Training in Pastoral Supervision
Cost is £240 (places limited to between 8 - 12 people)
Tuesday March 20th,
Thursday April 19th,
Thursday May 17th
Thursday June 14th 2018
Venue: 45 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH
Facilitator: Revd Dr Guy Harrison, Head of Spiritual & Pastoral Care, OHFT and Director of the Oxford Centre for Spirituality and Wellbeing (OCSW)
Who should attend: Those who work within health care and who supervise volunteers, chaplaincy staff or students and who have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of ministry or practice in which they will supervise others.
Applications: Care of the Great Ormond Street Chaplaincy Dep’t: 020 7813 8232
Format: Once a month for 4 months from 10am to 4pm. The course is designed to be experiential with a mix of theory, skills practice and group work
Assessment: Carried out continuously throughout the course and takes the following form:
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After each day participants submit a short reflexive account of what they have learned and how that applies to their own context;
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Skills practice is observed and feedback given by both the course facilitator and by peers;
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At the end of week 3 the course participants submit a short statement (500 words) of their learning and development needs;
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During week 4 the above statement is self and peer assessed and feedback given.
Award of Certificate: Upon satisfactory completion of the course a Certificate in Supervision Skills will be awarded by the Oxford Centre for Spirituality and Wellbeing.
Accreditation: The course meets the training hour’s requirement for general accreditation by the Association for Pastoral Supervision & Education (APSE) www.pastoralsupervision.org.uk
The course will include the following:
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Definitions
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Styles of supervision
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Collaborative supervision
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Responsibilities and boundaries within the supervision relationship
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Developing self-reflection
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Congruence
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Ethical dilemmas
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Power, context and cultural issues
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Professional practice issues: managing different roles & responsibilities; contracts
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Creativity in supervision
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Challenges of supervision
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Exploring different approaches
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Supervision of supervision
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Course evaluation