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<strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Supervision</strong> at camh<br />
Supportive/restorative<br />
Kadushin’s third component is supportive supervision. He sees this component as<br />
helping workers to handle job-related stress by providing appropriate praise and<br />
encouragement, normalizing work-related reactions, affirming strengths, and sharing<br />
responsibility for difficult decisions. Proctor’s third component, restorative (also<br />
referred to as pastoral), is similar. It is a support function that helps the nursing<br />
practitioner to understand and manage the emotional stress of nursing practice.<br />
Each of these components is seen as influencing each other and as producing more<br />
effective services for clients when operating in concert.<br />
<strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Supervision</strong> at camh<br />
At camh, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of clinical care and<br />
practice and to supporting the best clinical practice, professional education and professional<br />
development for our staff. We strive to be a workplace where people excel<br />
in a culture that embraces diversity and encourages teamwork, quality improvement,<br />
safety and respect. We have a rich inter-professional environment at camh with<br />
approximately 1,500 clinical staff representing 16 professional disciplines. It is essential<br />
that these clinicians be supported in the work they do and that they receive the<br />
organizational support required for ongoing professional growth and development.<br />
<strong>Clinical</strong> supervision has been identified as one of the most important factors in<br />
determining job satisfaction and quality of service to clients (Tsui, 2005). We therefore<br />
believe that it is important to establish standards for clinical supervision<br />
practice. We also realize the vital role that clinical supervision plays in supporting<br />
clinicians in adapting to change. Initiatives such as Concurrent Disorders Capacity<br />
Building, <strong>Clinical</strong> Cultural Competence, Building a Culture of Safety, Family<br />
Centred Care, and Implementing a Recovery Framework are examples of broadbased<br />
initiatives at camh that are supported by clinicians. Front-line clinicians are<br />
vital to the successful implementation of these initiatives and when operational<br />
challenges are encountered, clinical supervision plays a crucial support role.<br />
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