk, Professional and Ethical Issues 

BOOK EARLY AND SAVE! Early Bird Fee closes 11 September 2026

Master Class - Early Bird Fee: $400.00 AUD – payments received by 11 September 2026
Master Class - Standard Fee: $450.00 AUD – payments received from 12 September 2026

Group Booking Discounts for 3 or more booking together also available - contact our admin team.

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

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
 

Clinical Supervision in Adult Mental Health: Managing Risk, Professional and Ethical Issues 

Delivered via interactive videoconference (Zoom platform). This workshop is a PsyBA approved one day Master Class which will provide participants who are already approved supervisors with ongoing AHPRA accreditation for 5 years. 

This workshop provides a framework for competency-based supervision for supervisees working with adult mental health clients who present with complex mental health and comorbid presentations. There is a focus on identifying risk and managing the often complex clinical issues that arise from working with clients who present with acute or chronic complex mental health presentations. Coverage of systemic issues and working within a multidisciplinary context and medical model is also addressed with regards to clinical management issues, reporting and confidentiality issues. Pre-reading resources are provided, including revision documents of competency-based supervision to ensure participants are familiar with the Board requirements.

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• Have sound knowledge of the application of competency-based supervision in adult mental health clinical contexts
• Understand the principles of how reflectivity promotes independent thinking, improved clinician self-awareness, self-care 
• Applying dialogical reflexivity in supervision evaluation and feedback 
• Be aware of the importance of reflective supervision for therapeutic intervention and the development of meta competencies in practice
• Be able to apply reflective practice & model reflectivity to supervisees
• Identify and manage the challenges of working in the field of adult mental health and complex comorbid clinical mental health presentations 
• Be able to identify and manage complex risk, legal and ethical issues 
• Review of clinical/workplace issues brought to the session by participants.
   

WORKSHOP CONTENT:

• Understanding the ethical, legal and risk factors facing the supervisee working in an adult mental health context
• Confidentiality – managing competing demands of system, client and family (Case review scenarios and critical decision making in practice) – small group discussion and role plays
• Assessment, evaluation and feedback using a competency-based framework: developing metacompetencies in practice
• Dialogical reflexivity – enhancing supervisee self-reflection and in-action.

PRESENTER: Sam Vasta

CERTIFICATION:

Participants are required to attend the full day and will receive a certificate of attendance for 7 hours of training in accordance with AHPRA Master class requirements. This workshop is interactive and allows ample time for practice and review of participant questions/clinical scenarios and case issues brought to the session. Further information on Board requirements regarding submission of certificate is available on the Psychology Board of Australia website.

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.

Flyer: Clinical Supervision in Adult Mental Health Master Class (PDF)