Learning from experience – anxiety, defence and leadership in group supervision: the implications for supervision and reflective practice

Un modelo práctico de supervisión de Trabajo Social de apoyo en Portugal: entre la seguridad de las personas mayores y el autocuidado personal

“…For the first type of tension (a), it was apparently the main reason for scheduling the supervisory sessions; and for the second one (b), they were more invisible in the first approach, but later became predominantly the ones that embodied the greatest difficulty and complexity due to their emotional density. Social work supervision is consistently described by professional bodies and academic literature as a key determinant in the quality of social work practice (Newcomb, 2022;Smith, 2022;Tsui, 2005). The pandemic created challenges that were never experienced before by social workers working in social facilities for older people, whether home care services or residential homes, and supportive supervision assumed particular relevance to responding to emergencies and was reflexive for professionals.…”