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Supervision Contract Tips
Supervision contracts are used to
detail how, and under what conditions, clinical
supervision will be provided. The contract represents the
discussion and agreements between the Approved Supervisor and
the person to be supervised/mentored. The following are some
issues that should be considered in the development of a
supervision contract, whether the contract will be for
supervision mentoring or direct supervision of MFTs/trainees.
. Logistics-when and where will the supervision be conducted,
length of supervision sessions, etc.
. Clarification of supervisory relationships-describe roles
and responsibilities.
. Roles of multiple supervisors-if more than one supervisor is
working with the supervisee, how will cases be divided, under
what conditions may the supervisors discuss the progress of
the supervisee?
. Goals of the supervision-what does the supervisee want to
learn or accomplish; will supervision hours count toward
licensure, association membership, etc.?
. Methods of supervision-expectations about how case
information will be presented (notes, videotape, etc.) to the
supervisor.
. Evaluation procedures-when will formal evaluation
discussions take place, will they be documented, what is the
evaluation criteria?
. Any issues, rules, regulations specific to the
agency/institution in which the therapy and/or supervision
will be conducted. (Ex: rules about videotaping, removing case
notes from the premises, etc.)
. Reporting requirements and emergency procedures for high
risk or abusive clients.
. How the supervisee can reach the supervisor in cases of
emergency.
. Adherence to ethical guidelines-what code(s) of ethics does
the supervisee agree to abide by. (Note: in the contract, the
parties can agree to abide by a certain code even if they are
not members of the organization that promulgated the code.)
. Record keeping-how records of supervision will be kept, both
session notes and the log of supervision.
. Notification of clients that the therapy is being supervised
and by whom.
. Payment for supervision-amount, when payments are due.
. How disagreements between the supervisor and supervisee will
be brought forth and resolved.
. When the supervisory relationship will end, and conditions
under which the contract may be continued.
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