Clinical Supervision

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Supervision often occurred when a senior member of a profession provides an intervention to a junior colleague in the same profession (Falender & Shafranske, 2004). This relationship is complicated because of the evaluative and hierarchical nature of the professional relationship. Clinical supervisor is often regard as mentor, professional role model, and gatekeeper for the profession (Barnett, 2014). Clinical supervisors serve in a number of crucial roles in the clinical training and professional development of future mental health professionals. Clinical supervisors impart their knowledge and share their personal experience, which help to enhance skills and prepare the supervisee for developing his or her competence (Bernard & Goodyear, 2014).…show more content…
The development of competence typically entails at least four distinct phases: formal education, specialized training, supervised experience, and ongoing professional development (Barnett, 2011). According to Wise and Cellucci (2014), supervisors can demonstrate their own competence for professional activities through supervision and actively engaging in the on-going self-assessment. Psychologists have to actively engage in ongoing reflective practice, self-assessment, and self-care to make sure they are competent in multiple aspects and continue learning throughout their career (Wise & Cellucci, 2014). In the field of psychology, competence is defined as having the ability to apply the possessed psychology knowledge and skills in line with the best practice in the field. Competence also involves in judging our own ability to use both knowledge and skill effectively (Dumont & Willis, 2003). Barnett (2011) further elaborated on the competence. According to the author, competence is depending on the situation and time. As such, a psychologist might be competent in assessing and treating clients with specific presenting problems within a particular population but not within other populations or problems. Similar concept related to competence is applied to clinical supervisors who are providing supervision to their supervisee. In particular, clinical supervisors not only need to…show more content…
When psychologists need to implement new skills or treat populations outside their level of competence, they seek to gain competence through training, experience, consultation, or supervision. Psychologists take reasonable steps to ensure the competence of their work and to protect the populations that they are working with, such as clients, students, supervisees, research participants, and others. Consistent with this standard, clinical supervisor not only need to be competence in the clinical areas to be supervised, they need to have formal training in the practice of clinical supervision (Barnett, 2011). In addition, this ethical standard required clinical supervisors to be actively working to enhance their competence through formal training or
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