About your Supervisor
Mr. Vik is a well sought after local trainer with over 16 years experience in training and teaching Motivational Interviewing for participants from the healthcare, social service, enforcement and the academic fields. He has also been in the counselling field for 19 years, spending 3 years in the social service industry and 16 years in the addictions and healthcare field. He has an academic background in both counselling and psychology, teaching at the Singapore University of Social Sciences for over 12 years. He is an executive committee member with the Association of Professionals Specialising in Addictions Counselling, a board member for the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association and a council member for the National Council Against Drug Abuse. He is currently doing a workgroup project with the Ministry of Health looking at using Motivational Interviewing to work with individuals who have diabetes or pre-diabetes and teaching healthcare educators to better engage patients within hospitals and polyclinics.
Synopsis
Being a clinical supervisor is a role that should never be taken lightly as there are some level of vicarious liabilities attached to it. Having a clinician trusting their supervisor to help them in their clinical skills, administrative skills and personal development is an important process. .This course prepares newly minted clinical supervisors and clinical mentors by their agency or association, (Counsellors, case managers, social workers, psychologist and clinicians in the counselling profession) on the expectations of being a level 1 clinical supervisor and conducting clinical supervision whether for individual supervisees or in a group. It teaches participants the basic knowledge and skills needed to be a competent level 1 clinical supervisor and land minds in clinical supervision to avoid as a rookie. It helps participants understand the legal & ethical issues, building a meaningful and therapeutic relationship with a supervisee and helping one’s supervisee with their personal development. This is a generic clinical supervisor course designed for clinicians with at least 4-5 years of clinical experience and are receiving regular supervision themselves and have mentorship or supervisory roles in their organisation.
Suitable For
Psychologist, Counsellors, Social Workers a basic introduction and understanding into supervising a new or Level 1 clinician on their clinical and case management work. Participants are required to have at least 3 years of work experience as a clinician.
Topics Covered
1. Do’s and Don’ts for a Level 1 Clinical Supervisor to take note
2. Understanding your Supervisee’s needs and job scope
3. Clinical Models of supervision (Seven eyed model, blended and the Developmental model)
4. Building on the supervisor and supervisee relationship.
5. Working with challenging supervisees.
6. Ethical and legal considerations in Clinical Supervision
7. Components of Clinical competency
8. Important domains in Clinical Supervision (Administrative, supportive, clinical skills development and evaluative)
9. Supervising supervisees across a generation of learners
10. Modes of Supervision
11. Evaluating your supervisees performance, strengths and areas of improvement.
12. Supervising supervisee’s with different experience levels in clinical practice