General Information

The following supervisor training meets the Board’s requirement for renewal of Board-approved supervisor status every five years:

*This is because part 1 does not integrate and assess both knowledge and skills as is the case in a Masterclass, and part 3 does not have sufficient assessment of theory and knowledge and cannot be taken alone (Part 1 and Part 2 are pre-requisites for Part 3).

It is important to note that a Masterclass is NOT a general “refresher” course. You are expected to stay up-to-date with the program requirements of your supervisees, and your requirements as a supervisor.  A Masterclass focuses on one specific topic relevant to supervision.

If you have not supervised for a while or you assess your skills as needing updating it is recommended you complete a general refresher. More details can be found on the Psychology Board of Australia’s website: https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/Registration/Supervision/Requirements-for-supervisors.aspx

You are under no obligation to complete more than one Masterclass in a 5-year period; however, if you are encouraged to complete more than one Masterclass if your supervisor self-assessment highlights development areas in your supervision skills.

Psychology supervisors are required to self-assess against the supervisor competencies listed in the Guidelines for Supervisors publication: https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/Registration/Supervision.aspx.

The Psychology Board of Australia maintains an FAQ page that answers all of your general questions about supervision: https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/Standards-and-Guidelines/FAQ/Supervision-FAQ.aspx

The Masterclasses will focus on skill development in the topic area listed on the website. You are expected to stay up-to-date with the program requirements of your supervisees. If you have any questions about the provisional registration programs you are welcome to ask these questions of your Trainer. Your Trainer will be happy to discuss any of the questions raised by workshop participants.

Psychologists are required to complete six years of study before they can be considered for general registration as a psychologist. Some psychologists complete their final two years in the work place, some choose to complete their final two years through a university higher degree, and others choose to complete one year through a higher degree and one year in the workplace. The provisional registration program refers to these pathways as: 4+2, 5+1 and accredited professional degree (higher degree pathway). The guidelines can be found here: https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/Registration/Provisional.aspx All pathways require psychologists to meet standard competencies before they can become generally registered as a Psychologist.

When you have completed a Masterclass you will be provided with a certificate of completion. You will need to provide a copy of this certificate and a completed Board form 'MBAS-76 Application to maintain Board-approved supervisor status'  (https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/registration/forms.aspx) to the Psychology Board of Australia before your deadline (the date the Board says you need to have completed a Masterclass by).

You will need to complete all three parts of the full training: Knowledge Assessment; Skills Training; and Competency Assessment. More details about this training can be found here.

The CRRH-CHS have recently been approved to provide the full supervisor training package to Psychologists who want to become supervisors. We have a 12-month development timeline to ensure we are providing you a quality program that will prepare you for your new role as a supervisor. We expect to have Part 1 (Knowledge Assessment), Part 2 (Skills Training), and Part 3 (Competency Assessment) available by early 2020. More details about this training can be found here.

When you have successfully completed all three parts of the full training you will need to complete the Board form ‘ABAS-76 Application to act as a Board-approved
supervisor’ (https://www.psychologyboard.gov.au/registration/forms.aspx) and attach evidence that you have successfully completed the training (either a copy of the three separate parts of the full training OR a certificate that clearly states you have passed all three parts of the training).

Online masterclasses are delivered ‘live’ using Zoom (https://zoom.us) interactive video conferencing technology. This enables the trainer to ensure that participants are actively involved in workshop exercises and group discussions, and allows participants to interact with each other and ask the trainer questions during the workshop.

If you are not completing the masterclass to meet Psychology Board of Australia requirements then you are absolutely eligible to complete this masterclass – regardless of where you live or work, or what health profession you belong to. If you are a Psychologist who is meeting registration requirements, eligibility will depend on where you live. The Board has allowed video conference delivery of masterclasses to improve supervisor training accessibility in outer regional and remote areas of Australia, and in turn to increase accessibility of regionally and rurally-based Board-approved supervisors. Therefore, video conference master classes will only be approved for delivery to outer regional, remote or overseas-based participants. Participants in major Australian cities and inner regional areas are expected to attend a face-to-face masterclass. The Board uses the Accessibility and Remoteness Index (ARIA+) as a guide to define outer regional and remote locations within Australia. The Board generally considers participants based in locations with an ARIA+ remoteness score of 2.4 or over (i.e. outer regional, remote and very remote) or based overseas as eligible to participate in video conference master classes. Participants based in locations with an ARIA+ remoteness score below 2.4 (i.e. inner regional areas and major cites) are generally not considered to be eligible to attend a video conference masterclass. To assist with determining remoteness scores of Australian locations, see the Australian Bureau of Statistics website and their interactive map.