Clinical Supervision: Legal, Ethical and Risk Management Issues

Complete Seminar Details

Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of a supervisor, potential ethical and legal pitfalls in supervision, along with methods, techniques and competencies required to provide supervision effectively.

Clinical supervision is an increasingly important area in mental health, medicine and the helping professions in general. Formal professional classroom instruction in mental health and social services is typically followed by mandatory hours or even years of supervised clinical placements and, in some cases, even post licensure. It is typically under the tutelage and supervision of an experienced practitioner that professionals, regardless of their discipline, learn the skills necessary to become competent, ethical and effective members of the helping professions.

"Clinical Supervision" will attempt to identify and review many of the common problems and challenges of clinical supervision that occur in mental health and social service settings. Ethical, legal and risk-management issues will be identified and reviewed, along with potential solutions. The roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and supervisee will be examined and techniques to define goals and objectives of supervision reviewed. Common difficulties and specific problem situations that may occur in supervision are reviewed and discussed.

This seminar will also assist in making distinctions between administrative and clinical supervision, areas of potential overlap or conflict, and potential difficulties with boundary issues. Specific supervisor competencies and the qualities and characteristics of effective supervisors will be reviewed. At the end of the day, participants will be given the opportunity to review several case studies and develop sample supervisory plans. This course is a must for any mental health and social service professional with staff reporting to them.

WHAT YOU WILL COVER

• Review potential ethical and legal pitfalls in supervision
• Identify the various models of clinical supervision and learn how to select the best model for your practice setting
• Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of supervisor and supervisee
• Comprehend the methods, techniques and competencies required to provide clinical supervision effectively
• Identify the various models of clinical supervision and their applicability to various mental health and social service settings
• Learn to analyze the potential risk management issues inherent in clinical supervision
• Explore "hot button issues," such as impairment, sexual attraction, dual relationships and negligence
• Become proficient in addressing multiple relationships, transference, countertransference and disclosure issues in supervision

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Psychologists
• Clinical Supervisors
• Psychiatrists
• Mental Health Administrators
• Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Behavioral Health Managers
• Clinical Social Workers
• Licensed Professional Counselors
• Alcohol and Drug Counselors
• Case Managers
• Mental Health Nurses

Sponsor Background:

Leading the Way in Professional Development.

Cross Country Education is a national leader in high-quality educational products and services for the entire health care industry. Our seminars and training programs are designed to help health care providers achieve improved performance and results in all areas of clinical, financial and operational management. Our faculty of more than 150 instructors are the "best of the best" in their field of expertise and know how to provide programs that really make a difference to participants.

Since 1995, we have trained over 1,000,000 providers, managers, nurses, behavioral health professionals and other key personnel throughout the entire healthcare industry. We produce over 5,000 seminars and conferences annually for the health care industry. Plus, we coordinate in-house training for health care facilities. Let us provide your training and professional education needs!

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