Abstract
Supervision in social work is an activity that contributes to the continuing professional development of practitioners, helping them to improve the reflection on their own practice. Research aims to identify the particularities of the social construction of supervision in the N - E area of Romania. As far as the professionalization of supervision is concerned, two broad directions coexist: the first and most widespread is the introduction of supervision in the professional body of social work, being an integral part of the profession, and the second direction leading to a specific professionalization, distinct of the supervisor, starting from initial training and experience in social assistance, to which, however, specific distinct training of a trans-disciplinary bill must be added. There is a partial confusion between the supervisor's functions and those of the manager, given by the overlap of roles. There were power disparities between the two, given the nature of the supervisor's administrative role.
Highlights
Supervision is found in the practice of all social-work professions, such as psychotherapy, coaching, personal development, counselling, etc., being considered an almost compulsory stage for professional training of specialists.The term supervision in social work is understood as an activity to contribute to the continuous professional development of social practitioners, helping practitioners to improve their "reflection skills" and translate the social theory (Ponea, 2009) in effective care practice. Bernard and Goodyear (1998) consider supervising as an intervention provided by a person with more professional experience, aiming at transferring knowledge to a less experienced person (Unguru & Sandu, 2017)
The normative-institutional frameworks for the functioning of social work supervision are relatively uniform throughout the world, reflecting the evolution of the social worker profession
As far as the professionalization of supervision is concerned, two broad directions coexist: the first, the most widespread, is the introduction of supervision in the professional body of social work, being an integral part of the profession, and the second direction leading to a distinct professionalization of the supervisor, starting from initial training and experience in social work, to which, specific distinct training of a trans-disciplinary nature must be added
Summary
Supervision is found in the practice of all social-work professions, such as psychotherapy, coaching, personal development, counselling, etc., being considered an almost compulsory stage for professional training of specialists.The term supervision in social work is understood as an activity to contribute to the continuous professional development of social practitioners, helping practitioners to improve their "reflection skills" and translate the social theory (Ponea, 2009) in effective care practice. Bernard and Goodyear (1998) consider supervising as an intervention provided by a person with more professional experience, aiming at transferring knowledge to a less experienced person (Unguru & Sandu, 2017). Supervision is found in the practice of all social-work professions, such as psychotherapy, coaching, personal development, counselling, etc., being considered an almost compulsory stage for professional training of specialists. The term supervision in social work is understood as an activity to contribute to the continuous professional development of social practitioners, helping practitioners to improve their "reflection skills" and translate the social theory (Ponea, 2009) in effective care practice. Bernard and Goodyear (1998) consider supervising as an intervention provided by a person with more professional experience, aiming at transferring knowledge to a less experienced person (Unguru & Sandu, 2017). This paper aims to identify the social construction's particularities (Sandu & Unguru, 2017) of social services supervision. The research context refers to the particularities of the practice of supervision in public / private child protection institutions in the N - E area of Romania
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