The Intermediate
Clinical Supervisor* exercises responsibility over substance abuse
counselors concerning all activities, including but not limited
to, substance abuse counselor development, skill assessment and
performance evaluation, staff management and administration, and
professional responsibility.
The supervisor
shall not permit a supervisee to engage in any practice that the
supervisee is not competent to perform.
All supervisors
shall be legally and ethically responsible for the supervised activities
of the substance use disorder professional supervisee. Supervisors
shall be available or make appropriate provision for emergency consultation
and intervention. Supervisors shall be able to interrupt or stop
the supervisee from practicing in given cases, or recommend to the
supervisee's employer that the employer interrupt or stop the supervisee
from practicing in given cases, and to terminate the supervised
relationship, if necessary.
No person may
provide clinical supervision of substance abuse professionals in
the State of Wisconsin unless they are certified by the Department
of Regulation and Licensing or are exempt under s. 440.88 (3m),
Stat.
*Note:
Those individuals who formerly held Wisconsin Certification Board
credentials of CCS-G or CCS I transferred to the Department of Regulation
& Licensing as a certified Intermediate Clinical Supervisor
Definition
of “Clinical supervision”:
A specific and
definitive process of oversight of a counselor's professional development
in the didactic, experiential and application of the trans disciplinary
foundations and practice dimensions including core functions.
Supervision
takes place in intermittent face-to-face contact between a clinical
supervisor and treatment staff provided on or off the site of a
service to ensure that each patient has an individualized treatment
plan and is receiving quality care. Methods for supervision may
include, but are not limited to, auditing of patient files, case
review and discussion of active cases, direct observation of treatment,
video or audio review and observation of the counselor's professional
interaction with patients and staff.
The goals
of “clinical supervision” are to provide the opportunity to develop
competency in the trans disciplinary foundations, practice dimensions
and core functions, provide a context for professional growth and
development and ensure a continuance of quality patient care. A
primary purpose of “clinical supervision” is to ensure skill development
evidenced in quality patient care.
