Syllabus

40 Hour LCSW Supervisor Training Syllabus:

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This forty-hour post-graduate program is designed for professional social workers who wish to provide clinical supervision to social work trainees gaining experience hours toward licensure. Lessons will help participants learn clinical supervision models, practices, and processes in order to successfully demonstrate understanding through quizzes, a completed supervision contract and plan, written assignments, and a presentation utilizing technology.

Program Learning Objectives

Program lessons focus on critical information needed to successfully supervise post-graduate trainees including:

  1. Foundational and well-established social work theories, principles, and techniques and their application in mental health settings. Topics include wellness and prevention, crisis intervention techniques for mental health social workers to use in response to disaster or other rapid onset trauma-causing events, and telehealth.

  2. Issues and trends in a multicultural and diverse society that impact social workers, the social work profession and assessment and evaluation in social work practice. Topics include roles and processes related to advocacy on behalf of the profession and the client.

  3. Social work professional identity and practice issues including professional functioning as a provisionally licensed social worker and self-assessment to address areas for ongoing professional growth. Topics include ethical codes and Texas state and US federal conduct standards in professional social work.

  4. Ethical decision-making models directly related to social work practice Texas state licensure and related mental health public policy. Topics include the social worker's role and function as a member of an interdisciplinary team, quality control, service delivery, referrals, and ethical marketing; and effective and ethical utilization of social media.

  5. The social work supervisor’s role and function as a professional consultant.

Specific objectives for Texas:

  1. Three (3) clock-hours for executive and administrative tasks, covering supervision plan, supervision contract, time for supervision, record keeping, and reporting 

  2. Three (3) clock-hours for supervisory relationship and social worker development

  3. Three (3) clock-hours for defining and conceptualizing supervision and models of supervision

  4. Twelve (12) hours for supervision methods and techniques, covering roles, focus (process, conceptualization, and personalization), group supervision, multi-cultural supervision (race, ethnic, and gender issues), and evaluation methods

  5. Twelve (12) hours for supervision and standards of practice, codes of ethics, and legal and professional issues


Program Goals

Participants successfully completing this forty-hour course will:

  1. Understand the basic principles and techniques of clinical supervision

  2. Know how to integrate supervisor roles (teacher, counselor, and consultant), focus (process, conceptualization, and personalization), and multi-cultural concepts, and apply supervision models based on supervisee assessment and development.

  3. Comprehend practices according to federal and Texas state regulations, professional codes of ethics and how to incorporate them into a successful supervision contract and plan.

  4. Successfully complete a written multicultural reflection, lessons with quizzes, an ethical dilemma analysis, a supervision contract and plan, and video role play demonstrating confident application and understanding of foundational and well-established models of supervision

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

Orientation to supervision and the 40 Hour LCSW Supervisor Training Course 2 CE Hours

Foundations of Supervision Lessons and Quizzes 13 CE Hours

  • Ethics of the Supervisory Relationship and Social Worker Development

  • Theories of Social Work and Supervision  

  • Developmental Models of Supervision and Best Practices 

  • Ethical and Legal issues: Technology and best Practices 

HIPAA and FERPA Privacy and Security Training for Social Workers and Staff 2 CE Hours

Written assignments (instructor will give feedback) 23 CE Hours

  • Create a supervision contract and supervision plan first and final draft 8 CE Hours

  • Create a role-play of a supervision session 6 CE Hours

  • Ethics and the multiculturally competent supervisor: Evaluation and remediation 4 CE Hours (reflection paper)

  • Managing critical incidents in supervision (ethical dilemma analysis) 5 CE Hours

This online course provides forty hours of continuing education in an interactive and asynchronous home study format. Home study course hours are calculated via written text (6000 words = one hour) and video (one hour = one hour).

Kate Walker Training courses fulfill the Texas social work rules requiring that 50% of continuing education courses come from a designated provider type.

Upon successful completion participants will receive a certificate via email indicating:

  • Supervisor CE Hours: 40

  • Ethics CE Hours: 26

  • Multicultural CE Hours: 4

STATEMENT REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY OF COURSE RESOURCES

This online training is currently available in English only.  It is delivered via audible narration, video, and visual text.

Kate Walker Training LLC charges a fee for online training. All of the resources used to design the course are listed within the course, along with the resource URL where available. You do NOT need to purchase the Kate Walker Training LLC course to access those resources. Kate Walker Training LLC will not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from accessing those resources, nor hinder anything the listed resources’ licenses permit.

Please note we have added live links below for your convenience, but we cannot guarantee their accuracy as we do not control the website destinations.

The open-source resources we have chosen for this course are:

Recommended Texts and Resources:

Bernard, J. & Goodyear, R. (2015). The fundamentals of clinical supervision, 5thEdition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Fall, M. & Sutton, J. (2004). Clinical supervision. A handbook for practitioners. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Halbur, D., & Halbur, K. (2015). Developing Your Theoretical Orientation in Counseling, 3d Edition. North Dakota: North Dakota State University.

Haynes, R., Corey, G., & Mouton, P. (2010). Clinical supervision in the helping professions, 2ndEdition. Virginia: American Counseling Association.

Kendi, I.X. (2019). How to be an Antiracist. Random House Publishing Group. 

Price-Dennis, D., & Colmenare, E. (2021). Exploring the impact of field-based supervision practices in teaching for social justice. Journal of Educational Supervision, 4(2), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.31045/jes.4.2.1

Schmidt, G., & Kariuki, A. (2018). Pathways to social work supervision. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2018.1530160

Todd, T. & Storm, C. (2014). The complete systemic supervisor: Context, philosophy, and pragmatics, 2ndEdition. West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

Walker K. M. (2024). The Clinical Supervision Survival Guide. Camden House Books, LLC.

Email

This course relies on email communication. We cannot be responsible if our emails go to your spam, so please make sure you are able to receive email from the following addresses: 

You will receive emails from us:

  • Immediately 

    • When the course is purchased

    • If you use the learning management system to re-set your password

  • Within 24 hours 

    • For questions and support requests received Monday through Friday during business hours. All emails received outside of business hours will be responded to the next business day.

  • Within 2 business days FAST TRACK

    • FAST TRACK: Grader remarks and notification if an assignment is complete or needs revisions

    • FAST TRACK: Official certificate when the course is completed

    • Please note that if you turn in multiple assignments at once, it is 2 business days per assignment. 

  • Within 10 business days

    • Grader remarks and notification if an assignment is complete or needs revisions

    • Official certificate when the course is completed 

    • Please note that if you turn in multiple assignments at once, it is 10 business days per assignment. 

  • Every 30 days 

    • Courtesy automated emails informing you of the time remaining to remain eligible for the supervisor designation through Kate Walker Training. This is a courtesy only and participants are encouraged to keep track of their own time remaining.

COURSE LENGTH AND LIMITS

  • In accordance with Texas LCSW rules you have 90 days to complete the course requirements in order to be eligible for the supervisor designation through Kate Walker Training. We cannot extend this time for you.

  • 90 days includes the time needed for your grader to process your assignment. While we will do everything we can to make sure we return assignments quickly, graders are not responsible for a missed 90 day deadline so please plan accordingly. 

  • Automated emails informing you of time remaining to remain eligible for the supervisor designation through Kate Walker Training are a courtesy only and participants are encouraged to keep track of their own time remaining.

  • Kate Walker Training begins the 90 day countdown from the date of purchase. 

  • If you complete the course after 90 days you will receive a certificate indicating that the course was NOT completed within 90 days.

  • Courses are updated annually. Old courses are removed from the website but not from purchaser’s profile. Once you purchase the course it is yours.

ASSIGNMENTS

Written assignments must be submitted using the Google forms links found in your assignments and course. Submissions using pdf, Pages, and others will not be graded. 

Video files are too large to submit as an attachment via email, please upload your file in the Google Form provided. If you do not have a Google account, please let your grader know at support@swsupervisioncourse.com and other arrangements will be provided.

Reflection papers are based on your thoughts and opinions and do not require citations, references, or APA formatting. Each paper must be in a Word or Google document.

Note: The terms 'lesson,' 'lecture,' ‘assignment,’ and 'module' may be used interchangeably. The terms 'supervisee,' associate,’ 'trainee,' and 'intern,' ‘counselor,’ ‘Social worker,’ ‘LMSW,’ ‘provisionally licensed social worker.’ and ‘therapist’ may be used interchangeably.

  1. Orientation to Supervision and the 40 Hour Supervisor Training Course 2 CE Hours

Participant will watch a lecture, read material, and listen to recordings.

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  1. Foundations of Supervision Lessons:

    1. Theories of Clinical Social work and Supervision 3 CE Hours

    2. Developmental Models of Supervision and NASW Best Practices  3 CE Hours

    3. Ethics of the Supervisory Relationship and social worker Development 3 CE Hours

    4. Ethical and Legal Issues in Supervision: Technology and NASW best Practices 3 CE Hours

Participant will watch lectures, read material, listen to recordings and successfully complete a quiz. 


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  1. Foundations of Supervision Writing Prompt Assignment 1 CE Hour

Complete assignment looks like:

Completed writing prompt template addressing each of the writing prompts in each Foundations Lesson should be completed via the Google Forms link in the course by the end date.

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  1. HIPAA and FERPA Privacy and Security Training for Social Workers and Staff  2 CE Hours

Directions: Participant will watch a lecture, read material, listen to recordings and successfully complete a quiz.

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  1. Ethics and the Multiculturally Competent Supervisor: Evaluation and Remediation 4 CE Hours

Directions: Write a reflection paper based on the prompts in the lesson.

Complete assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Assignment should be completed via the Google Forms link in the course by the end date.

  • Assignment addresses each of the bullet points specified in the lesson.

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  1. Ethical Dilemma Analysis: Managing Critical Incidents in Supervision 5 CE Hours

Directions: Analyze ethical dilemmas using the template we provide. 

Complete assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Assignment should be completed via the Google Forms link in the course by the end date.

  • Assignment addresses each of the bullet points specified in the lesson.

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  1. Role play script and video based on a supervision issue and covering roles, interventions, and evaluation 6 CE Hours

This is a two-part assignment.

Complete Part 1 assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Complete role-play should be turned in via the Google Forms link in the course before your course end date.

  • Supervisor and supervisee should be clearly identifiable.

  • The script covers the bullets outlined in the module.

Graders have 10 business days to make corrections and comments and email back to participants. 

Complete Part 2 assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Complete presentation should be turned in via the Google Forms link in the course before your course end date. If you do not have a Google account, please let your grader know at support@swsupervisioncourse.com and other arrangements will be provided.

  • Presentation upload must be viable and audio and video are clear – if your grader can’t watch it they can’t give credit.

  • Role play incorporates the grader’s edits.

  • “Break the 4th Wall Moment” includes roughly one minute of you addressing the camera as YOU (not as your supervisor character) explaining your thoughts about becoming a supervisor.

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  1. Supervision Contract and Plan based on most recent Texas license rules 8 CE Hours

This is a 2-part assignment. 

Complete Part 1 assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Complete contract and plan first draft uploaded in the Google Form provided before your course end date.

  • Contract and plan address all the bulleted criteria in the module and if something isn’t applicable, state ‘not applicable.’

  • Contract and plan utilize the templates provided.

Graders have 10 business days to make corrections and comments and email back to participants. 

Complete Part 2 assignment meets the following criteria:

  • Revised contract and plan uploaded in the Google Form provided before your course end date.

  • Revised contract and plan address all the grader comments.