Master Class - Supervising Psychologists Working in the Disability Sector

Welcome to our Master Class - Supervising Psychologists Working in the Disability Sector! This online event is designed for professionals in the psychology field looking to enhance their skills in supervising psychologists working with individuals with disabilities. Join us for an interactive session where you'll learn valuable techniques and best practices from industry experts. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge and network with like-minded professionals.

This Master Class attracts 6 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points.

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Supervising psychologists working in the disability sector

Psychologists wishing to maintain their supervisor approval are required to refresh their training every five years by completing at least one Board-approved Master Class. A Master Class is a competency-based training workshop requiring at least six hours of direct/live training.

ORS is proud to present its current Master Class offerings, as an approved Board-endorsed Master Class training provider.

ORS is an experienced national allied health provider, providing psychological services and psychology supervision across diverse settings, industries and sectors, including the NDIS, OOHC, Aged Care, Medicare, Private Allied Health, Workplace Rehabilitation and justice and forensic settings. ORS has a psychology workforce of over 200 psychologists including provisional psychologists, registrars, neuropsychologists, clinical and educational psychologists, and a staff of more than 30 AHPRA supervisors. ORS draws on its wealth of clinical experience and expertise to present Master Classes that address contemporary clinical practice and supervision issues, and enable supervisors to readily apply learnings and reflections to enhance their ongoing practice.

Master Class course outline

Description

This Master Class focuses on issues that may arise in supervising provisional psychologists who work in the disability sector, specifically the National Insurance Disability Scheme (NDIS).

It is designed to increase the supervisor’s understanding of their responsibilities as a Board-approved supervisor, highlight considerations required when working in the disability sector and increase skills in supporting psychological practice with psychologists working with people with disabilities.

The Master Class draws on professional experiences working within a large national disability service provider and supervising provisional psychologists, registrars, and registered psychologists within this setting. The Master Class assists participants to understand the foundational practices of working with people with disability, including person-centred practice and trauma-informed practice. The practice principles involved in the elimination of restricted practices will also be covered.

The Master Class is underpinned by the guiding ethical principles of psychology, in order to ensure public safety by guiding the ethical practice development in early career psychologists. The Master Class is also experiential, providing multiple opportunities for participants to explore their own practice through case study discussions and role plays. The Master Class parallels how we approach supervision sessions, in that participants will leave feeling better informed, more reflective about their own practice and with ideas to continue to ensure their supervision is aligned with current evidence for best practice.

Upon completion of this Master Class, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply the principles of competency-based supervision.
• Identify ways to incorporate cultural and social diversity into the supervision context.
• Understand the types of work that psychologists complete in the NDIS.
• Identify the core competencies required for registration and how these may be demonstrated in working within the disability sector.
• Familiarise themselves with their supervisory duties and legal, ethical and reporting obligations and how these overlap with the NDIS requirements.
• Build their confidence in acting as the gatekeepers to the psychology profession with a focus on ensuring supervisees act ethically and competently to ensure the maintenance of public safety.
• Integrate knowledge and practice through experiential learning through group discussions and facilitated role-plays.
• Develop networks with other supervisors and colleagues.
• Establish competency as a Board approved supervisor through the marked assessment and other systematic assessments throughout the training program.

These learning outcomes align to the BAS competencies:

1. Knowledge of and skills in effective supervision practices.
2. Knowledge of and ability to develop and manage the supervisory relationship.
3. Ability to assess the psychological competencies of the supervisee.
4. Capacity to evaluate the supervisory process.
5. Responsiveness to cultural and social diversity in supervision.
6. Ability to address legal and ethical considerations.

Meet the presenters

Dr Joyce Man

Joyce is a clinical psychologist with over 17 years of experience in the disability field. Joyce has been providing supervision to provisional psychologists, registrars and registered psychologists for over 14 years. She also serves as an independent specialist for DCJ and regularly attends restrictive practice authorisation panels and is a Specialist Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner in Mental Health.

Joyce completed her PhD at Macquarie University where she investigated psychologists’ adherence to best practice standards when working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions and the service experiences of carers. She is the recipient of the 2017 Australian Psychological Society, Psychology of Intellectual Disability and Autism Thesis Award.

Joyce has extensive clinical experience in government and non-government disability agencies in Australia, primarily with people with intellectual disabilities and autism. She is also the recipient of a number of industry awards including the FACS 2016 Excellence in Psychology Award in Evidence-Based Practice and The Benevolent Society 2017 Leaders Award.

Joyce is passionate about promoting evidence-based practice in the disability field and regularly contributes via lecturing, training, clinical supervision, reviewing papers submitted to journal publications and publishing peer-reviewed research.

A full list of Joyce’s publications can be found on Google Scholar.

Google Scholar link

Lorraine Green

Lorraine has worked in disability-specific services for the past 25+ years within a variety of roles including direct support and clinical roles. Most recently she has worked as a Senior Psychologist / Supervisor and Team Manager supporting clinical teams in providing NDIS, Medicare and NPA services.

She has a keen focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, families, and staff, believing that this is key to providing quality services that meet the needs of customers.

Lorraine specialises in working with families/networks and people with complex support needs including those with mental health and other disabilities.

She has worked as a Board Approved Supervisor since 2010 and enjoys helping early-career psychologists develop their skills and find their interest areas.

ORS offers multiple Supervisor Master Classes:

Supervising psychologists working with high risk populations

To learn more please visit: ORS Supervisor Training or contact ORS via email at PsychologyMasterclass@orsgroup.com.au