Supervisor Reflection

Many authors including, Pawlas and Oliva (2008) and Bennis and Nanus (1985) discuss the importance for the supervisors to spend much of their time listening to the views of others incising their students and incorporating these ideas into their thinking as a powerful tool for personal development. Moreover, on the job training, mentorship or continual education, are not always easy to access for the educator, my first-hand experience has been that this has been a valuable learning tool which has made me explore how I do what I do when supporting students in their clinical education. Given that my role is a long-term relationship, and that adults learners develop incrementally over time, a supervisor can assist in that change by working with students to establish meaningful long-term goals, working patiently on the

I'm very consistent when I need to complete my work and special projects requested by my Supervisor. I'm always tried that my work is returned complete,clear and on time to my Supervisor. Always I review every single patient full account so I can catch any missing detail and add the appropriated

Stoltenberg and Delworth (1987) stated that there were 3 levels for the supervisee beginning-intermediate and advanced and within these levels were 3 processes self-awareness, motivation and autonomy. In short the supervisee is originally highly dependent upon the supervisor and through progression confidence in the supervisee’s abilities develop until they gain independence and accountability for their actions. Within this progression conflicts may occur between the supervisor and the supervisee as the relationship changes to that of a more equal footing. Stoltenberg and Delworth identified a further 8 growth areas from the 3 processes these are: intervention, treatment goals and plans, skills competence, assessment techniques, interpersonal assessment, client conceptualisation, individual differences and professional ethics.

Effective supervisors gain respect without demanding it. Approachability, collaboration with colleagues, encouragement, and leading by example foster respect. Supervision relationships with mutual trust lead to supervisee's personal and professional growth.

Supervision can be one on one, one supervisor with two supervisees, or one supervisor and multiple supervisees. Supervision with more than one supervisee can provide multiple viewpoints that can further develop the counselor’s skills while one on one supervision can be more confidential and intimate. One specific model of supervision is interpersonal process recall. The supervisor guides the supervisee in discovering their own strengths and weaknesses by reviewing a recording of their counseling session. The supervisor asks questions at important moments in the counseling session to help the supervisee better understand the counseling process, the client,

Another approach to use in the teacher role would to initiate videotaping some sessions. Reviewing his audiotape seems to elicit increased anxiety, by moving to videotaping a session the supervisor could actually observe Michael in the counseling session and could reinforce skills used with the client, build upon strengths and identify challenges to receive additional training in. Using videotape allows for the review of nonverbal communication, client incongruence, or lack of synchrony between the client and the supervisee to be recognized (Erford,2010). This supervision provides increased focus for Michael to receive feedback on his approach while allowing review systematically the delivery of services.

During my time at Caribbean House Health Care Network I have benefited from the supervision of my supervisor because she an effective supervisor. The textbook The Human Services Internship: Getting the most from your experience give examples of effective supervisors that fits the experience that I have with my supervisor. According to Myers Kiser, P (2012) “Effective supervisors are knowledgeable, supportive and skillful in giving feedback. They must be willing to address difficult issues as they arises, teach their supervises important information and skills, and model high standards of professionalism and expertise,” (page 110). When she gives me tasks to do she checks up on me to see if I am doing it correctly. One of the times I encountered benefiting from my supervisor’s supervision was when I first began to inform patients about wellness resources and services that are offered at Caribbean House Community Health Care Network clinic. Some of the wellness programs that are offered are yoga, meditation, sound meditation and fitness. Some of the services that are offered are

During this week’s readings there was several things that grasped my interested including the roles of the supervisor, symptoms and interventions with burn outs, abuse from clients, contradictory demands, as well as confirmation. The first one is the role of a supervisor, as I have mentioned before I feel that I have a satisfactory supervisor at my current field placement. I cannot say that I have always felt so confident with my previous supervisors, however Cathy has showed me hope as well as standards for my future supervisors and for when I become a supervisor myself. Something that Kadushin and Harkness mentioned in the readings

D-This writer met with the patient as she requested to see a Supervisor. According to the patient, she cannot stay to see her assigned counselor, Janice. When questioned as to why she is unable to see her counselor, the patient response was, " My mother is in a wheelchair and left alone with my son.....I have to go home." Supervisor reviewed the patient's alerts as the patient have a scheduled BAC and tested positive on 5/16/2017. This writer questioned the patient about this matter. The patient then says, " I am aware about this and the need to attend the alcohol group. I am willing to do the group session tomorrow." Supervisor called the patient assigned counselor to seek permission about releasing the HOLD on her behalf whereas it can be

I’ve not only gained an abundance of knowledge from this course, but I also took a lot away from my classmates. Seeing how they would handle situations and what they have experienced during their clinical time was really interesting to me. I have gained so many strategies from this course for improving outcomes of care and patient safety. A few of those strategies are always promoting communication, learning from mistakes, and that quality can always be improved.

I have not yet worked in a school setting, but I have worked in several agencies and offices where collaboration with colleagues was present. One agency I have worked in was a domestic violence shelter, which housed up to forty-five women and children. In addition, we ran a twenty-four hour crisis hotline, provided individual and group counseling services, and educated those out in the community about domestic violence. It took a lot of collaboration with colleagues to have the agency run smoothly and effectively. When issues arose with clients staying in the shelter, my colleagues and I would met to discuss the issues and how we were going to work together to solve them. Together we were able to discuss all of these factors and agree upon

Three core competencies have been identified as a base to discuss Losing Tim’s potential contributions to the field, which include competency 2.1.1 - Identify as a professional social worker and conduct ones self accordingly, 2.1.5 - Advance human rights and social and economic justice, and 2.1.8 - Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services. Paul tells the readers about a time when Tim was hospitalized in Connecticut for two weeks, while he was living in Austin, and the clinicians failed to provide him updates or conferences over the phone. Paul expressed his frustration and disappointment with the service and decides to drive through the night to make it to his son. Paul

It is obvious that all of our instructors have a common goal, which is for all of us to learn as much as we possibly can. I honestly think that by allowing as many opportunities as possible to see and experience as much as possible will help us all learn from our clinical experiences.

As an educational leader, I have encountered several new and existing school policies. I never thought deeply about the various processes and the stakeholders involved in policy formulation and implementation. This semester I am engaged in the course Managing Educational Policy as School Leaders (EDLM 6005). This is Semester III, 2016/2017. My course coordinator is Dr. Timar Stephenson. Dr Stephenson was my course coordinator once before and was very helpful whenever I needed clarification or when I had a difficulty. I am thrilled to embrace the new ideas and learning opportunities embedded in this course since it teaches issues which I experience at work. Dr Stephenson, during his introduction reminded his entire class that success in this course would only be realized through hard work, dedication, and commitment. Therefore, it is imperative that I have the right attitude as I navigate this course. The course involves seven weeks of intense work. I am pleased to have a wonderful group facilitator by the name of Rhonda Joseph who has already given us a BBC to explain the requirements of the course and our first two modules.

After completing the self-assessment for module #2, I was a bit surprised to discover I scored 40% in directive supervision and 40% in nondirective supervision. Before completing this assessment I thought for sure I would score higher in collaborative supervision. However, after learning more about Glickman’s supervisory approaches, I quickly realized that my definition of collaborative supervision was not accurate. I thought collaborative supervision was one size fits all. I believed teachers needed and wanted reflective problem solving with the goal of working together to figure out a solution. What I didn’t take into consideration is where the teacher was in their personal and professional development. It makes sense to me now how collaborative