Applications are invited for the Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision, in Dublin City University on offer from September 2021 to May 2022. This part-time, one-year programme is suitable for experienced and accredited counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and mental health practitioners who are seeking professional and career development in clinical supervision. It is also suitable for supervisors who are currently providing supervision but do not have formal supervision training.
The Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision provides a comprehensive, university-accredited (30 credits at level 9) training in the dominant theoretical approaches, conceptual models and modes of clinical supervision, taking an integrative, relational and evidence-based approach to supervision practice. It comprises two modules and the indicative content is as follows:
(a) Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Supervision
(b) Professional Supervision Practice
Theory bound approaches to clinical supervision - existential-humanistic, psychoanalytic and systemic theory bound approaches to clinical supervision
Conceptual Models of clinical supervision - Process orientated conceptual models of supervision, including the Seven-Eyed Model, the Cyclical Model, and Integrated Developmental Model
Individual, shared, peer and group modes of supervision
National and international qualitative and quantitative supervision research studies
Integration and application of theories and models of supervision to clinical supervision practice
Practice in individual, shared, peer and group modes of supervision
Consideration of different contexts of supervision – private, team, organisational and e-supervision
Development of awareness and skills in developing and maintaining healthy and productive supervisory relationships
Reflection and practice in attending to professional issues including contracting, boundary setting, managing roles and responsibilities in supervision, and ending supervisory alliances
Development of awareness and skills in attending to ethical and legal issues in supervision, including attention to relevant ethical codes of professional and supervisory practice
Development of capacity in working with multicultural competence, attending to diversity and power in supervision
Development of skills in relation to feedback, evaluation, report-writing and gate keeping in supervision practice
Practical, professional and personal development in clinical supervision.
The method of delivery of the Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision will involve didactic teaching, application of theory to practice, supervision skills development, personal and professional development activities, supervision consultation, support with evidence-based portfolio building and written assignments. Students will also be encouraged to engage in independent study. Students will have the opportunity to apply supervision knowledge and skills to professional supervision practice with supervisees.
The programme involves 100 hours of in-class training delivered on a modular basis between September 2021 and April 2022, in line with IACP and IAHIP criteria for supervision training. Students on the Professional Diploma will attend DCU for 15 days across the academic year. The timetable for 2021-22 academic year will be available well in advance of the programme commencement date. Students will undertake 50 hours of supervision practice (25 hours of internal supervision practice with peers and 25 external hours of supervision practice) and attend 5 hours of external supervision consultation.
Applicants seeking direct entry into the Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision will:
Hold a minimum of a relevant undergraduate degree (Level 8 qualification/ H2.2) or equivalent (for example, though not exhaustively, psychotherapy, counselling, psychology, mental health, nursing, community development, social sciences or education);
Have a minimum of four-years recent relevant professional experience (for example in psychotherapy, counselling, clinical/counselling psychology, mental health);
Successfully undertake a selection interview.
In line with DCU policy, students who do not have the appropriate level of academic attainment for direct entry to the Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision may gain access via the Recognition of Prior Learning process (RPL). RPL applicants will be required to demonstrate that their learning is comparable, to the above criteria, in terms of academic level training and assessment. This involves the completion of substantive written RPL documentation and production of evidence of prior learning activities such as accreditations, transcripts and/or references. As a minimum requirement, such applicants will:
Have accreditation from a recognised professional body in the fields of psychotherapy, counselling, clinical or counselling psychology, or mental health nursing;
Have a minimum of four years’ recent relevant professional experience (for example in psychotherapy, counselling, clinical/counselling psychology, guidance counselling, mental health nursing);
Successfully undertake a selection interview.
Standard entry procedures for international applicants and for applicants with disabilities will apply.
The fee for the Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision is €3,750, for EU students for the 2021-22 academic year. Students will also pay for 5 hours of external supervision consultation. Fees for non-EU students are available on request. Further information on the programme and the application process are available at the following web page:
All applicants should apply through https://dcuie.elluciancrmrecruit.com/Apply/ the application code for this programme is DC768. Here's a quick step by step guide if you need help with your application. The closing date for applications is 21st June 2021. Applicants who successfully meet programme eligibility criteria will be invited for interview.
Further enquires are also welcome to the Programme Chair: Dr Rita Glover, rita.glover@dcu.ie / 01 7007936 or Dr Aisling McMahon, aisling.mcmahon@dcu.ie/ 01 7007915.
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