Jill Hanlon

Social Works

Supervision and Training

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About Social Works

Jill Hanlon Social Works offers clinical, counselling, social works supervision, professional development and critical reflection supervision for individuals and groups in health, education and community services.

Supervision can be provided in an organisation setting or at Jill’s office, Bendigo CBD.

Jill’s goal is to support you to achieve and sustain satisfaction in your work by encouraging curiosity, reflection and alternative ways of practicing and problem solving.

You or your group set your goals for clinical and professional supervision and together we plan how to achieve them.

Jill is available to meet with you weekdays from 8am and after hours, weekends and public holidays, if needed.

Although based in Bendigo, Social Works aims to serve the needs of clients across regional Victoria and Melbourne.

Clients typically come from a range of industry sectors including: -

  • Acute and allied health
  • Housing and advocacy
  • Financial and alcohol & other drugs counselling services
  • Local government
  • Non-government organisations

ABOUT Jill Hanlon – Founder

Jill has worked in the community services sector for 35 years in counselling, community and program development as advocate, trainer, team leader, manager and board member.

Jill took a leap of faith and opened Social Works 24 years ago with a focus on individual and group reflective supervision, clinical supervision, professional supervision, counselling supervision and training.

Between 1998 and 2017 Jill worked as a sessional tutor at the School of Social Work and Social Policy La Trobe University Rural Health School, Bendigo.

Jill continues to provide external supervision for students on field work placement.

Academic

  • Diploma in Recreation Management
  • Bachelor of Social Work
  • Diploma in Gestalt Therapy
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Development

Accreditations

  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  • Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment

Professional Membership

  • Australian Association of Social Workers

Services INCLUDE

  • Clinical supervision
  • Professional supervision
  • Counselling supervision
  • Social work supervision

Supervision

Individual and group supervision in an organisation setting and/or external supervision.

Sessions can be regular, irregular or one-off, depending on the needs of individuals or groups.

Not sure what you need?

Contact me for a free first session to discuss options for support.

Fee for service

Individual Supervision

Option 1: One hour session(s) $95.00

Option 2: Three one-hour sessions $270.00

Option 3: Six one-hour sessions $520.00

* Fee for service can be negotiated depending on an individual’s capacity to pay.

Team, group and peer supervision

Jill draws on a critical reflective practice model. One to two-hour sessions $100 per hour.

employee assistance program (eap)

EAP is a service offered by employers to employees and sometimes their families experiencing professional and personal distress.
The service aims to increase the psychological wellbeing of employees.
Three one-hour sessions are recommended.
Fee for service usually met by the employer.

WORKSHOPS

Supervision Training

Workshop type: Skills training, experiential and interactive training.

Jill will develop training content to reflect participant's experience in supervision and the organisation's expectations for supervision.

  • Introduction to approaches, models, theory for evidence-based practice.
  • Ideas for consideration as supervisor and supervisee expectations, responsibilities, and confidentiality in negotiating a learning alliance.
  • Strategies to keep supervision a creative space and ideas for managing the supervision relationship when it’s not.
  • Opportunity for Jill to offer demonstration and you to practice.

Jill welcomes the opportunity to facilitate training in Bendigo, throughout Victoria and interstate.

Length of training 1-2 days.

Introduction to Critical Reflection

Workshop type: Skills training, experiential and interactive training.

  • Can be provided in conjunction with supervision training.
  • Introduction to theory for practice and principles underpinning critical thinking and reflection.
  • Ways to incorporate critical reflection into practice and supervision, in response to ethical challenges, problem solving, building team culture, policy development and evaluation.
  • Model for using critical reflection in group supervision.

Length of training: Half to two days workshop. Can be incorporated into supervision training.

Professional Development

Explores:

  • Managing professional conflicts and ethical dilemmas.
  • Giving and receiving feedback.
  • Critical incident stress debriefing.
  • Mediation.
  • Maintaining resilience, values and a sense of humor in complex, challenging work environments.
  • Reflective practice and supervision as fundamentals to self-care.

Can be offered to small and larger team contexts as a one off or one to two days ongoing external support.

Length of training: Half-day, 1-2 days.

Accredited Skills Training

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills training (ASIST) auspiced by Living Works Australia.
Usually offered in conjunction with Lifeline Central Victoria.
ASIST is an interactive, skills-based workshop in ‘suicide first aid’ supporting workers and community members to be more confident and competent in suicide prevention.
Minimum 12 participants.
Length of training: Two days.

Training Events

Jill conducts training events on request at a location of your choice.
Events may include training in critical reflection and professional development. Training content is evaluated and revised constantly.
Jill has a reputation for flexibility – to change or adapt content and process to meet your needs, budget and time.
Testimonials from participants, and organisations are available on request.

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