External Professional Supervision | Practice Development | Practitioner Wellbeing

A space to pause. Think. Reflect. Reconnect.

At SUP 4 THE SOUL, I provide external professional supervision for social workers, allied professionals, managers, leaders and senior practitioners across Aotearoa.

I believe good supervision offers both support and challenge — a space where you can bring the complexity of your mahi, explore what is happening for you and around you, and step back far enough to see the bigger picture.

I call this the drone perspective: sometimes we need to zoom right in; sometimes we need to zoom out and see the wider team, organisational and systemic picture.

You are who you take to your mahi. How we arrive matters — and supervision can be a place to consciously consider what we are carrying, how we are showing up and what we need to practise well.

If you’re looking for a supervisor who will genuinely see you, think alongside you and respectfully challenge you when needed, I’d love to hear from you.

Meet Dalice

Registered Social Worker | External Professional Supervisor | Independent Consultant

I’m a Registered Social Worker, experienced external professional supervisor and independent consultant, and the founder of SUP 4 THE SOUL, established in 2019.

Today, I support approximately 60 practitioners across Aotearoa, including social workers, allied professionals, managers, leaders and senior practitioners. My work spans individual supervision, complex practice, practitioner wellbeing, practice development and organisational support.

My professional experience has taken me from frontline and multidisciplinary practice into mental health and trauma, child and family work, social work education, workforce development and complex organisational environments. I have undertaken contracted work across community and statutory settings, supported senior practitioners and leaders, and worked alongside organisations to strengthen supervision and practice frameworks.

I also bring significant experience from developing a social work service within a large Christchurch medical centre, where I worked within a busy multidisciplinary environment and developed practical systems for responding to complex referrals and supporting integrated practice.

This combination of frontline experience, supervision, education, organisational work and continued professional development shapes the way I work today.

I don’t see the practitioner in isolation. I am interested in the person, the practice and the system around them — and in helping practitioners move between those perspectives.

 My practice is grounded in relational and reflective supervision, professional accountability, practitioner wellbeing and culturally responsive practice. I draw on a range of professional models and approaches through this in the services I provide. And the models that have informed and strengthened my practice over time.

At the heart of it all is a simple belief:

You are who you take to your mahi.

How we arrive matters. What we carry matters. The way we connect with the people we work alongside matters.

I believe supervision can help us become more intentional about all of this — creating enough space to pause, reflect, reconnect and return to our mahi with greater clarity and purpose.