Conquering Case Notes

Arts Therapist and Registered Nurse, Annie Sloss brings this important professional development opportunity over 4 months. Safe practice for risky business is a four-part online workshop series addressing the fundamental skills and knowledge required for employment as a therapist in private practice and helping agencies.

Participants are welcome to attend as many or few of the workshops as meets their learning needs. An attendance certificate will be given as evidence for professional development requirements.

Workshop 2/4 - Conquering Case Notes
Wed 24th September 6.30-8.30 pm

This is a highly practical and reflective workshop designed to help you explore and strengthen your current relationship with documentation. You’ll gain clarity on what makes a clinical case note effective, understand why each element matters, and learn how to ensure your notes meet legal, ethical, and professional standards—whether you're in private practice or working within an organisation.

We’ll explore basic formats (e.g., SOAP), discuss how to document art-making meaningfully, and clarify how to handle sensitive content. You’ll have the opportunity to practice writing your own notes, ask questions, and build your confidence in real-time

Learning Outcomes

Understand how case notes can support your therapeutic work and wellbeing
Recognise what to include—and exclude—in legally sound documentation
Know your ethical, legal, and professional obligations around note-taking
Learn how to document visual art processes.
Understand the importance of clear, professional notes in organisational contexts
Practice writing notes.
Learn best practices for secure storage and retention of case notes

These workshops will take place online on the following dates:

Forging Foundations – Wed 27th August 6.30-8.30 pm
Conquering Case Notes - Wed 24th September 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Wrangling Risk – Wed 22nd October 6-9 pm (3 hrs)
Demystifying Direction Wed 12th November 6.30-8.30pm

At the completion of the four workshops participants will:

Understand basic requirements to maintain ethically and legally safe professional therapeutic practice from first point of client contact through to risk assessment, management and documentation. Including scope of practice, professional obligations, intake assessment and documentation, case note writing, information collection, storage, privacy and consent. Interdisciplinary communication, risk assessment and risk/resilience plans, assessment, case conceptualisation and goal setting skills.

Facilitator
Annie Sloss has over twenty years experience as a Nurse/Therapist within the public, private and community, addictions and mental health sectors. Annie holds a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapy, and has taught as a sessional teacher at MIECAT and IKON and now works in private practice. Annie specializes in working with people who live with complex trauma, and provision of clinical supervision. Her Master’s thesis topic focused on the experience of therapists managing clients experiencing suicidality, and she continues this courageous inquiry working with suicidality in her private practice.

This is a Professional Development offer developed for Mental Health Professionals, Social Workers, and Creative Arts Therapists.

Some prior training in psychology, counselling, social work and/or creative arts therapies is assumed.

Please make a considered purchase! MIECAT won't be able to offer refunds should you decide during the session that this event isn't appropriate for you.

This foundational training is appropriate for students and practitioners who are interested in refreshing their skills or those new to the field who seek an introduction to some fundamental principles and frameworks.