Group Work and Supervision: Fundamentals, Models, and Approaches
Group supervision is cost effective, time effective, and makes the most of the expertise of all supervisees involved. In group supervision, there are increased opportunities for vicarious learning, exposure to a broader range of client populations and social work practice settings, increased opportunities for feedback, and an opportunity for modeling interventions and group work processes and skills. Groups are a natural container for role-play, reflective practice, parallel process, and activities directly applicable to practice.
This workshop focuses on practical application of the skills and concepts essential for delivering effective supervision via individual and group processes. The workshop is a robust mixture of brief lecture/overview of concepts, didactic instruction, small and large group discussion, demonstrations, and opportunities for experiential learning and direct skill development.
This workshop has been approved by Minnesota’s Board of Marriage & Family Therapy for 6 Supervision CEs (#2023-027).
This workshop has been pre-approved by the following Minnesota licensing boards:
- Board of Social Work (BoSW): (#CEP-204)
- Board of Marriage & Family Therapy (BMFT): 6 Supervision CEs (#2023-027); this workshop may not be used to meet the 30-hour supervision training requirement found in Minn. Rule 5300.0160.
- Board of Behavioral Health & Therapy (BBHT): (#2023.CE.048)
For participants needing clinical clock hours (CCH), this workshop meets the following requirements, as defined by the Board of Social Work:
- Clinical intervention methods informed by research and current standards of practice: 6 CCH
After completing this workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify the fundamentals of group work and supervision,
- Describe specific models, approaches, and structures for group supervision, and
- Discuss the benefits and limitations of group supervision.
This course is intended for those who have been (or will be soon) providing clinical/non-clinical supervision for those seeking next level licensure, direct reports in-agency, or student interns. This workshop will be relevant for supervisors who work with staff teams within agencies and supervisors who provide off-site clinical supervision. This course is intended for those who have an interest or experience utilizing group work as a means for providing supervision.
After completing this workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify the fundamentals of group work and supervision,
- Describe specific models, approaches, and structures for group supervision, and
- Discuss the benefits and limitations of group supervision.
This course is intended for those who have been (or will be soon) providing clinical/non-clinical supervision for those seeking next level licensure, direct reports in-agency, or student interns. This workshop will be relevant for supervisors who work with staff teams within agencies and supervisors who provide off-site clinical supervision. This course is intended for those who have an interest or experience utilizing group work as a means for providing supervision.
About the Presenter
Mary Tinucci, DSW, LICSW
Mary Tinucci is Core Faculty in the MSW Program of the Barbara Solomon School of Social Work Program at Walden University. She has 33 years of social work practice experience and provides Through her private practice, Think in Possibilities, she provides clinical supervision for social workers pursuing next-level social work licensure, offers career coaching for social workers, training, and consultation in LGBTQ youth mental health, therapeutic use of poetry, and educational stability for youth in foster care.