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To be purposeful in the guise of aimless “hanging out” is a complex and unusual skill – not easy to learn but easy to underestimate.
Having provided group supervision to workers in drop-in centres for over twelve years, I have developed a strong respect for the complexity of this work. Not everyone has the ability to build a warm connection with someone, whilst simultaneously monitoring the rest of the space for anyone else in need and keeping an eye out for brewing unrest or …
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Safety is an important issue in every work place but it is not something that all workers and students in the welfare sector hold at the front of their minds. While we all want to think the best of people, there are times when things go wrong, where we encounter angry or distressed people and when we feel scared or unsafe. Based on my experiences of working in the welfare sector and from my role providing clinical supervision, I have generated my own list of important points for helping to stay …
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I am pleased to announce that I have now joined the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) - as a registered supervisor through the ACA’s College of Supervision and also as a Level 4 counsellor. I have provided individual and group supervision to a whole range of professionals for over ten years now – social workers, counsellors, welfare workers, youth workers, needle syringe program workers and allied health staff to name a few. This new registration means that I can also provide …
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I’ve just booked into the National Rural and Remote Social Work conference which is being held at Inverloch in July. Having enjoyed the last one in 2011, I am really looking forward to this one. There are a few presentations on my own area – supervision, which I am very keen to attend. Two areas I have an interest in – the provision of supervision to allied health and non-clinical staff and the provision of clinical supervision via Skype or telephone, feature in a number of the concurrent …
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I have been providing group and individual clinical supervision for over ten years. It is quite common for people to ask me about the benefits of engaging in supervision themselves or of arranging it for their staff. Often, supervision is seen as a bit of an indulgence or something that you only need when something is wrong, rather than an integral part of our practice in any client-centred role. While counsellors and case managers commonly receive supervision, I have found that other workers …
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Lisa Derham
BA, BSW, AMHSW, Graduate Diploma in Family Therapy, MACA Level 4
