Resources for Clinical Supervisors

Quality Supervision 

Quality supervision is a vital element of safe and ethical practice. Practitioners receiving high-quality supervision are less prone to licensing complaints and ethical challenges in their careers. In Nebraska, individuals with provisional licensure or certification are required to undergo regular supervision from a qualified supervisor during their 3,000 hours of clinical practice. Supervision that develops and supports professional relationships can increase critical thinking skills, protect clients, and extend a practitioner’s career. 

• NASW Best Practice Standards in Social Work Supervision

Regulations 172 NAC 94 

Clinical supervision in Nebraska is its own process, with its own theories, methods, and research. In Nebraska, 172 NAC 94.009.01 defines general supervision as a process which is distinguishable from personal psychotherapy, consultation, or didactic instruction, which focuses on raw data from the supervisee’s clinical work and includes: discussing ethics; discussing the supervisee’s cases; evaluating the supervisee; and providing the supervisee with oversight and guidance.

• 172 NAC 94.009

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NE-DHHS) 

Social work is the professional application of social work values, knowledge, principles, and methods in all areas of social work practice. Social work activities do not require certification or licensure; however, individuals in Nebraska must be certified in order to represent themselves as a social worker. Adding a certification to your license allows you to use a different title, it does not allow you to engage in a different scope of practice/activity. (source: dhhs.ne.gov/licensure)

• NE-DHHS Mental Health Practice

Guidebook for Clinical Supervision in Nebraska 

The purpose of supervision is to provide the supervisee with guidance on client safety and care, accomplished in the present by having more experienced eyes on the supervisee’s caseload. Quality client care is achieved through the careful development of the supervisee into a competent, independent professional. High-quality client care should remain in mind for both supervisor and supervisee throughout the supervision process.

• Guidebook