N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-23.1 - Supervisor qualifications; supervisor responsibilities

(a) A qualified supervisor, as defined in N.J.A.C. 13:34-21.1, shall meet the following requirements prior to supervising the provision of professional counseling services:

1. The individual shall have obtained 3,000 hours of work experience subsequent to holding a clinical license to provide mental health counseling services. The 3,000 hours shall have been obtained over a minimum of two years, but no more than six years; and

2. The individual shall hold an approved clinical supervisor credential from the Center for Credentialing and Education of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) or an equivalent clinical supervisor credential recognized by the individual's respective professional healthcare licensing board, if applicable.

(b) A qualified supervisor shall be responsible for creating a written supervision plan with the supervisee. The supervision plan shall outline the work setting, the supervisee's job description, including the nature of his or her duties and his or her qualifications and the supervisor's responsibilities and qualifications. Supervision may be provided through live observation or through the review of videotapes, audiotapes and/or self-reporting of sessions with clients, consistent with the requirements of (d) below.

(c) The written supervision plan shall be approved by the Committee prior to the performance of counseling by the supervisee.

(d) A qualified supervisor shall perform and document the following activities with the supervisee:

1. The supervisor shall perform at least one of the following activities with the supervisee:

i. Work as a co-counselor with the supervisee;

ii. Observe the supervisee's sessions with clients;

iii. View videotapes of the supervisee's session with clients; or

iv. Listen to audiotapes of the supervisee's session with clients.

2. The supervisor shall perform at least one of the following activities with the supervisee:

i. React to case presentations given by the supervisee; or

ii. Conduct role-playing sessions with the supervisee.

3. The supervisor shall perform all of the following activities:

i. Engage in problem-solving discussions with the supervisee concerning individual clients;

ii. Enter into problem-solving discussions concerning the supervisee's own problems that affect the supervisee's work with clients;

iii. Offer feedback to the supervisee concerning specific interventions utilized with clients;

iv. Offer feedback to the supervisee concerning the supervisee's personal qualities as they affect work with clients; and

v. Offer feedback to the supervisee concerning the supervision experience.

(e) A qualified supervisor shall maintain all documentation with respect to the supervision provided to supervisees for a minimum of three years. A qualified supervisor shall attest to compliance with the supervision requirements of this section by completing all forms provided by the Committee.

(f) A qualified supervisor shall not supervise more than a total of six mental health counselors at any one time.

(g) Prior to a supervisee's commencement of client treatment, the supervisor shall obtain a written disclosure, which shall be signed by the client and retained as part of the client record, acknowledging that the client has been informed that services are to be rendered by a supervisee under the supervision of a rehabilitation counselor or a physician practicing rehabilitation medicine. If the written disclosure is included as part of another document provided for the client's information, the disclosure shall be set forth in a conspicuous manner so that it will be easily readable, clearly understood, signed by the client, and retained as part of the client record.

(h) A qualified supervisor shall retain full professional responsibility for collecting fees from clients.

(i) A qualified supervisor shall be responsible for knowing the name and diagnosis of each client being treated by a supervisee. A supervisor shall be ultimately responsible for the welfare of the client with respect to the treatment being rendered by the supervisee.

(j) A qualified supervisor shall ensure that the supervisee maintains, on an annual basis until the supervisee is licensed as a rehabilitation counselor, documentation of supervised experience, using forms provided by the Committee for that purpose. The supervisor shall attest to compliance with the standards set forth in this section and shall indicate the hours and dates during which the supervisee has been under supervision, the nature of the cases being assigned, and the proficiency rating earned by the supervisee.

(k) A qualified supervisor shall supervise only in areas for which he or she possesses the requisite skills, training and experience.

(l) A qualified supervisor shall not supervise an individual with whom the supervisor has a relationship that may compromise the objectivity of the supervisor or impair the professional judgment of the supervisor. Examples of inappropriate supervisory relationships include, but are not limited to, current and former clients, current employers, relatives of the supervisor, immediate relatives of current clients, current students or close friends.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-23.1

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:34-23.2 and amended by R.2004 d.158, effective 4/19/2004.
See: 35 N.J.R. 5228(a), 36 N.J.R. 1943(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 13:34-23.1, Definitions; supervised experience required for licensure, repealed. Deleted (a) and (b); recodified former (c) through (h) as (a) through (f); in (d), deleted the second sentence; in (f), deleted "current and former employees" preceding "or close friends" at the end.
Amended by R.2009 d.301, effective 10/5/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 1946(a), 41 N.J.R. 3813(a).
Section was "Responsibilities of supervisor". Rewrote the section.