Professional Supervision online course is primarily suited to those involved with counseling or other industries which require supervision of professional staff especially those in emotionally demanding occupations. You will learn to support and direct your professional staff, learn about issues such as conduct, burn-out and ethics. This course develops skills in supervising other professionals and an awareness of what to expect when undergoing supervision yourself.

Course Aims:

• Understand what is meant by professional supervision, why it is necessary, benefits and disadvantages;
• Define and compare different models of supervision including reciprocal mentoring, group supervision, self supervision, and agency supervision;
• Develop an understanding of professional issues of supervision including confidentiality, ethics, quality control, and legal concerns;
• Understand and define different approaches to supervision including psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioural, solution-orientated, process-orientated and narrative methods;
• Understand some of the different approaches applied to supervision for different professional groups;
• 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;
• Identify the different managerial components of the supervision process including budgeting, monitoring frequency of supervision, selection of supervisors, and the question of standardisation.

Detailed Course Outline

There are 7 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction to Professional Supervision
2. Models of Supervision
3. Professionalism, Ethics, and Legal Concerns
4. Different Approaches to Supervision
5. Supervision for Different Professions
6. Organisational Considerations
7. Managing Supervision

When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It’s okay if you don’t want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.