How do I meet the supervision requirements for certification and renewal?
The purpose of supervision is to enhance practice skill, improve consumer outcomes and to clarify ethical issues that arise in daily practice. Most of the major recognized professions have standards of practice that include a requirement for continuing review of performance indicators. These indicators relate to such issues as maintaining care management competence, quality of consumer care, legal and ethical issues, care team collaboration and resource management issues. Supervision is often a structured, regularly scheduled meeting between a practitioner and a supervisor. However, there are many acceptable and creative means of participating in supervisory activities that facilitate growth of the care manager. Consultative approaches to professional growth include peer supervision, case conferences and reviews, ethical dilemma resolution, and/or discussion of clinical issues within the dynamics of the consumer system. Practice enhancement through multiple consultative processes might
