Supervision Training for Dietitians 2024 - USA, UK

*Please contact Fiona at themindfuldietitian@gmail.com with any questions*

As Dietitians, Supervision and Consultancy is a relative newcomer in our field, unlike that within therapy and mental health where supervision is very much "core practice." As a result, there are some significant gaps in RDs understanding what Supervision is (and is not!) and there are very few opportunities - apart from in Australia where it's well established with thanks to Tara MacGregor who established Dietitian Supervision Resources Australia (DSRA) - for Dietitians specifically to learn "how" to be a Supervisor using solid frameworks and practice models. Please do consider Tara's very high quality live online (morning time AEST) training for Dietitians around the world looking to solidify and step up supervision skillfulness.

The reality is that Dietitians from all sectors are often in positions where we are caring for others as we are caring our ourselves, and Supervision - when done well -can literally be a career-saver for RDs. What we are coming to realise is that Supervision is so much more than consulting on "cases" - rather, Supervision requires a distinct skill-set that bring unique challenges and invites us into very specific ways of supporting our colleagues. Many of us have not learned through training, we've learned through replicating the supervision we've had ourselves, resulting is a widely varying qualities and experiences of supervision.

This Supervision training aims to support Dietitians in getting clear about how we can contribute to supervision being a highly relational experience which underpins a quality, safe and ethical exchange in the service of the learning and growth of our supervisees. Our aim is that you will leave feeling more clear and confident in your work as a supervisor, and re-invigorated to bring your skills to life in practice. 

Supported by Directors of Nutrition at Thira Health, Within and The Renfrew Center, the 2024 training events will comprise 2 x live online sessions,  followed by live, full day face-to-face training in 4 cities - Seattle, Austin, Boston and London, UK. This training has been held previously in Boston (2022) and Denver (2023) for groups of Dietitians at treatment centres.

Dates

Live Online Part A Completed, recording available until 30th May 2024

Live Online Part B Completed, recording available until 30th May 2024

PLUS a full day live face-to-face from 9am-5pm

LONDON on Monday June 10th at St Luke's Community Centre, South Islington

**Please ensure that you complete this form alongside your registration - thankyou!**

Who is this suitable for?

This is most suitable for Dietitians who are already Supervising other Dietitians either in or outside your workplace/practice plus at least 6 years of solid clinical practice plus being in your own supervision for at least 2 years. If you are in your own supervision (minimum 2 years, 1:1) and have at least 6 years of clinical practice, please discuss this training with your supervisor to explore whether this is a good match and we would love to have you! It’s important to us that this training rests on a solid foundation of clinical practice and orientation to supervision as a practice and we want to support people newer to being a supervisor as well.

Equity and group rates are available

Outline:

• Foundations of Supervision Practice - developing a shared understanding 
• Contracting and Setting up agreements for Relational Safety
• Delivering on Key Supervision tasks (Proctor)
• Navigating Supervision Spaces (Hewson, MacGregor, Toohey)
• Safety and Ethical Practice including using case vignettes to building your skills in navigating tricky situations
• Supporting Supervisees to learn and reflect well 
• Giving and receiving feedback with relational safety in mind
• Role delineation in Supervision

Please note that it is trusted that each person will be bringing an awareness of limits to their practice based on codes of conduct and standards of practice as named by national organisations.

Your host:

Fiona Sutherland

Fiona (Fi) is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of The Mindful Dietitian,  living and working on Wurundjeri Country (Melbourne, Australia). She has been a Dietitian for 25 years (Eating Disorders and Sports Nutrition specialities) and a Supervisor for over 12 years, undertaking Supervision training in Australia and her own Clinical Supervision consistently over this time. Currently, Fiona’s primary work is Dietetic Supervision alongside an array of education and training for Dietitians and Health Professionals. Fiona wishes to pay the utmost credit to the work of Tara MacGregor for building such a strong foundation and community of practice for Supervisors in Australia and is indebted to Tara's ongoing contribution to Supervision in Dietetics.