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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 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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What is clinical supervision? Basically, it is about well-being – the well-being of the worker receiving supervision and the well-being of their clients. The other essential element for effective clinical supervision is the development of a strong, trusting and honest relationship, between supervisor and supervisee. Building and maintaining this relationship can still be possible when supervisors are geographically distant through thoughtful use of technology.
At times telephone contact …
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Traditionally, clinical supervision has been a face-to-face process but online supervision via the ever growing range of video-conferencing options is increasingly common and offers the same benefits of support, reflection and skill development within a safe professional relationship. Online supervision, like face-to-face supervision, focuses on the building of a safe and trusted professional relationship, which enables the supervisor and supervisee to get to know each other, to share ideas …
Lisa Derham
BA, BSW, AMHSW, Graduate Diploma in Family Therapy, MACA Level 4
