The Ripple Effect: Building Growth-Oriented Supervision Culture For Everyone

In-person event

Date: 6 May 2026

Time: 8.30am-4.30pm

Location:

The Playford Hotel

120 North Terrace

Adelaide SA 5000

Capability Level: Evolving, Established, Expert

Developed and facilitated by Jane Wexler, this immersive one-day workshop supports emerging and experienced leaders to strengthen supervision culture and create organisation-wide impact. Drawing on Jane’s extensive experience in supervision, coaching and leadership development, the workshop responds to the common disconnect between supervision practice and broader organisational culture—and the limitations this creates for professional growth.

Grounded in the core values, behaviours and practices that foster trust, openness and learning, participants will explore how a leadership mindset can align supervision culture with organisational systems, expectations and messages. The workshop addresses common obstacles to effective supervision culture, including siloing, mixed messages and unintentional habits, and builds participants’ self-awareness and capacity to lead more intentionally.

Through dynamic activities, real-world problem-solving and reflective discussion, participants will strengthen leadership thinking and practise purposeful conversations that shift behaviour and build alignment. Practical frameworks and tools are introduced to support confident decision-making, consistency and cultural coherence across supervision contexts.

By the end of the day, participants will leave with a personalised action plan to support the development of a vibrant, sustainable supervision culture within their own teams and organisations.

Who should attend?

This workshop is ideal for social work leaders, supervisors, managers, team leaders and practitioners with formal or informal leadership responsibilities who want to strengthen supervision culture and support sustainable professional growth across their organisation.

Learning Outcomes

• Gain clarity about the key components that define social work supervision culture
• Identify common obstacles to building supervision culture, and actions to tackle challenges head-on
• Apply tools to develop leadership thinking, drawing parallels with strong supervision practice, and elevate both
• Practice purposeful conversations using questions that shift behaviour and foster a positive supervision culture, that resonates with the wider organisation
• Strengthen performance management strategies that enhance and reflect a supportive supervisory culture
• Apply actionable frameworks that provide clear steps to create and sustain a supervision culture in diverse contexts
• Begin to draft a personalized action plan to strengthen workplace supervision culture

Event Structure:

8:00am – Welcome tea & coffee

8:30am – Workshop starts

4:30pm – Workshop concludes

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included.

AASW Credential: Supervision

Package this workshop with the Lyra Taylor Social Work Impact Summit on 7 May in Adelaide.

Pre-Summit Workshop & Summit Package