Competencies for substance abuse treatment clinical supervisors.

摘要

The TAP 21 counselor competencies describe what fully proficient counselors can do in clinical practice. Those competencies may be introduced in pre-employment education and training settings, but they are often developed more fully on the job. It is typically the clinical supervisor’s responsibility to mentor counselor development and facilitate the building of new knowledge and skills, not only during counselors’ early years but throughout their careers. To that end, clinical supervisors in agencies specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders are expected to be knowledgeable and proficient in the addiction counseling competencies. ududClinical supervision itself is much discussed in the professional literature of several disciplines, including social work, psychology, and both mental health and substance use disorder counseling. Theories, process dynamics, and tools abound, but the functional responsibilities and essential skills of the substance use disorder treatment supervisor had not been synthesized into one document that could serve as a standard for the field. To remedy that situation, CSAT convened the Clinical Supervision Competencies Task Force (the Task Force) in fall 2005. The Task Force, composed of experts in substance abuse treatment and clinical supervision from across the country, was charged with developing this document, TAP 21-A, Competencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinical Supervisors. TAP 21-A is designed to accompany TAP 21, taking monitoring, assessment, and improvement of addiction counseling competencies to the next level.ududClinical Supervision Competencies Task Force udSection I Introduction udBackground. udA Changing Profession udA Competency-Based Framework for Clinical Supervision udWhat This Document Is Not udUsing This Document udDirections for Future Research udBibliography ududSection II: Implementation Guidelines udWhy Have Implementation GuidelinesudWhat Needs To Be Implemented? udBibliography ududSection III: Foundation Areas udFA1: Theories, Roles, and Modalities of Clinical Supervision udFA2: LeadershipudFA3: Supervisory AllianceudFA4: Critical ThinkingudFA5: Organizational Management and AdministrationududSection IV: Performance DomainsudPD1: Counselor DevelopmentudPD2: Professional and Ethical StandardsudPD3: Program Development and Quality AssuranceudPD4: Performance Evaluation .udPD5: AdministrationududSection V: Integrated Bibliography .udSection VI: AppendicesudAppendix A: Clinical Supervision Certification—National Resources udAppendix B: Professional Codes of Ethics Specific to Clinical Supervision udAppendix C: Suggested Reading and Other Resources udAppendix D: Field Reviewers udud[See link below for TAP 21 Addiction counseling competencies.]