Unit Outline

This unit is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in relation to your leadership role for clinical supervision in health and human service professions. This unit emphasizes the continuous process of reflecting on and improving personal supervisory practices, ensuring that you are equipped to lead and innovate in your professional environments. Students in this unit will explore current literature and research on clinical supervision theory and practice and critically review models of supervision across professions and health and human service contexts. You will review your own clinical supervision experiences and practice within the existing models and will analyse, reflect and plan improvements in personal supervisory practice. This unit is suitable for professionals working in a range of health and human service settings who are responsible, or who wish to develop skills, for supervising students and junior health and human services practitioners

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Critically evaluate contemporary models, methods, and principles of clinical supervision across health and human service contexts, drawing on current evidence, interprofessional practice, and ethical frameworks.
2	Design and justify an evidence-informed supervision plan tailored to your workplace context, incorporating evaluation of models, model implementation planning, and alignment with quality and safety standards.
3	Critically reflect on your leadership role in clinical supervision, including change readiness, cultural and organisational influences, and strategies for implementing and sustaining supervision models.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

Student feedback has been integral to the ongoing refinement of CAM609. We value the diverse professional backgrounds, disciplinary perspectives, and lived experiences that students bring to the CAM609 learning community, and we recognise this diversity as a strength that enriches collective learning. In response to student feedback, the unit has been refined to enhance clarity, engagement, and practical relevance, while maintaining strong alignment with the unit learning outcomes. Content has been updated to strengthen the explicit connection between clinical supervision theory, leadership, and real-world application across health and human services contexts. Greater emphasis has been placed on interactive learning approaches, including the introduction of interactive oral assessments, which were designed to support deeper critical engagement, authentic professional dialogue, and the application of supervisory leadership concepts to complex practice scenarios. These changes reflect a commitment to responsive curriculum design, continuous improvement, and creating a learning environment that is inclusive, practice-informed, and intellectually rigorous.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Academic Essay	Week 5	30 %	LO1, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Supervision Plan	Week 10	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Interactive Oral Assessment	Week 12	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Academic Essay

Task Description:

This task requires you to critically analyse three conceptual models of clinical supervision that you have studied in this unit. Critically analyse the core concepts of each model, their relevance to quality and safety in health and human services, their strengths and weaknesses with reference to unit content, core and supplementary readings, and current national and international academic literature.

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically analyse core concepts and skills in clinical supervision with reference to unit content, core and supplementary readings and the academic literature	LO1
2	Critically review a range of models of clinical supervision in health and human service contexts with appropriate referencing	LO1
3	Critically reflect on the potential for implementation of a selected model of clinical supervision in your own workplace environment with appropriate referencing	LO1, LO3

Assessment Task 2: Supervision Plan

Task Description:

This assessment task requires you to design a plan for clinical supervision that gives you the opportunity to describe, analyse and reflect on how you would apply the knowledge and skills you have developed in this unit to your workplace and professional practice.

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 10

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically analyse core concepts, methods, and models of clinical supervision in health and human service contexts, integrating ideas from a wide range of sources and referencing relevant academic literature.	LO1, LO2, LO3
2	Critically analyse the supervision arrangement in your workplace. Including a range of models of clinical supervision relevant to health and human contexts and evaluate their potential impact if implemented and delivered.	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Critically analyse the implementation of a selected model of clinical supervision in your workplace environment. Including how this plan would be implemented, delivered, and evaluated in your workplace.	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Interactive Oral Assessment

Task Description:

This assessment task requires you to present your supervision plan and undertake a theory-informed conversation with the assessor in relation to the plan provided.

Task Length:

20 minutes. 5-minutes presentation with 15-minutes question time

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Integrates an evidence-based approach to address the plan	LO2
2	Presents a plan that applies the key concepts from the unit	LO2
3	Critically reflect on workplace leadership skills integrating contemporary literature	LO1, LO2, LO3
4	Argument is clear and coherent, supported by unit content, core and supplementary readings, academic literature, and relevant organisational policies	LO1, LO2, LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, complete all assessment tasks and achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.