ICAN Learn is committed to supporting the financial counselling sector by providing accessible and affordable professional supervision and related education for
- Individual financial counsellors
- Groups of financial counsellors
- Financial counsellor professional supervisors
Professional supervision in groups [PSG]
Professional supervision in groups provides an opportunity for high level professional supervision discussion in a group setting. It facilitates conversations between financial counsellors, explores various elements of professional supervision and facilitates professional development and a way to meet membership obligations.
Who are our professional supervisors?
ICAN Learn has teachers who are financial counsellors and meet the requirements of the financial counselling sector to provide professional supervision. All have expertise in various areas and love sharing their knowledge and support with other financial counsellors.
Donna Letchford – Located in Victoria – expertise in family violence complex case work
Michelle Ludwig – Located in Victoria and teaching nationally
Tracey Grinter – Located in Victoria; expertise in disaster, problem gambling, complex casework
Lisa Simpson – Located in Queensland, formerly Victoria;
Jill McKinlay – Located in Queensland; expertise in counselling, problem gambling and complex casework
Sharon Trebse – Located in Victoria; expertise in elder abuse, complex casework
Tukie Belanzategui– located in Queensland; expertise in working in prisons, mental health, complex casework
Is there a fee for these services?
There is a fee for services but there is no ongoing commitment, just register and attend for each session as you wish.
- Individual professional supervision $100 per session
- Specific agency group requests by arrangement
What are the benefits?
Our services give you
- An opportunity to develop expertise and build professional skills
- An opportunity to link with other professional supervisors across Australia
- Individual support for curly challenges
How big are the groups and how will it be structured?
Group numbers are capped at 8 as per National Professional Supervision Policy.
Refresher only session is capped at 10.
Sessions are structured as per policy and focus on wellbeing, casework and other related matters that assist the wellbeing of financial counsellors. You can contribute to the agenda!
What will the focus of the education sessions be?
Education sessions will be focused on relevant topics such as managing secondary and vicarious trauma; supporting someone when there are agency challenges; maintaining empathy in the professional supervision relationship; the impacts of parallel processes; exploring lenses of supervision etc. Consideration is given to topic requests.
Want to find out more or register your interest for our next session?
