Clinical Supervision Handbook - CAMH Knowledge Exchange ..

Core Competencies in Clinical Supervision
COMPETENCY AREA
MICRO SKILLS
• Knowledge of clinical outcome and process evaluation
• Knowledge and awareness of diversity, marginalization and
oppression issues and diversity competence
2. Skills • Supervision methods
• Relationship skills (building a supervisory alliance)
• Sensitivity to multiple roles with supervisee and able to balance
multiple roles
• Ability to provide constructive and effective feedback
• Ability to promote supervisee self-assessment and growth
• Ability to conduct own self-assessment process
• Ability to assess supervisee’s learning needs and developmental
level
• Ability to encourage and use evaluative feedback from
supervisees
• Teaching skills
• Ability to set appropriate boundaries and seek consultation/
supervision (assess own competence)
• Flexibility
• Integrating and presenting evidence-based practice and
best practice principles
• Documentation procedures
• Ability to impart evidence-based practice knowledge within
the supervisory session
3. Values • Supervisor is accountable for supervision provided—to
supervisee and to client
• Respectful
• Responsible for diversity awareness and competence
• Balance between support and constructive feedback/
challenging
• Empowering
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional growth
• Balance between clinical and training needs
• Valuing ethical principles
• Knowing and using supervision research and best practices
• Committed to knowing own limitations
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