Providing clinical supervision to social workers, counsellors and welfare workers in rural and remote areas has become an increasingly large portion of my work in the past few years.
As technology has improved and people become more comfortable using computers to facilitate their everyday discussions, more social workers and other allied health professionals are choosing to seek out remote access supervision and support. Not only for workers who are professionally isolated, I have found that a …
It is great to announce that the Reflecting on your first job session that I organise and present for the Victorian branch of the AASW will be happening again in September. The session is aimed at 2012 social work graduates and other newer workers. We discuss some of the issues that can arise in adapting to working full time as a social work professional (successful inventions and learning, as well as managing stress, avoiding burnout, clearly establishing work/home boundaries and developing …
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 …
I am really pleased to be announcing that the AASW Victorian branch’s annual session for new social work graduates Finding your first job and thriving in it is available online for new graduates who can’t come to our live session in the Melbourne CBD.
It is available through the AASW website http://www.aasw.asn.au/whoweare/victorian/new-graduates
Rural and remote access to training is an on-going struggle. I regularly receive queries from people who can’t make it to the new …
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Since 2002, I have been providing clinical supervision, support and debriefing to individuals. I provide these both face-to-face and online via video call. I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and an Accredited Supervisor and Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
Philosophy/Way of working Supporting workers and encouraging them to …
BA, BSW, AMHSW, Graduate Diploma in Family Therapy, MACA Level 4