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Professional supervision for social workers

Work through complex cases with greater clarity and confidence so you can better support your clients.

Phil provides thoughtful, evidence-informed supervision and mentoring to social workers, allied health professionals, and those working across the human services sector, including Aged Care, Child, Youth and Families, Disability (NDIS), Eating Disorders, Health and Hospital, and Mental Health.

Whether you’re building confidence in practice, seeking experienced external supervision, or stepping into leadership responsibilities, Phil aligns each session with your professional goals and stage of career.

Sessions are a standard 50 minutes and are booked directly through the secure online booking page.

What can clinical supervision help with?

  • Complex clinical presentations
  • Reflective practice
  • Ethical decision making
  • Professional confidence
  • Professional boundaries
  • Leadership challenges
  • Career development
  • NDIS questions and challenges

What could you take back into your practice?

The value of supervision is in how you use it in your day-to-day work. Sessions can help you develop:

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  • Clearer professional reasoning

    Understand why you are taking a particular approach and consider other perspectives before moving forward.

  • More considered next steps

    Break a complex situation into the questions, actions or further information that need attention.

  • Stronger reflective practice

    Explore what influenced your response and use that learning in future work.

  • Support with the demands of the role

    Make space to reflect on challenging work and discuss how it affects your practice.

  • Work through complex cases with greater clarity and confidence

    Make ethical decisions with support in the grey areas.

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Supervision grounded in current practice

Phil is a practising social worker in private practice, a registered NDIS provider and an accredited AASW social worker. His current work includes psychosocial assessments, needs assessments, literacy assessments, psychoeducation, advocacy, case management, and supporting clients in the justice space.

He works with NDIS frameworks and support coordinators across Australia, bringing real-time practice experience to the questions supervisees raise, whether they work within the Scheme or in other human services settings.

Trained to support your professional development

Phil holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Adult Education, is a certified NAATI interpreter, and has completed the AASW’s Supervision training.

Every session is guided by agreed goals and a written supervision agreement, providing clear structure for your ongoing growth, ethical decision-making, and professional development.

Working with Deaf clients or communication access?

Phil also brings more than 30 years of experience as a NAATI Certified Auslan Interpreter.

Choose support that fits your practice.

Individual supervision

$190 for a standard 50 minute session, GST free

  • Telehealth Australia-wide
  • In person in Melbourne’s west
  • Agreed supervision goals
  • Written supervision agreement
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Group supervision can be arranged on request.

Questions before you get started?

Book your supervision session

Choose a time that suits you through our secure online booking page. Every session runs for a standard 50 minutes and is GST free. If the booking page does not display, you can also open it in a new window.

Have a case or question you’d like to work through?

Get in touch with Phil to discuss what you need from supervision.

Prefer to reach out directly?

phillip@handinhandinclusivecare.com.au

0468 378 521

Every enquiry gets a reply within 48 hours.

Please keep your enquiry general and do not include identifiable client information.

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LGBTQIA+ Affirming Practice

We are committed to providing safe, respectful and affirming supervision, consultation and support for LGBTQIA+ individuals and communities. We value diversity and are committed to practice that is inclusive and free from discrimination.

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Neuroaffirming Practice

We recognise neurodiversity as a natural part of human diversity and are committed to providing neuroaffirming, strengths-based and respectful supervision, consultation and support.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we live and work throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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