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APPENDIX 4
Core Clinical Practice Competencies
This document has been developed to articulate the practice competencies required
by camh clinicians of all professional disciplines. Each discipline has unique
domains and standards of practice determined by a regulatory body and/or professional
association. All camh clinicians must maintain membership in good standing
in their college or professional association. This document is offered as a guide to
the essential competencies required of all professionals in the organization. Other
documents such as the camh Code of Conduct, camh Leadership Profile and camh
Values and Mission Statement also delineate expectations of camh staff. This document
is specifically intended for use by camh clinicians to improve clinical practice and
client care. It may act as a framework by which camh clinicians develop learning plans,
monitor practice, set career milestones, and create professional development goals. It
may also act as a guideline for reviewing competency at each level of development.
Additionally, it may be used by:
• camh staff involved in orientation of students and new staff
• clients and other people using camh services to better understand the various
levels of practice of camh clinicians
• apn /apc / discipline chiefs and program managers to create a context for guiding
and evaluating the practice of supervisees
• camh administrators to effectively distinguish, maintain and further refine
standards of practice of camh clinicians, and to support them in the hiring and
retention of individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills required to
meet the needs of clients.
This document has been organized along a continuum of practice in order to
acknowledge that clinicians acquire knowledge and skills over time and that practice
matures in recognizable and definable ways. In domains of practice common to all
mental health and addictions professionals—therapeutic relationships, assessment,
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