Abstract
Clinical supervision from a senior mental health (MH) professional imparts knowledge, skills, and competence to less experienced practitioners. The Toolkit for Individual Supervision of Mental Health Professionals (available on the MSF Science Portal) is meant as a practical field instrument for technical supervisors (which can be different from line managers) to use when conducting individual supervision sessions. It should be used in combination with other supervision approaches – including for example InterVision and group supervision as outlined in MSF or equivalent guidelines. The aim of supervision is to help MH professionals assess their skills and to define the support they need from their supervisor in order to learn, expand their professional competencies, and improve the quality of care they deliver.
This document (Appendix 2 from the the full toolkit) is the tool that should be used by staff who have received training in the WHO mhGAP approach to care for moderate to severe MH conditions, for positions who provide medical follow-up and psychotropic medication + counselling (many of the items will still address counselling aspects).
