Abstract
The article has a theoretical approach and starts from the perspective that an improved social work practice can occur from a qualitative supervision process. This article aims to emphasize the role of supervision in the professional development of the social workers, as it is described in some of the main sources from the scientific literature in the field. I brought into discussion in short the main periods of development of the social work supervision, starting with 19th century till present. The article also synthesizes what is meant by the process of supervision in social work, by taking into consideration the theoretical and practice models from international literature, by reviewing the most frequent definitions of supervision found in the literature, but also the functions of supervision. The article contains references to individual, group and peer supervision and to some supervision models.
Highlights
An overview of social services supervision can be defined as a process through which the organization provides support and guidance to social workers
The definitions of supervision found in the scientific literature in the field of social work end up approaching the same wide issue: the efficiency of the practice of the professional in social work / social services in relation to the organization they belong, the supervisor, colleagues, clients he/she represents and to whom he offers services
We will discuss some of the models identified / built by researchers / authors in the field, such as Morrison's 4x4x4 supervision model, Caras and Sandu's professional development supervision model, Frunză and Sandu’s ethics supervision model, the practical model of Reflexive supervision built by Rankine
Summary
An overview of social services supervision can be defined as a process through which the organization provides support and guidance to social workers. According to the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), supervision should allow and assist social workers to build effective professional relationships and solid practices and to lead and support two aspects of real necessity for the efficiency of practice: a professional reasoning, and discretion in the decision-making process. Supervision becomes team-work, between a more experienced and less experienced professional, with the purpose of fulfilling organizational, professional and personal objectives (Peet, 2011). Supervision, as it develops as self-alone practice, has become a process that combines a series of functions such as administrative, educational and supportive (Kadushin, 1992; Kadushin & Harkness, 2002; Schulman, 1993, 1995), and mediative (Morrison, 2005)
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