PC024-812 - Advanced Professional Supervision for Ministry Workers

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

PC023-712 / PC023-812 / PC023-912

 

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC724-4. Unit exclusions: PC024-712, PC024-912

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, professional supervision to the level required for recognition and accreditation as a professional supervisor by the Australian Association of Supervisors (AAOS) within the context of the Graduate Certificate of Professional Pastoral Supervision

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on professional supervision with particular reference to the self-awareness required for supervision work and the competencies required for peer and group supervision

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising implementing research-based approaches to a ministry of pastoral supervision with particular reference to legal and ethical requirements of a diocese / church organisation / ministry workplace

3. Present Research-Aware perspectives on enhanced professional supervision in a range of ministry contexts
 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Advanced Professional Supervision for Ministry Workers’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. Review of Previous Unit – models and skills for supervision
  2. Legal and Ethical Issues in Supervision: Mandatory Reporting; Codes of Conduct, Confession and Working with the Newly Ordained
  3. Practicing the Process: Transference, Counter-transference, Parallel Process; Supervision, Ministry and Power
  4. Group and Peer Supervision
  5. Creative approaches to Supervision, the importance of self-care for Supervision

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Key Texts:

Davys, A and Liz Beddoe, Best Practice in Professional Supervision: A Guide for the Helping Professions. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

Paterson, M. and Jessica Rose, Enriching Ministry: Pastoral Supervision in Practice. London: SCM Press, 2014.

 

Recommended Books:

Bass, D.C. & Dykstra, C. (eds) For Life Abundant: Practical Theology, Theological Education, and Christian Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.

Benefiel, M. & Holton, G. (eds). The Soul of Supervision: Integrating Practice and Theory. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2010.

Burns, B. Guthrie, T.D. & Guthrie D.C. Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving. Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2013.

Davys, A and Liz Beddoe, Best Practice in Professional Supervision: A Guide for the Helping Professions. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

DeLong, W.R. (ed) Courageous Conversations: The Teaching and Learning of Pastoral Supervision. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2010.

Foster, Charles R.  Dahill, L., Golemon, L., Tolentino, B.W., Sullivan, W.M. Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and Pastoral Imagination. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Floding, M. Welcome to Theological Field Education. Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2011

Harison, Jamie and Robert Innes (Eds) Clergy in a Complex Age. London: SPCK, 2016.

Hawkins, P. & Shohet, R. Supervision in the Helping Professions. New York: McGrath Hill, 2006.

Leach, J. & Paterson, M. Pastoral Supervision: a Handbook. London: SCM Press, 2010.

Olsen, David C. and Nancy G. Devor, Saying No to Say Yes: Everyday Boundaries and Pastoral Excellence. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015

Paterson, M. and Jessica Rose, Enriching Ministry: Pastoral Supervision in Practice. London: SCM Press, 2014.

Paver, J.E. Theological Reflection and Education for Ministry. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2006.

Pohly, K. Transforming the Rough Places: the Ministry of Supervision. Ohio: Whaleprints, 1993.

Strom, Mark, Lead with Wisdom: How Wisdom Transforms Good leaders into Great leaders. Melbourne: Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Ward, F. Lifelong Learning: Theological Education and Supervision. London: SCM Press, 2005

 

Recommended Articles:

Stoltenberg, C. ‘Approaching Supervision From a Developmental Perspective: The Counselor Complexity Model’ in Journal of Counseling Psychology. 1981, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 59-65.

Tan, Siang-Yang. ‘Developing integration skills: the role of clinical supervision’ in Journal of Psychology and Theology. Spring 2009, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 54-61.

Gula, R. M. ‘The Dynamics of Power’ in Just Ministry: Professional Ethics for Pastoral Ministers. 2010, Ch. 5, pp. 117-155.

Williams, A. ‘Working Visually in Supervision’ in Psychotherapy in Australia. Aug 2000, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 8-11.

Benefiel, M. & Holton, G. (eds) ‘Wisdom’s Garden: A Metaphor for Cross- Professional Supervision Training’ in The Soul of Supervision: Integrating Practice and Theory. New York: Morehouse Publishing. 2010, Ch. 1, pp. 1-24.

Lowe, R. & Guy, G. ‘From Group to Peer Supervision: a Reflecting Team Process’ in Psychotherapy in Australia. Nov 1999, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 36-41.

Reddicliffe, R. A. ‘Report on a Pastoral Supervision Pilot Project in Australia’ in Practical Theology 3.1. 2010, pp. 93-109.

Scharen, C ‘Learning Ministry over Time: Embodying Practical Wisdom’ in For Life Abundant: Practical Theology, Theological Education, and Christian Ministry (eds) Dorothy C Bass and Craig R Dykstra. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans Publishing. 2008, pp. 265-288.

Banks, Robert J. & Bernice M Ledbetter ‘Christian leadership in action’ in Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 2004, Ch. 6, pp. 113-132.

Snorton, T ‘Looking Toward the Future of Pastoral Supervision’ in Courageous Conversations: The Teaching and Learning of Pastoral Supervision (ed) William R DeLong. Lanham: University Press of America. 2010, Ch. 9, pp. 119-127.

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