What are PsyBA supervisor competencies?
• Knowledge of and skills in effective supervision practices
• Knowledge of and ability to develop and manage the
supervisory relationship
• Ability to assess the psychological competencies of the
supervisee
• Capacity to evaluate the supervisory process
• Responsiveness to cultural and social diversity
• Ability to address the legal and ethical considerations
Three components of supervison relationship
– Agreement about goals
– Mutual engagement to achieve goals
– Rapport between supervisor and supervisee
What are three methods of clinical supervision?
- ‘Symbolic’ methods: using words eg case presentation, discussion, planning
- ‘Iconic’ methods: using image eg modelling, reviewing recordings
- ‘Enactive’ methods: using action eg role play, behavioural experiments
What does the experiential learning cycle include? 4 things
- Reflection
- Conceptualisation
- Planning
- Experience
What are the 4 professional psychological competencies?
- Knowledge and knowledge application competencies: what you know and knowing how to apply it
- Skill competencies: how you do psychological work
- Attitudes and values: having attitudes and values that are consistent with the profession
- Relationship competencies: making and managing relationships
What are 9 potential issues that may arise in relation to supervision?
- Boundaries and managing them
- Management of personal issues that impact on professional performance
- Disclosure of personal information
- Exploration of shared attitudes and values
- Record-keeping
- Financial issues
- Managing competing supervisor roles
- Ensuring client has given informed consent re supervision
What are the 3 stages in the developmental model of supervision?
- Anxious, rigid
- Risk-taking, experimenting
- Flexible, tackles complex issues
What are 5 recommendations of evidence-based supervision?
- Based on learning contract: zone of proximal development with agreed objectives
- Use variety of methods based on developmental stage
- Work within learning cycle
- Regular feedback linked to evaluations using
multiple assessment methods - Feedback should be professional and constructive and supervisee feedback should be sought
What 3 things are studied in evidence-based supervision?
- Moderating factors – e.g., systems within with supervision occurs
- Mediating factors – e.g., methods used in supervision
- Mechanisms of change – how the mediating factors under the influence of moderating factors achieve their effect
