Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare Practice

Presentation to Steering Group October 24, 2005 Conference Call

Ideas emerging from other jurisdictions…

 Transfer of learning is critical: need to keep providing learning opportunities long after the training has ended;  Successful design integrate collaboration with supervisors and empowerment strategies;   Desire to move supervision away from constant crises to planned quality time with staff members. Clinical supervision training is becoming a ‘ hot topic ’ issues in the child welfare field: Alberta is also exploring clinical supervision curriculum design. Conference Call Presentation 2 2020-05-01

Kentucky Model

      Four States participating in the Model: Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri; Intent is to design a ‘ hybrid model of supervision ’ ; Study is examining organizational culture as a result of the training; Transfer of learning is critical: Arkansas hired two full time mentors to provide support to supervisors; Mississippi has the best ‘ buy in' as they did focus groups to design the curriculum; Professor Crystal Camargo-Collins can come to Toronto as part of the study ’ s dissemination. 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 3

Mississippi Model Part of the Kentucky Supervision Research Project

     Held a focus group with a group of supervisors and then used this group as a team to design all aspects of the curriculum; The team indicated that if you want supervisors to be good clinicians, you first need to educate them about being a good leader. First module focuses on leadership issues and other modules include cultural competency, boundary issues, vicarious liability … designed a series of modules; Curriculum design ideas: have the group bring in their own challenging scenarios (anonymously), chart your career path, role play good and bad scenarios, Senior managers attended all of the training; Cultivate trust and respect in the learning environment Conference Call Presentation 2020-05-01 4

Research Study in New York State

 Article did a three year review of supervisory outcomes following clinical consultation program;  The objectives of the training curriculum is to enhance supervisors ability to: – Coach and mentor staff in sound decision-making practices; – Convene and facilitate permanency planning case conferences; – Improve practice in the development of child centred culturally relevant safety and permanency plans. 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 5

Emerging Ideas

    Katharine has access to a digital camcorder and would like to videotape role plays and a clinical supervision session. She has put together a ‘ demo ’ for review; Integrate a Needs Assessment questionnaire for supervisors prior to the training. This questionnaire would be anonymous but would provide information about the participant ’ s skill level and desired learning objectives. Supervisors can submit anonymous scenarios that they find challenging that could be integrated into the curriculum design; Clinical Supervision Website — On the OACAS website? With readings, links etc? Tool kit on-line?

Supervisory Tool Kit that could go on-line Conference Call Presentation 2020-05-01 6

Feedback others on Curriculum Design

 Move away from lecture format into more interactive scenarios such as role plays, and case vignettes;  Provide this training to all supervisors in all service areas (protection, foster care, adoption)  Don ’ t put the manager in the role of mentoring the supervisor following training. Transfer of learning is critical but using the supervisor ’ s manager may become problematic. 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 7

Supervisory Tool Kit

Material taken from Carleton Munson ’ s book on Clinical Supervision

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Practitioner Self-Assessment Form

is designed to focus on clinical aspects of a case; –

Supervisee Bill of Rights

– Website links — K.Dill still pulling together – Annotated Bibliography to be written K.Dill

– Put the tool kit on-line — Web Ct?

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Proposed Design Changes

Curriculum is divided into six sections: – Section Two: Clinical Supervision in Child Protection; – Section Three: Defining Supervision in Child Welfare Practice – Section Four: The Parallel Process in Clinical Supervision – Section Five: Clinical Group Supervision – Section Six: Self Reflective Practice 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 9

Chapter Two: Introduction to Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare Practice

ACTIVITIES

:  Introductions  Explore the fundamental elements of social work supervision: administrative, educational and clinical  Review the curriculum outline with participants  Review of core competencies for training Conference Call Presentation 10 2020-05-01

Chapter Three: Defining Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare Practice

ACTIVITIES:

     Group Exercise: What does

clinical supervision mean to you?

Balancing the role of the supervisor: Rocci ’ s suggestion of exploring how to balance the role of the

administrative, clinician and educational supervisor; Clinical Supervision Role Play

group.Integrate Allan Moyle ’ : Katharine has done a video clip. Can be used as a way of providing an example to the s notes re exploring clinical themes and issues;

Role plays

: groups are given vignettes and role play the scenarios;

Homework Assignment

: Review articles and present them to large group following morning. Done in training session. Conference Call Presentation 11 2020-05-01

Chapter Four:Clinical Group Supervision

ACTIVITIES

:  Small group discussion about how individuals integrate clinical supervision into a team setting;  Katharine would like to actually videotape a role play with a team. Use it as a discussion tool for the group. She has a good case example that addresses parallel process.

 Role play would form the basis for promoting discussion about the elements of group supervision, team dynamics and stages of group development.

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Chapter Five: The Parallel Process in Clinical Supervision

ACTIVITIES:

Video clip is used as a demonstration of the issues and then people move into small groups and role play the following scenarios: – Building collaborative relationships with resistant clients; – Promoting effective use of power and authority in working relationships with clients; – Understanding and integrating the parallel process in clinical supervision Bring themes and ideas back to the larger group 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 13

Chapter Six: Self Reflective Practice

ACTIVITIES:  Write a letter to yourself focusing on one or two key areas that you wish to continue in your clinical practice and one or two issues that you wish to change.  Other suggestions here?

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Next Steps

 We need to go through and carefully edit each of the curriculum chapters;  Group supervision role play — needs actors 2020-05-01 Conference Call Presentation 15

Preparing for the Focus Group Sessions

 Dates selected for the focus group sessions are: November 15 and November 22;  How many participants from which service areas?

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