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THE WORKSHOPS
AUTHORISATION AND
APS CREDIT
EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS
ABOUT PAYMENTS
OTHER QUESTIONS
We will provide:
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Arrival tea/coffee, morning and
afternoon tea and a light lunch
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Bound workshop notes
including references and articles
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Attendance
certificate (can be used for PD points with APS)
You need to bring:
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Jacket - the air
conditioning can get very cold!!!!
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Pen and note pad
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The Board's Supervision Guidelines
- download from
www.psychreg.health.nsw.gov.au
PLEASE NOTE
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The Supervision
Guidelines are regularly updated by the Board; please check that
you bring the most recent version (Perhaps it's wise not to
download them until the week before the workshop).
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PLEASE READ the Supervision Guidelines before the workshop
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WORKSHOP TIMES - Full attendance
is required to gain authorisation as a supervisor
Day 1 9.00 to
5.00ish (depending on how long it takes you to do part 1 of the
Supervision Knowledge Test)
Day 2 9.00 to
5.30ish (depending on how long it takes you to do parts 2 & 3 of
the Supervision Knowledge Test)
The goals of the two day supervision workshop are
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Guidelines, Supervision Guidelines and supervision
program reporting requirements AND
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to develop/extend your supervision knowledge and skills
The modules include:
Day 1: best practice, goals and tasks, social power, boundaries, models and
structure of supervision, role induction, external structure, Form
P2, internal structure, needs assessment and contracting, Form P1, evaluative processes, Forms R1, R2 and R3.
Day 2: facilitative processes, collaborative problem solving consultation,
supervision triangle, reflective practice group supervision,
observational methods, managing problems, key standards
certificates, self monitoring/self care.
Pre-reading the Board’s Supervision Guidelines is highly
recommended. You’ll get a lot more from the workshops if you have
prior understanding of the requirements for registration and you
will earn 2PD pts per hour for the workshop if you have done the
pre-reading.
Download from
www.psychreg.health.nsw.gov.au
The Supervision Guidelines are
regularly updated by the Board; please check that you bring the most
recent version (Perhaps it's wise not to download them until the
week before the workshop).
The workshop runs until around 5 pm on Day 1
and around 5.30 pm on Day 2 to allow time for
the
Supervision Knowledge Test to be completed (one scenario on Day
1 and two scenarios on Day 2). It is important that you stay until
you complete the test.
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Day 1: 9.00 to 5.00ish (depending on how long it takes
you to do part 1 of the Test)
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Day 2: 9.00 to 5.00ish (depending on how long it takes
you to do part 1 of the Test)
The Portside Centre
Address:
Level 5, 207 Kent Street Sydney.
Phone:
92519559.
http://www.portsidecentre.com.au/ourlocation.htm
The first visit to The
Portside Centre can be a little confusing as you enter the building at 207 Kent Street (The Maritime Trade Towers) at
level 6 and take the lift down one floor to find it on
level 5.
The easiest way is to enter through the back door! There's an
escalator at street level between 201 and 207 Kent Street
(The Foyer Coffee Shop is on your left). Take it down one
floor and it is on the left.
There is no street parking available near The Portside
Centre. Use public transport or park in a car park.
The Portside Centre is easily accessible to:
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Wynyard trains - 5
minutes walk
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Wynyard buses - 6
minutes walk
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Circular Quay
ferries - 10 minutes walk
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Harbour Bridge - 1
minute drive
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Kent Street Car
Parks - 3 minutes walk
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Sydney Airport 25
minutes drive in non peak period (1 hours drive in peak
period)
Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Address:
345 Pacific Hwy, Coffs Harbour
Workshops are scheduled subject to demand. Send an email to
the
Workshop Manager detailing your needs (dates and place).
If there are sufficient requests to cover the costs of an extra
workshop, then we will schedule it. In the meantime, book
yourself into the first convenient workshop that is available on the
Workshop Registration
form. If an
extra workshop is scheduled, then all psychologists who have
registered for another workshop and emailed
requesting the earlier workshop will be transferred without any transfer fees.
The test
comprises three scenarios that focus on supervision methods and the
application of the Board’s registration requirements. The scenarios
assess knowledge of principles – not memory for all the rules. All
issues are addressed during the workshop and you get some practice
in responding to scenarios. It is an open book test. People
generally take 15 to 20 minutes to respond to each scenario. One
scenario is done at the end of Day 1 and the other two at the end of
Day 2. Your answers are self-assessed using a detailed scoring
sheet.
You need a 50% mark to pass. Almost all psychologists who have
attempted the test have passed it (many with high marks). If you
don’t pass, then you know that you’re not ready to be a supervisor.
When you feel ready to try again, enrol to attend another two day workshop and
re-do the test.
The Board requires full attendance to meet the requirements for
authorisation as a supervisor. If you have a crisis and must miss a
short period of the workshop, discuss with the presenter how you can
cover that material. If you miss a long period, then you will need
to attend another 2 day workshop (see
cancellation policy).
At
the end of Day 2 you’ll be provided with a copy of the Board’s form
S1 Application for Authorisation to Practise as a Supervisor.
When you have self-assessed yourself as having passed the test
you will complete S1 and hand it to the presenter. The forms will
be submitted to the Board asap and you will receive your
authorisation from the Board within two weeks. If you have not
received authorisation within two weeks and you need authorisation
quickly to start supervising, then you can email the Board to check
your status:
workshop@hprb.health.nsw.gov.au.
No, you don’t have to have been registered for 3 years to book
for the two day workshop, BUT you do need to have been registered
for 3 years by the date you attend the workshop if you want
the Board to give you credit for attendance. If you attend the
two day workshop before you've been registered for 3 years and later
want to gain authorisation as a supervisor, then you will need to
re-pay and re-attend the workshop after you have been registered for
3 years.
The workshops do not carry pre-approved APS PD points, but you can
submit your attendance certificate to the APS to be credited with 14
hours for the workshop. If you have done the pre-reading you will
be given 2PD points per hour, but if not then only 1PD point per
hour for the two day workshop.
When the Board introduced Supervision Workshops in 2006 it notified
all Psychologists that the one day workshops would be provided only
until the end of 2007. Experienced supervisors are welcome to
apply to do a workshop and then apply for authorisation to supervise, but the only workshops
available from 2008 are two day workshops.
No. One day workshops for authorisation as a supervisor were only provided to the end of 2007
The Board’s Supervision Guidelines (2.4) state that: “Psychologists
who only supervise Interns enrolled in an approved higher degree are
not required to gain Board authorisation as supervisors. These
Supervisors are welcome to attend a supervisor training workshop
although it is not mandatory”.
Numerous supervisors who only supervise Interns enrolled in an
approved higher degree have attended the two day supervision
workshop during. In general, their feedback has been that
they valued the updating in supervision approaches and skills and
that understanding the Board’s reporting requirements allowed them
to clarify their own assessment/reporting practices regarding their
student Interns.
Yes. The Board’s Supervision Guidelines (2.4) state that
“Psychologists who supervise Interns in both pathways are required
to gain Board authorisation”.
PAYPAL
If
you would like a secure Paypal account which allows you to
pay by credit card or your bank account you can quickly and easily create one.
Just click the Paypal button on the registration form and follow the
instructions. You will then be able to use this Paypal account for
many other online purchases.
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS
We do not have the necessary facilities for credit card payments,
however PayPal make it possible for you to use either a Mastercard
or Visa credit card without creating a PayPal account, click on
either the Mastercard or Visa icon under the
Paypal 'Pay Now' button,
and you will be taken to an outside link of PayPal.
Alternatively you can pay online directly into our bank account.
Please ensure that you provide identifying information (e.g. surname
and PS number) so that we can attribute the payment to you. We take
no responsibility for direct deposits that do not have sufficient
identifying information. (Note that if you choose to make a direct
deposit over the counter at a bank there are some banks that don't
allow identifying information other than numbers).
The other option is to register
first then download the form, attach a cheque made out to Viva
Wellbeing, and it to us. (see
postal details).
However please note: If payment is not received within
7 days our system will automatically cancel your registration and
you will have to apply again. We are unable to extend the 7
days for slow payments from your
employer.
A receipt
will be emailed to you when your payment has been received.
Your enrolment will be confirmed by email as soon as we receive your
payment along with a receipt. Please contact us if you do not receive a confirmation
within 3 days of making an online payment and within 5 days of
posting your payment. We will confirm places on receipt of a
cheque, but will cancel the place if the cheque bounces.
Confirmation of a new booking will then require new payment plus
bank charges for the bounced cheque.
If you have
not received confirmation of your enrolment within 7 days of your
application then you will need to contact us as your application may
have gone astray. If
you don't have confirmation of enrolment then you are NOT enrolled.
Sorry, but no. we've sometimes had to chase up employers for
months before they paid. We cannot hold a place unless payment has been
received. If your employer is likely to be slow in making the
payment, then the safest way to secure a place in the workshop you
prefer is to pay for it yourself and then request a refund from your
employer. Or if you pay now, we will give you a refund when
your employer pays.
The change of booking policy is:
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Full
transfer of fee to new workshop if the place you vacate is taken by
another psychologist
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50% transfer fee if the place you vacate cannot be
filled by another psychologist
The cancellation policy is:
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Refund of 80% of payment if the place you vacate is
taken by another psychologist
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Refund of 50% of payment if the place you vacate cannot
be filled by another psychologist
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No refund if you
don't show up on the day without 24 hours notice
The Board provided supervision workshops for two years to ensure
that there is a sufficient number of authorised supervisors to cover
the needs of Interns. There are now around 1600 authorised
supervisors for around 1200 Interns (both approved degree pathway
and supervision pathway) in NSW. The Board is willing to authorise
further supervisors if they meet requirements, but does not have the
resources to subsidise the costs.
Email your question to
Joyce.
You will receive a response asap (no more than
3 days).
If you
experience difficulties registering via the internet please try
emailing
Joyce
first and if this doesn't work then
ring our Workshop
Message Bank on 0466 321 298.
This is a message bank service only, where you may leave a
message with your email address
and Joyce will get back to
you within 24hours. Please speak clearly when leaving your
details as it is often hard to understand the email address which
then makes it impossible for us to get back to you.
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