Foundations of Effective Clinical Supervision: Competency, Feedback, Ethics, and Reflective Practice

This interactive six-hour training strengthens foundational competencies in clinical supervision, with emphasis on professional development, ethical decision-making, and balancing support with accountability. Through competency mapping, case discussion, reflection, and skills practice, participants will explore how power, culture, identity, and context influence supervision. Participants will develop practical strategies for structuring supervision, facilitating clinical discussion, providing behaviorally specific feedback, and using observation to assess clinical skills. Role plays and case examples will support application of these skills while helping supervisors navigate the balance between support, challenge, evaluation, and professional growth.

This course is intended for clinical supervisors and mental health professionals who provide or are preparing to provide supervision. It is appropriate for introductory and intermediate learners, including new supervisors and experienced clinicians who want to strengthen their supervision skills. The course focuses on practical tools and strategies that participants can immediately apply in their supervision practice.

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After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify core competencies of effective clinical supervision and describe how competency-based supervision supports professional development and client care.
  • Apply a competency-mapping framework to identify supervisee strengths, learning needs, and areas requiring focused development.
  • Differentiate between supportive, educational, and evaluative functions of supervision and describe strategies for balancing these functions within the supervisory relationship.
  • Demonstrate strategies for providing clear, behaviorally grounded, and constructive feedback to supervisees.
  • Apply structured observation strategies to identify clinical skills, areas of concern, and opportunities for supervisee growth during live or recorded supervision.
  • Analyze the influence of ethics, power, culture, identity, and context on supervisory relationships and decision-making.
  • Develop a practical structure for supervision that promotes consistency, accountability, reflective practice, and professional development.
  • Practice foundational supervision skills through role play, case consultation, and structured reflection.

Format

Virtual

Number of CEUs

6 CEU(s)

Type

Workshop
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After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify core competencies of effective clinical supervision and describe how competency-based supervision supports professional development and client care.
  • Apply a competency-mapping framework to identify supervisee strengths, learning needs, and areas requiring focused development.
  • Differentiate between supportive, educational, and evaluative functions of supervision and describe strategies for balancing these functions within the supervisory relationship.
  • Demonstrate strategies for providing clear, behaviorally grounded, and constructive feedback to supervisees.
  • Apply structured observation strategies to identify clinical skills, areas of concern, and opportunities for supervisee growth during live or recorded supervision.
  • Analyze the influence of ethics, power, culture, identity, and context on supervisory relationships and decision-making.
  • Develop a practical structure for supervision that promotes consistency, accountability, reflective practice, and professional development.
  • Practice foundational supervision skills through role play, case consultation, and structured reflection.

Continuing Education Hour Pre-Approvals

Participants in this workshop are eligible to receive up to 6 CE Hours pre-approved by the following Minnesota licensing boards:

  • Board of Social Work (BoSW): (#CEP-204)

For participants needing clinical clock hours (CCH), this workshop meets the requirements, as defined by the Board of Social Work: 

  • Evaluation methodologies: 2 CCH
  • Social work values and ethics, including cultural context, diversity, and social policy: 2 CCH
  • Culturally specific clinical assessment and intervention: 2 CCH

Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7404. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Practice Transformation – University of Minnesota is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

This workshop includes the following number of Cultural Responsiveness Hours as defined by MN BoSW, MN BBHT, & MN BMFT: 2 CE Hours

About the Presenter

Amanda (Thooft) Beranek, DSW, LCSW, LICSW

Dr. Amanda (Thooft) Beranek, DSW, LCSW, LICSW is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years of experience in social work practice, education, and clinical supervision. She has provided clinical supervision for social workers pursuing licensure since 2007 and has maintained a career-long passion for supervision and the professional development of social workers. Her doctoral dissertation focused specifically on clinical supervision for licensure, examining supervision through relational and developmental frameworks. Amanda has taught social work at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2013 and brings extensive experience helping social workers develop clinical competence, ethical practice, professional identity, and confidence. Her approach to supervision emphasizes reflective practice, relationships, cultural responsiveness, and the intentional use of power within the supervisory relationship.

Pricing and Registration

Individual Registration

$175.00 Register
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