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Solution-focused supervision and management in counselling/welfare agencies
presented by Michael Durrant
Many counselling/welfare agencies embrace Solution-focused and "strengths-based" principles in their work with clients. Indeed, "strengths-based" has become the most popular description of current approaches to service delivery. This two-day course explores the implications of Solution-focused thinking for supervising and managing staff within welfare/counselling contexts by looking at what it might mean to use the same philosophy and process in supervision of staff. If we are serious about trying to treat our staff in a way that is consistent with how we treat our clients, what difference might this actually make?
Participants will gain practical methods for working with staff in ways that enhance their sense of competence and effectiveness. A framework for supervisory conversations will be presented and its use in a variety of counselling/welfare contexts will be explored - including how "strengths-based" conversations can be used in potential disciplinary situations and/or where the organisation has a "bottom line" that is not open to negotiation.
Michael Durrant has presented versions of this training for a number of agencies, including training on strengths-based approaches to recruitment, clinical supervision and "performance counselling" to all managers and supervisors at UnitingCare Burnside, all clinical supervisors at Centacare Wollongong, and elsewhere.
Parramatta — 13 & 14 March 2008 — ($330 incl GST)
