Fundamental & Advanced Aspects of Clinical Social Work Supervision: Monitoring and Mentoring Model

Thursday, January 31, 2019   8:30 am - 11:45 am 

(8:00 am: Check-in & Continental Breakfast)

Beaver Creek Country Club

9535 Mapleville Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740

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This 3-hour social work supervision training can be counted toward meeting the 12-hour CEU requirement to become an approved supervisor as mandated by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

This seminar is designed for, but not limited to, social workers desiring to meet the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ Standards to become an “Approved Supervisor” of practitioners seeking licensure. Instruction will cover basic and advanced clinical, legal, and administrative aspects of clinical supervision practice and the supervisor’s monitoring and mentoring roles in relation to intervention provided by agency and private practitioners. Changes in the Maryland social work practice statutes and regulations implemented in July of 2018 will also be discussed in detail.

 At the conclusion of the program, participants should be able to:

• Summarize the guidelines for initiating a supervisory relationship
• Illustrate the core concepts of the clinical supervision process
• Explain the Clinical Supervisor Code of Ethics
• Outline the changes in the Maryland licensure statutes and 2018 changes in the NASW Code of Ethics
• Discuss the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners Code of Ethics relevant to clinical supervision

Program Agenda

 8:30 am -10:30 am         The Clinical Social Work Supervisor

• Becoming a clinical social work supervisor
• Guidelines for initiating and sustaining a professional and ethical supervisory relationship
• Clinical Supervisor Code of Ethics

 10:30 am -10:45 am         Break

 10:45 a. m. -11:45 am      Mastering Core Concepts of Clinical Supervision

• Maryland licensure statutes
• Maryland Board of Examiners Code of Ethics
• 2018 changes in the NASW Code of Ethics relevant to clinical supervision

Featuring: Dr. Carlton Munson, PhD, LCSW-C, professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Director of the Washington Area Supervision Institute at Woodstock Forest. He has published four books related to social work supervision: Social Work Practice and Education: Historical Perspectives (Jovon Books, 1978); Social Work Supervision, (Macmillan/Free Press, 1979); Handbook of Social Work Supervision (Routledge, 2012); Contemporary Clinical Social Work Supervision: A Mentoring and Monitoring Model (Association of Social Work Boards, 2013). The 2013 book contains the Clinical Social Work Supervision Code of Ethics, which is the only code of ethics for clinical supervisors in existence. Dr. Munson crafted the Code based on his lifelong practice and research devoted to clinical supervision practice.   

Professional Continuing Education Credits:

An important message about Continuing Education Credits:  Brook Lane seminars are approved for continuing education credits as an entire event.  PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE AWARDED. To assure that you receive continuing education credit, you must be on time and complete the entire seminar.

Counselors/Therapists:  Brook Lane Health Services has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP TM) # 5452. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Brook Lane solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.  This program will provide 3 clock hours; partial credit will not be awarded.

Social Workers:  Brook Lane Health Services is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. This program will provide 3.0 credit hours of Category I continuing education; partial credit will not be awarded.   

Psychologists:  The Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists will accept continuing education hours provided by Brook Lane, an approved CE sponsor by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

Other Healthcare Professionals and Attendees:  A certificate of completion noting the number of educational/contact hours will be provided for other disciplines to allow attendees to apply for CE credit as an individual.

 Seminar Fee:   $ 69.00  (includes continental breakfast and CEUs)

CANCELLATION POLICY:  A $10 processing fee will apply. To receive a refund, cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than one week prior to the seminar. No refunds/credits will be made after the one-week date or for no shows on the day of the program.

Attention Brook Lane Staff Members:  If you registered online, it is your responsibility to complete the process by submitting a yellow TRAINING REQUEST FORM to your supervisor for approval and signature.  A copy of the full program description & learning objectives must be attached to the yellow Training Request Form. This documentation becomes apart of your HR training file.