As a counselor, have you ever asked yourself: “Is this what clinical supervision is supposed to be?”. Or as a clinical supervisor, do you sometimes question your effectiveness in promoting best practices with your supervisees? This training will assist you in answering these questions as we explore the fundamental practices of meaningful, effective clinical supervision (not to be confused with administrative supervision) in the treatment of substance use disorders. As a supervisee, we’ll discuss what you might expect and some aspects of self-advocacy as a means of assuring that those you serve receive the very best that you have to offer. As a supervisor, we’ll explore those essential elements that comprise meaningful clinical supervision and the implied measurements for success for both you and your supervisees.

Objectives

• Introduction to the key elements that comprise clinical supervision in behavioral health settings.
• Discussion of methods for the determination that you are providing or receiving clinical supervision that meets minimum standards.
• Provision of recommendations and resources for both clinical supervisory providers and recipients to assure that clinical supervision might be integrated into an agency culture.
• Describe clinical supervision as distinct from administrative/managerial supervision. Verbalize several benefits specific to clinical supervision.
• Develop an action plan for either advocating for meaningful workplace clinical supervision or for the resources necessary to conduct meaningful clinical supervision.