Support to Practice Supervision Training

Working in the community social services sector requires you to make difficult judgment calls all the time—you have to deal with a lot of tough and complex situations. But for the most part, clinical supervision is focused on staff only in therapeutic roles.

Support to Practice Supervision training strives to support all of our valuable employees. It explores and shares what we are calling a “Support to Practice” framework custom-built for all staff in supervisory roles—and one that translates to a wide range of service delivery areas.

This cohort-based workshop series teaches supervisors and managers how to understand the spectrum of supervisory responsibilities and helps them develop the specific supervisory skills that enhance direct services. We’re supporting good practice, helping you support your staff, and ensuring organizations are meeting the unique needs, preferences, and circumstances of your clients and communities.

Future Offerings

Development is underway for our next Support 2 Practice offering, Support 2 Practice Management. This will be a comprehensive, multi-session training on the human elements of managing in the social services sector. It will include and expand on the existing Support to Practice Supervision curriculum. Registration will open in late Summer 2023. To be notified when registration opens, please contact info@fcssbc.ca.

Support 2 Practice V1

Each in-person cohort of participants followed the same three-part training structure.

1-day virtual PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT workshop.
1-day in-person SUPPORT 2 PRACTICE supervision workshop
3-hour virtual SUPPORT 2 PRACTICE follow-up session

Principled Engagement with Indigenous People Description

Prior to the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) process in Canada, there has been a long history of activist work from Indigenous people to address colonization in Canada. The TRC process and Calls to Action have increased interest within organizations to better understand their role and responsibility in enhancing relations with Indigenous Peoples. This has also sparked an interest in understanding what Reconciliation, Decolonization, and Indigenization mean and how to apply these frameworks to build engagement with Indigenous People in organizations.

By examining the connection between the past and the present, participants will explore beliefs, impacts, and current structural tensions impacting Indigenous People, including the function of things like bias and privilege. Through dialogue, critical analysis, and case studies, in a dynamic and interactive learning environment, participants will locate their own learning needs and goals for action for principled engagement with Indigenous People.

This is a participatory workshop where participants will learn how to enhance relationships with Indigenous People. Participants will examine past and present realities that Indigenous People experience; learn how to apply a 3-step process to assess beliefs impacting Indigenous People; develop links between individual and systemic actions; learn tools for engagement, safe service and equity and assess next steps their learning journeys.

Please note: While this training offers all participants an opportunity for reflection, analysis and learning, we acknowledge that the workshop content may be difficult or triggering for some people. Supports will be in place during and after the workshop, but if there is some reason you feel you may be unable to attend, please contact Bess Williams (Federation Members & General Public) or Adrienne Yeung (CAI Grantees) who will be happy to discuss your concerns.

About the Instructors
Instructors Rain Daniels and Chelsey Branch collectively bring over 40 years of facilitation and teaching experience, specialized skill and critical analysis to this crucial dialogue.

Support to Practice Supervision Workshop Description

These seminars will support your practice within the broader concept of management supervision, provide a synopsis of research that reviews best practices of supervision, detail the key aspects of effective supervision processes, and review structured models for use in community-based settings. Attendees will gain direct skill-based practice to help them build personal efficacy in providing support to practice supervision.

Over three sessions, supervisors and managers will explore a wide range of supervisory approaches and responsibilities and will develop specific skills that will enable them to better support staff across various service delivery areas. These workshops will help ensure your organizations are able to meet the unique and changing of your clients and communities.

About the Instructors
Course instructors Christopher Burt, Gordon Coté, and Riley McKenzie are recognized professionals from the Community Social Services Sector with teaching experience and extensive knowledge of the social service industry.

Improving Service Delivery

The first two cohorts of the Support to Practice Cohort were offered in Spring 2021. Five more cohorts were offered between September 2021 and April 2022. Seven additional cohorts were offered between April 2022 and March 2023.

This training was tailored for individuals supervising front-line practitioners in the social services sector, including those in therapeutic care homes, community outreach, and centre-based support services.

Each cohort was limited to 20 participants and we encouraged only 1-2 participants from each organization to attend in order to allow a diverse range of perspectives and service areas in each cohort.

Support to Practice Supervision Training 1.0 was offered in partnership with Community Action Initiative and CityU.

Cancellation Policy: Support 2 Practice Supervision Training

1. If you register online and you choose the “pay by cheque” option, your registration confirmation is your invoice, and payment is due upon receipt. Please ensure that payment reaches The Federation office PRIOR to the date of the training. If payment is not received within 30 calendar days after the start of the training, registrants will be invoiced an additional $25.00 administration fee.

2. Registrants who cancel 3-5 business days prior to the training (after Feb. 19, 2023) will receive a refund less $25.00 per person administration fee. There will be no refund issued if cancellation occurs within 0-2 business days of the training start date (after Feb. 22, 2023) or after training has started.

3. If you register online and choose the “pay by cheque” option and do not cancel within the above-noted time frames (see #2), you are responsible for the registration fee and will be invoiced accordingly.

4. Registrations are transferable to a different person for the same training. Please contact The Federation office for assistance with this. Registrations are not transferable to another type of training. Registrations are only transferable once.

Support to Practice Supervision Training

Future Offerings

Support 2 Practice V1

Improving Service Delivery

Cancellation Policy: Support 2 Practice Supervision Training

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