Vicki Carrick 21/9/26 Vicki Carrick 21/9/26

Setting Supervision Goals: Let’s Start With the End in Sight

Goal setting in supervision works when it starts with who a practitioner is becoming, before the list of things to achieve. In this piece, I share how naming a supervisee's "preferred worker position" opens up strengths-based, narrative conversations, and how a few scaffolding questions can turn a practice challenge into real professional growth.

Vicki Carrick 28/4/26 Vicki Carrick 28/4/26

What I’ve learnt as a Supervisor

After years as an external supervisor, Vicki Carrick shares key insights: supervision isn't about giving answers but guiding reflection, psychological safety is essential, and external supervision provides the freedom for honest, critical thinking. She highlights the importance of acknowledging the emotional load of social work, balancing support with challenge, and treating supervision as a safeguard, not an optional extra.

Setting Supervision Goals: Let’s Start With the End in Sight

What I’ve learnt as a Supervisor

I would like to acknowledge the traditions and culture of the Turrbal and Jagera People, the First Peoples of meanjin (Brisbane), and to recognise their connection to land, water and community. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.