PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SUPERVISION HOURS FOR ASSOCIATIONS: * BUSINESS COACHING CLIENTS ONLY
More and more mental health and wellness licensing bodies/associations approve Global Alignment’s Business Coaching as a means for their members to fulfill their annual requirements of:
- Counselling Practice hours and /or;
- Continued Education hours and/or;
- Counselling/Psychotherapy Supervision hours.
CONTINUED EDUCATION HOURS – Many associations verify that business coaching is a legitimate means of accumulating continued education hours. Each has their own protocol about how these hours can be accumulated, recorded and submitted. Some ask their members to keep track of and submit a summary of their continued education hours for the year, with no proof required from the provider (Global Alignment). Other associations require proof of hours earned along with specific dates incurred.
If letters of verification are required, we ask that you track and submit your own hours and dates you incurred those hours and we will put that information on our letterhead and sign off as an official document that you can submit. We will require 1) your association's name, your full name, your association number and your summary of hours and dates all sent to us in an email request, in order to complete this request. Please allow 3 working days.
SUPERVISION HOURS – Some counselling/psychotherapy associations count one-on-one, dyadic or group work within our business coaching as a means of incurring supervision hours. Business supervision is a legitimate component of overall clinical supervision, but it should be understood that our supervision is specific to business topics alone. It deals with the professional's emotional and intellectual challenges, skill development and entrepreneurial mindset as it relates to starting, running and marketing a private practice business. Because this service is "topic specific supervision," it is not considered "counselling or psychotherapy supervision" or "clinical supervision" and does not address issues related to participant dilemmas, treatment plans, participant ethical considerations, note taking, etc.
Counsellors, Psychotherapists or Psychologists are required to first sign a "Business Supervision" contract and that contract must be signed off by a Supervisor and in your file PRIOR to the accumulation of any supervision hours. Supervision time may NOT be retroactively accumulated in an attempt to count hours from prior to the signed contract. The Participant is responsible for keeping accurate records of their own hours, dates and times for accumulating hours. That contract defines the roles and responsibilities of both parties. Business supervision sessions may be recorded but may not be shared with others. Copies of Supervisee/Client files may not be obtained by the Supervisee and may not be requested to be sent to another business Instructor/coach or professional. Supervision is not counselling and those two services would never be provided to the same individual at the same time. As such, we offer a somewhat higher degree of personal disclosure for the sake of improving learning outcomes.
OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS:
- You as the Client are responsible for individually evaluating all information provided to you and making your own appropriate decisions independently. The maximum aggregate liability of any of the Company and/or Consultants (which includes Coaches and Expert Guru Consultants) howsoever arising, including but not limited to: default, breach, negligence and indemnity obligations – shall be limited to an amount equal to the coaching fees you paid.
- You as the Client understand that we DO NOT work with individuals who have pending custody or lawsuits, accident/injury insurance claims (such as ICBC, Worksafe). If while already working with us, an event occurs that results in a legal, work, accident or insurance claim of any nature, we should be informed immediately and discussed prior to your next session.
- Being a Global company, we conduct business around the world. If you are in another country or jurisdiction and a dispute should arise between the participant and Global Alignment, it should be understood that it is solely the laws of the municipality, province and country where Global Alignment Group Inc. is registered that will be utilized to resolve any and all disputes, claims or legal issues. It is agreed that the laws of other regions, jurisdictions or countries will not apply under any circumstances.
- The qualifications of your Coach and all of our team members are specific to the country of Canada and the province of BC. You as the participant understand that we do not make any representations about what our qualifications or designations mean in your particular jurisdiction.
- If at any time, you as a client wish to express a concern or complaint regarding our business processes or policies, social media presence or the conduct or ethics of our consulting team, or Coaches, please email Global Alignment's Owner, Cindi Williams at info@globalalignmentcoaching.com. We will do our utmost to ensure an immediate inquiry and resolution of any issue.
- From time to time, there may be occasional policy or rate changes within our Programs. In such cases, one month's notice is given to existing participants, proactively outlining any changes.
For your convenience, this terms document will be emailed to you upon acceptance and submission of this form. Please keep it for your records.