Tuesday 19 December 2017

By Kathleen Hill


For most careers, we need to get a tertiary education and certification in order to be considered qualified. There are also training periods where a student is required to work in an institution in order to practice their skills. They are assigned supervisor who is to guide them all through this session. The article below elaborates further on psychology supervisor training Australia.

Every time we meet new people, we try to create a good first impression. This should not be any different when it comes to supervisors meeting their trainees for the first time. The trainer should be friendly and warm up to the trainees. This will actually go a long way in forming a strong professional bond between the supervisor and the trainee.

The importance of being there for the trainee is to ensure they do not feel under appreciated. Before they start meeting their clients, trainees should hold one on one meetings with their supervisors. This enables the supervisors to evaluate the skills of the trainee and give the required guidance to the learner. It is at these time that expectations from both sides are made known.

Trainers tech theoretical knowledge and expect it to be applied practically by their trainees. You should not only focus on feeding knowledge to the trainees; you should try to see life from their side too. At the end of each session, you may try and find out what they thought of the lesson, if they agree with it and if they are looking forward to the next.

As you progress, you should know that a trainee has three major stages of development. The first, is the when they interact with a client for the first time and are very anxious. They need guidance on what to say and how to act. The second stage is when the trainee has gained a bit of confidence and is able to see the world from the clients perspective. The third is when the learner can actually empathize with the client and find a solution.

After every session or interaction with clients, a supervisor should give feedback to the trainees. The feedback is not always based on how they work and how they relate to other people. Sometimes the feedback is based on professionalism and personality. This may be a bit difficult for the supervisor to deliver delicately depending on their relationship with the trainee.

Seeing as giving feedback is not always easy especially if the feedback is not so positive, a supervisor should come up with a way to be delicate with the results issuing to his/ her trainees. It may be difficult to explain through emails, phone calls, and even text messages. A trainer should consider having audio or video files to help them in pointing out the faults clearly.

No two people can always agree on anything. This means no matter how close a trainee and the supervisor are, there will always be a difference of opinion. This means that a supervisor is one to put things bluntly, they should improve to avoid complicating their relationship with their client.




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