Distance Learning Professional Supervision Course
"Understand supervision skills."
ACS Graduate comment: The course was a valuable learning experience because it challenged my thinking regarding the application of supervision and how to apply supervision to different professions. The course exceeded my expectations, in particular because it explored other aspects of supervision such as burn-out, professionalism, ethics and legal concerns. The course has a very comprehensive approach to supervision, which makes for a more rounded supervisor. Allan M Eno MSc (Hons) Degree, Clinical Supervisor/Manager, Harley St, London - UK, Professional Supervision course.
Supervision
- is a formal arrangement for professionals to work regularly with someone who is experienced in counselling and supervision.
- is a process to maintain adequate standards of professionalism and a method of consultancy to widen the horizons of an experienced practitioner.
- is a means of passing on skills, attitudes and knowledge to newer members of a profession.
- ensures that clients receive adequate support whilst a trainee is training.
The supervisor’s task is to work together with the supervisee to ensure and develop the efficiency of the supervisee/client relationship. The method by which this takes place is one where the supervisor overseas the supervisee through critically observing and monitoring the supervisees actions and behaviour. The supervisor offers critically constructive feedback and guidance throughout this process.
In brief, a supervisor’s role is to ensure accountability, conduct training, and offer professional support.
Develop your skills in supervising other professionals and your awareness of what to expect when undergoing supervision yourself.
The role of the counsellor (for example) is to facilitate the person’s resolution of these issues, whilst respect their values, personal resources, culture and capacity for choice. Counselling can provide people with a regular time and space to talk about their problems and explore difficult feelings in a confidential and dependable environment.
Throughout this process, the counsellor is faced with many difficult situations; which may impact upon their own wellbeing; and in turn, reduce their capacity to be a good counsellor. Because of this situation, counsellors themselves need to be monitored and supported in a variety of ways.
A professional supervisor is the person a counsellor will turn to for this "support"
Course Structure
The course is divided into seven lessons as follows:
1. Introduction to Professional Supervision
- Introduction
- Nature and scope of counselling
- Defining supervision
- Benefits of being supervised
- Personal moral qualities of a counsellor
- Case study
- Your strengths and weaknesses
- SWOT analysis
- Qualities of a professional supervisor
- Case study
2. Models of Supervision
- Beginning the super vision process
- Contracts
- Models of supervision
- Mentoring
- Proctors interactive model of supervision
- Use of reflection in the theoretical framework
- Forms of supervision: individual, group, self, agency
- Reporting and record keeping
- PBL: Create and present a plan with specific strategies for improving the supervision of employee’s work related skills, attitudes, and knowledge in the workplace, based on a clear understanding of the person’s needs, values, and situation.
3. Professionalism, Ethics, and Legal Concerns
- Introduction and ethical codes
- Supervisor professional standards
- Ethical decisions
- Responsibilities of supervisors to other professionals
- Confidentiality
- Informed consent
- Multicultural counselling
- Dual relationships
- Professional boundaries
- Complaints
- Professional misconduct
- Bringing the profession into disrepute
- Sanctions
4. Different Approaches to Supervision
- Relavent theories or models
- Developmental models
- The Professional Development Model (PDM)
- Discrimination model
- Issues in supervision
- What is burnout
- What causes burnout
- Is stress the same as burn out
- Online counselling and supervision
- Telephone counselling
- E mail or online counselling
- How does online supervision work
- International perspectives on counselling supervision
5. Supervision for Different Professions
- Introduction
- What to look for in an effective supervisor
- Foundations of supervision
- Supervision policy statement
- Case study: Supervision in social work
- Case study: supervision in occupational health nursing
- Case study: supervision in the coaching profession
- Case study: supervision for child safety
- Case study: supervision in youth work
- 6. Organisational Considerations
- Introduction
- Self governance, awareness and supervision
- Defining requirements
- Organisational dynamics
- Team dynamics
- Supervision and outside contractors
- Benefits of supervision in an organisation
- Education
7. Managing Supervision
- Issues in managing thew process
- Frequency and duration of supervision
- Finance
- Other elements
- Motivating factors
- Transference and counter transference
- Power abuse
- Selection of supervisors and supervision
- Standardised and open methods of supervision
What qualification will I achieve for completing this course?
This is an individual module course. The individual module courses are 100 hour long usually and can be taken on their own or as part of a larger program of study.
If you wish to take an individual module course as a stand alone course, you can elect to sit an optional exam at the end of it.
If you successfully pass the exam and all assignments, you will receive a Statement of Attainment. You can take examinations at a time and location to suit you. If you enrol, you will be sent further information on how to arrange examinations at the end of the course.
If you do not wish to take the exam, you will receive a Course Completion letter when you have passed all assignments.
There is an assignment at the end of each lesson. So for example, if an individual module course contains ten lessons, you will need to complete ten assignments. Assignments can be sent to us via email, post or fax.
Other qualifications, such as certificates, diplomas etc may require examinations to be taken as part of the overall assessment process.
You can find further information on the examinations process by clicking on the “Enrolment” link above.
You can find further information on other courses by clicking on the “Courses” link above.
Aims
- To understand what is meant by professional supervision, why it is necessary, benefits and disadvantages;
- To define and compare different models of supervision including reciprocal mentoring, group supervision, self supervision, and agency supervision;
- To develop an understanding of professional issues of supervision including confidentiality, ethics, quality control, and legal concerns;
- To understand and define different approaches to supervision including psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioural, solution-orientated, process-orientated and narrative methods;
- To understand some of the different approaches applied to supervision for different professional groups;
- To understand the different requirements of providing supervision in organisations where most employees are counsellors, organisations where counsellors are in the minority, and organisations of non-counsellors;
- To identify the different managerial components of the supervision process including budgeting, monitoring frequency of supervision, selection of supervisors, and the question of standardisation.
Duration: 100 hours
An Extract From the Course -
Qualities of a Professional Supervisor
Before considering embarking upon the role of being a professional supervisor, it is important to consider the type of qualities required by a supervisor, which are an important ingredient in the success of supervision . You will note that many of these are the same or similar to the qualities required by a counsellor. These include –
Supervision and the ongoing quality relationship between supervisor and counsellor is central to both counsellor education and to the ongoing professional development of counsellors. These two core areas are integral to supervision. Although skill development frequently is the specified target, the supervision process also encourages greater self-awareness and fosters and integrates professional and personal identity related to the roles and tasks of counsellors. It is essential to have a paradigm that can evolve with the clients, counsellors, and supervisors. These approaches will be looked at in more detail in chapter four.
Another avenue to be aware of is that it is imperative that the supervisor and counsellor be conscious of how counselling supervision can impact on the client. There have been studies done that have explored the counsellors experience on this subject which have contributed essential information to the discipline The topic needs to be addressed in supervision by both the counsellor and supervisor to ensure that the clients needs and welfare are being addressed holistically and sensitively.
Strategies need to be identified not only for monitoring, but also for enhancing the growth and development of counsellors in training. In some cases there may even be a need to facilitate interventions with counsellors in their own practice or as working as part of an organisation. Counsellor trainee development is integral in the creating of qualified counsellors for either private practice or for a position in an organisation.
It is important to remember that a supervisor’s role is NOT to become their supervisee’s counsellor or analyst. They are there to convey an understanding of the case in their role as supervisor only, and must be ready and willing to refer their supervisee to other professional assistance if these boundaries are compromised.
Best practice calls for emphasis on relationships, collaboration, and professionalism, and for de-emphasis of formal performance measures.
Supervision can take place one-to-one (individual), in a group setting, dyadically, or live.
You might also be interested in having a look at some of our other psychology courses –
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/COUNSELLING-SKILLS-l-BPS109-475.aspx Counselling Skills I
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/COUNSELLING-TECHNIQUES-BPS206-467.aspx Counselling Techniques
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/PROFESSIONAL-PRACTICE-IN-COUNSELLING-BPS207-476.aspx Professional Practice in Counselling
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Health-Fitness-and-Recreation/CHILD-DEVELOPMENT-CERTIFICATE-VRE002-436.aspx Child Development Certificate
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