Clinical Supervision Support Program

The aim of the Clinical Supervision Support Program (CSSP) of Health Workforce Australia (HWA) is to expand clinical supervision capacity and competence across the educational and training continuum, inclusive of Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, professional entry to postgraduate students and vocational trainees, for medicine, nursing and midwifery, dental and allied health professions by supporting measures:

• To prepare and train clinical supervisors
• To deliver and develop a competent clinical supervision workforce, which delivers quality training.

In July 2010 HWA prepared the CSSP Discussion Paper to consider supervision across professions and the educational continuum.  HWA received 134 submissions in response to the Discussion Paper and over 500 stakeholders attended forums held through Australia.

In April 2011 HWA released the CSSP Directions Paper which provides a summary of feedback against each of the policy options contained in the Discussion Paper and outlines the agreed CSSP Work Program.

The CSSP work program includes projects to:

• Define roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of key stakeholders involved in the delivery of clinical training and supervision
• Improve the quality of clinical supervision at organisation, service and clinical supervisor levels
• Improve coordination and consistency of supervision approaches across higher education and clinical training providers
• Enhance clinical supervision capacity in the health system
• Promote continuous improvement and innovation in clinical supervision.

For further information, please contact:

Program Manager
Tel.: 1800 707 351