Supervisor Online Training

This training is a great opportunity for supervisors to improve their skills in providing professional/clinical supervision to other staff. This foundation training builds on the supervisors' existing knowledge of supervision, and explores issues such as the supervisory relationship, goal setting with supervisees, facilitating reflective practice and evaluation of supervision.

Please note that this training relates to professional/clinical supervision and NOT operational management.

This foundation level training will provide participants with the skills necessary to provide effective supervision of other staff. By the end of the training, you will be able to:

• describe the key concepts of professional/clinical supervision
• list essential elements of the supervision process including the supervision agreement
• assist supervisees with goal setting within the supervision context
• discuss the significance of the supervisory relationship in effective supervision
• identify ways of supporting and challenging supervisees with different learning preferences/styles
• identify ways of facilitating the supervisee's reflective practice within the supervision context
• describe strategies and models of providing feedback effectively
• describe the importance of evaluating supervision and how this may be approached.

This training is interprofessional and is open to staff from allied health, nursing, medicine, dentistry and other health professions. This training is open to:

• Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service staff
• other Queensland Health staff
• external participants.

Please note: Although this training has been developed for health professionals from allied health, nursing, medicine and dentistry, some administrative staff have completed this training and have found it useful.

View the testimonials to find out what participants from the administrative stream have said about this training.

It is recommended that you have previously undertaken the Cunningham Centre Supervisee Workshop or equivalent, and possess a basic understanding of supervision or have experience supervising staff.

Participants external to Queensland Health/Queensland Hospital and Health Service, please contact us for further information.

This is an online activity which has been designed to facilitate participants to complete it independently.

This activity is expected to take up to four hours. Specifically, the completion time will depend upon the participant's individual circumstances. The mode of delivery for this training is online and access to the online training material is for a duration of six weeks.

Learning materials for this course are accessed through the Cunningham Centre’s online learning management system (LMS). These courses have been tested on the Queensland Health standard operating environment. As of March 2022 this is Microsoft Windows 10 20H2 and Microsoft Edge 64bit v92.

The following software are recommended:

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11
• Microsoft Edge Browser
• Adobe Acrobat Reader

Please be aware that:

• Apple Mac computers running the latest version of macOS and the Safari web browser should work without issue, but are not specifically tested or supported by the Cunningham Centre.
• Mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones or Android devices are not recommended or supported.
• For best results, software should have any updates applied.
• Some computers may be running additional software that affects the features and functionality of that computer. This may include, but is not limited to, anti-virus software and web browser plug-ins.
• A broadband internet connection is required to use the LMS. Some files, including videos, may be large; please ensure that you have sufficient data allowance to download and upload data from and to the LMS.
• If a technical issue is reported that is affecting your ability to access online materials, we will attempt to replicate the issue in the Windows 10 environment. If the issue cannot be replicated in this way, then it will be assumed that the issues lies with your computer or internet connection and responsibility for resolution will lie with you.

There are assessment activities in the form of quizzes throughout the online package. The aim of these quizzes is to ensure thorough understanding of the content covered before progressing further through the various modules.

Please refer to our fees and payments page for more detail on our pricing model and payment options.

A workshop manual will be made available to you upon enrolment which will contain further information on the content covered.

You will be issued with a Statement of Completion after completing all required sessions.

Participation in this professional development activity may contribute to continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for the purposes of registration and/or professional association membership. Please refer to the specific CPD requirements of your registration board and/or professional association to confirm.

This training is available on demand for all Queensland Health staff on the Queensland Health Intranet (QHEPS). Click here to access.

Access for non-Queensland Health staff can be negotiated. Please contact Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre for further information:
t. 07 4699 8097
e. AHET@health.qld.gov.au

Katherine, Human Resource Advisor

I have had the opportunity to complete the Cunningham Centre Supervisor Online Training. Although the admin stream doesn’t have the same kind of formal, structured arrangements or mandatory requirements to undertake supervision, I still found some interesting points in the training that will be useful for my role. In particular, I liked the sections on setting up a supervisory arrangement to ensure clarity; self-disclosure by the supervisor; striking a balance between supporting and challenging the supervisee; different learning styles and challenging your supervisee to learn in different ways; barriers to an effective supervisory relationship; reflective practice; and providing feedback.

While some of the training is really only specific to clinical streams, there is enough general information to make it worthwhile for supervisors from other streams to complete the training.

Allied Health Education and Training
t. 07 4699 8097
e. AHET@health.qld.gov.au