Elements and Performance Criteria
- Initiate clinical supervision arrangements
- Explain the purposes of supervision
- Complete contractual agreement including goal setting and timeframes for supervision with the supervisor
- Outline expectations of supervision to the supervisor
- Identify own supervision goals when engaging with a clinical supervisor
- Match learning, experience and specialist or generalist practice areas with appropriate supervisor
- Verify the suitability and qualifications of identified supervisor, supervision model and contract
- Prepare for clinical supervision
- Utilise supervision to determine effectiveness of clinical practice and techniques
- Initiate opportunities to contribute to the development of own knowledge
- Understand and critique professional research and assess the quality of research studies and program evaluation literature
- Use current research to inform practice
- Understand the ethical, legal and contextual issues involved in the conduct of clinical research and program evaluation
- Pursue professional development through self - reflective practice, collegial consultation, and professional reading
- Implement a program to maintain professional competence