Supervision in Mental Health Care

Supervision is the cornerstone of the apprenticeship model that has been used to craft new mental health professionals for more than 100 years. For new supervisors, the task can be overwhelming. In this course, we review what it takes to supervise well: The work, and the ways of being. Topics include the role of the supervisor, legal and ethical responsibilities of supervisors, models of supervision, troubleshooting (including addressing unethical or incompetent supervisees), the supervision contract, and supervision tasks.

6 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 6.12 hours 

CE CREDITS: 6.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 8/9/2019

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify three key components of supervision that produce more effective supervisees
• Implement a strategy to fulfill at least five key legal and ethical responsibilities for supervisors
• Develop clear and effective supervision plans
• Develop remediation plans for struggling supervisees

1. Introduction
2. What does it mean to be a good supervisor
3. The nature of the supervision relationship
4. Ethical and legal responsibilities
5. Measurement and evaluation
6. Troubleshooting
7. Crisis and safety issues
8. Supervision resources
9. Supervision models
10. Supervision styles 
11. Addressing areas of difference
12. Supervision plan
13. Context of supervision
14. Difficult conversation