Authors | |
Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
Year | |
Pages | 262 |
Version | hardback |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9783031185403 |
Categories | Social work |
Enlightening Professional Supervision in Social Work: Voices and Virtues of Supervisors
By introducing the topic of professional supervision in social work, it will discuss the motivation to write this book, rationale, significance, concepts, nature, types and scope of, and growing demand for professional supervision in social work practice. It will briefly state research methods used. While discussing the concepts, it will clarify meanings of supervisor and supervision in different contexts and sectors. For example, supervision and supervisor in the industry and factory context is quite different from professional supervision in the professional practice context. Mentor and mentee concepts and supervisor of supervisors will be clarified. It will contrast surveillance-oriented supervisor to self-development supervision and ritualistic, regulatory-oriented supervision to reflective and transformative, liberatory-oriented supervision. The role of professional bodies (e.g. e.g., NASW, BASW, AASW) and their policies related to supervision will be considered. Further, it will discuss the purpose of the book and briefly introduce the twelve chapters covered in the book.
Chapter 2: Changes and Challenges in Social Work: Implications for Professional Supervision
Chapter 3: Contexts of Supervision: Organizations and Practice Settings
This chapter will further elaborate relevant concepts introduced in chapter 1 and critically discusses six supervision contexts. First it discusses the supervision in the context of field work education and learning and teaching that occurs between social work students and fieldwork educators. Second, it discusses the supervision in the context of licensing systems and mandatory supervision that occurs between clinical practitioners and the dynamics surrounding it. The third context includes supervision of social work practitioners by line managers and strengths and weaknesses around this supervision context. The fourth is about group supervision in some contexts. The fifth is supervision in social work academic institutions. The sixth supervision context includes professional supervision organized by practitioners by choosing their supervisors outside the line-management and licensing supervision system. The chapter ends with the summary of these contexts.
Chapter 4: Models of Professional Supervision in Social Work
Drawing from the available literature, this chapter will summarise and critically discuss a range of models and theories of professional supervision. These will include development, reflective, postmodern, strength-based, cultural, process, adult learning, contractual, active and reactive, administrative/bureaucratic, partnership, peer, structural functional, integrative models.
Chapter 5: Critical Dilemmas and Challenges in Professional Supervision
Linking to the supervision contexts presented in Chapter 3, this chapter will bring out critical dilemmas in professional supervision in social work. It will discuss supervisors' views about supervision provided by line managers and supervision provided by peers and other professionals who are not line managers and connects to questions raised and points made in Chapters 1 and 3. It will also critically examine strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. The chapter ends with the summary.Chapter 6: The Process, Essentials and Content of Professional Supervision
It will include different processes - flexible/informal to structured - followed in supervision. As an example, supervision forms/templated will be included. The content of the supervision will include discussion on personal/private and professional/work matters. It will also discuss self-care, maintaining boundaries, modelling values and professional identity.Chapter 7: Supervisors' Expectations
This chapter will focus on social work supervisors' perceptions of supervisees' expectations. It will include about ten expectations. For example, availability, support and respect; space for ventilation/debriefing; have a plan/direction/advice; have answers/ problem-solving, learn something more than what they know; and facilitate reflection. Further it will also discuss expectations of supervisors from supervisees.
Chapter 8: Issues Posed in Professional Supervision
This chapter will look at core issues discussed in the professional supervision in social work. For example, these issues will include organisational contexts, values conflicts, culture and staffing issues, inadequacy, and confidence building. In relation to inadequacy and risk, it will discuss how poor performance is managed in an empowerment framework and it will also include examples drawing from the interview data and author's supervision experiences.
Chapter 9: Concepts and Theories Employed in Supervision
This chapter will highlight concepts and theories, and approaches used by supervisors in supervision sessions. Where relevant it will link to the content of Chapter 4 above. These range from eclectic to post-modern approaches.
Chapter 10: The Use of Practice Wisdom in Supervision
This chapter will explore whether and how supervisors will explore their own practice wisdom in supervision rather than drawing from theories and models. In particular, it will analyse practice wisdom statements made by supervisors and practice techniques/principles followed by them.
Chapter 11: The Use of Virtues or Qualities in Supervision
The chapter will present the kind of qualities social work supervisors try to develop in supervisees. Some of the these include self-searching answers, being non-judgmental, honesty and accountability, compassion and good relationship/link to the wider world.
Chapter 12: Developing Supervisees' Being
The final chapter dwells in supervisors' qualities as shared by them. For example, these are: Using strengths of supervisees; being open and honest, and non-judgemental; experiential learning and reflection; good listening and observing; affirming braveness; warmth and power
Reassuring/building confidence; humour; protest and advocacy/ holistic practice.
Chapter 13: Action for Professional Supervision