Overview

Organisational Psychology registrars completing their specialty endorsement must complete supervised practice (hours vary depending on qualification). Up to 33% of supervision hours can be completed as group supervision (e.g., 26 hours when 80 total hours of supervision required).

This is the College of Organisational Psychologists’ (South Australia branch) second structured Group Supervision Program to support Organisational Psychology registrars to complete group supervision for their endorsement. There are 12 sessions of two hours each scheduled over 18 months in 2025-2026. This is the seventh session of 12.

The stand-alone group supervision sessions are facilitated by Board-approved, endorsed Organisational Psychologists. Each session requires active participation, self-reflection, and application of the registrars’ knowledge. There may be pre-work needed prior to sessions.

Intervention Strategies: Teams (Competency #4):

This facilitated discussion session, led by Kathryn McEwen of Working With Resilience, will cover the fourth competency, Intervention Strategies, with a focus on teams, and being able to effectively manage group interventions, including:
• group team development/team building
• leadership/team leadership
• change management
• strategic planning
• conflict resolution and mediation

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should be able to:

• Describe the competency, Intervention Strategies, in the context of ‘teams’ and the potential workplace team-related issues organisational Psychologists may manage in their scope of practice.

Presenter(s)

About the presenter(s)

Kathryn is a highly experienced consulting organisational psychologist, executive coach and mediator. She is a registered organisational psychologist and a Fellow of both the Australian Psychological Society and Association for Coaching. An expert in workplace conflict resolution, she has also been accredited as a mediator by the National Mediator Accreditation system.

As part of her consultancy, Kathryn has worked extensively across most industry sectors at all levels and in all occupations, including as the inaugural organisational psychologist at Lyell McEwin Hospital where she won awards from the SA Public Service Commissioner and Australian Human Resources Institute for her impact. Kathryn has also served as a member of the SA Health Practitioners Tribunal and is currently an independent external adviser on the CALHN People and Culture Board. In parallel to her consulting work, Kathryn McEwen is an international expert in sustainable performance at work. She is the Founder and Global Lead of Working With Resilience, a consortium of practitioners and researchers who use her work to co-create resilient workplaces. More recently she founded Perspective (www.gainperspective.ai), a web application that enables teams to work better together in challenging environments.

Kathryn was instrumental in forming the SA College of Organisational Psychologists and served on the committee for 20 plus years, including as State Chair. She is also a founding member of the APS Interest Group in Coaching Psychology. Kathryn’s passion for the organisational psychology profession has resulted in her supervising dozens of student placements and theses, as well as acting as a mentor for those early in their career. In 2024 she used her supervision expertise to develop RREAL Supervision – a contemporary approach to professional supervision for those working in health and community services.

Notes

Venue: Session is being run in the MacGowan room - upstairs. Street parking is available nearby. 

Target Audience

Please note this is a face-to-face session for current and upcoming Organisational Psychology registrars only.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

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