Beyond the Toolkit: Advanced Supervision in Real Practice

ARC offers a foundation level Study Day for Clinical /Professional Supervisors in SLT and other AHPs. This course is for those with experience and knowledge of supervising others in their clinical development and practice.

Topics Covered on the Study Day

• Re-visiting the 3 Functions of Supervision
• Reflecting on your Style and Supervisory Practice
• Gain insight and confidence in facilitating supervision groups
• Supporting others to SOAR (Appreciative Leadership tool)
• Energy depletion and Energy Creating
• ACT Strategies for Coping (Acceptance and Committment Therapy) in Supervision
• Developing people from novice to expert (Benner's model)
• 3 Frameworks for Supervisory Conversations - Woskitt, Hewson/Carroll and Stoltenberg
• Supervising other Supervisors
• What works for you as a Supervisor?

Individualized Content: At this level of practice it is essential the course gives each clinician time and space to focus on their specific needs in supervision. Each attendee will complete a short info sheet about their supervision and the pressures and positives. This will be used by Ruth to adapt the course content to ensure these sepcific aspects in presentation or small group activies.

Attendees will also have access to the Toolkit materials which form the basis of ARC's foundation course in supervision.