Social Work Supervision Research (1970-2010): The Way We Were and the Way Ahead

O’Donoghue, Kieran; Tsui, Ming‐sum

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bct115

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“…Supervision, found to be positively associated with job satisfaction, job retention and ability to manage workload (Carpenter et al, ; O’Donoghue & Tsui, ), appears to be seen as helpful by supervisees (Kühne et al, ) and may even benefit their therapeutic competence (e.g. enhanced self‐awareness, enhanced sense of self‐efficacy; Alfonsson et al, ; Kühne et al, ; Wheeler & Richards, ).…”

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What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

Watkins

2019

Couns and Psychother Res

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What do clinical supervision research reviews across the last 25 years tell us? That question is subsequently examined. Based on database and literature searches, 20 reviews appearing from 1995 through 2019 were identified for survey examination; consistencies, inconsistencies and other defining features were determined across reviews; and the survey findings and their implications are considered. Primary findings are as follows: (a) ‘proof’ for supervision appears to be more ‘proof by association’ than otherwise, being primarily a product of ex post facto, cross‐sectional, correlational study; (b) evidence supporting supervision impact of any type is weak at best, especially so for worker and client outcomes; (c) supervision models generally lack empirical foundation; (d) evidence‐based supervision appears to be more a hope and dream than supervision‐based reality at present; and (e) the primary methodological problems that plagued supervision research in the 1990s are still all too frequent in modern research. Some questions to entertain about supervision going forward, and some remedies for improving its research, are proposed.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

Watkins

2019

Couns and Psychother Res

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“…QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Carpenter, Webb, & Bostock, 2013;O'Donoghue & Tsui, 2013;Watkins, 2011;Wheeler & Barkham, 2014). Here scholarly debate wrestles with questions of what should be evaluated in supervision and how that evaluation should take place.…”

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“…Overall, the literature reports a lack of reliable measures by which supervision can be evaluated. The 49 scales and measures identified by Wheeler and Barkham (2014) as designed for this task, are testament to the energy focused on this area, however, the validity of these tools and measures and the research surrounding them has been questioned (Bernard & Goodyear, 2009;Carpenter et al, 2013;O'Donoghue & Tsui, 2013;Watkins, 2011;Wheeler & Barkham, 2014).…”

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Evaluating social work supervision

Davys

May

Burns

et al. 2017

ANZSWJ

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INTRODUCTION: The question of whether the practice of professional supervision is effective, and how its effectiveness can be measured, has been debated by both social work and other professions. This study explored how practitioners, supervisors and managers in Aotearoa New Zealand currently evaluate the supervision they receive, provide and/or resource. The study was interprofessional involving counsellors, mental health nurses, psychologists and social workers. This article focuses on the findings from the social work cohort.METHODS: Through an on-line Qualtrics survey participants were asked: 1) how they currently evaluated professional/clinical supervision; and 2) how they thought professional/clinical supervision could be evaluated. Data were extracted through the Qualtrics reporting functions and thematic analysis was used to identify themes. A total of 329 participants completed the survey of which 145 (44%) were social workers. FINDINGS: A majority of the social work participants reported that they evaluated supervision in some form. No culture or policy emerged regarding supervision evaluation, but social workers expressed interest in training and resources to assist evaluation and some saw a supportive and endorsement role for the professional or regulatory bodies. An unexpected finding was reports of unsatisfactory and harmful supervision.CONCLUSION: Evaluation of supervision is an activity with which social workers engage, but further research is needed to explore how evaluation can be embedded in supervision practice. More critically, a broader audit is required to reconsider the definition and model of social work supervision in Aotearoa New Zealand and the environments within which supervision occurs.

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“…In a comprehensive literature review conducted by O"Donoghue & Tsui (2015), it is shown that by 2010, there were a relatively small number of research (36) dealing with the issue of supervision of social services, among which the extensive theoretical analysis conducted by Bogo & McKnight (2005), Harkness & Poertner (1989) and Tsui (1997), all these showing the deficiency of the scientific literature.…”

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Supervision. From Administrative Control to Continuous Education and Training of Specialists in Social Work

Unguru

Sandu

2017

rrem

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Supervision is found in the practice of all welfarist professions, such as: psychotherapy, coaching, personal development, counselling, etc., being considered an almost compulsory stage for the professional training of the specialists. The process of supervision in social services for family and child is gradually developed starting from the supervision and control of the professional's activity until their professional and personal development, in paralell with facilitating the increase in the quality of the provided services. In Romania, the supervision of social services for family and child is compulsory through Order 288/2006 but, in practice, it partially overlaps with the activity of organization management. The supervision itself, external or internal, with supervisors hired on this function being quite rare.

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Social Work Supervision Research (1970-2010): The Way We Were and the Way Ahead

Cited by 73 publications

References 57 publications

What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

Evaluating social work supervision

Supervision. From Administrative Control to Continuous Education and Training of Specialists in Social Work

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