Supervision and Management in Health and Human Service Organizations

Catalog description

This course develops the knowledge, values, skills, and critical thinking processes necessary for anticipating leadership and supervision opportunities in health and social service organizations. Students will critically analyze what is involved in management and administrative supervision as well as in providing ongoing reflective supervision to other clinicians. Key components of this course include how to create and shape spaces for supervision and reflective practice as well as using theory and putting theory into practice in administrative, clinical, and reflective supervision. Students will explore best practices for new, interim, or recently promoted supervisors as well as ways and approaches to institutionalize best practices across administrative, clinical, and reflective supervision.