Supervision and Consultation in Social Work: A Manageable Responsibility?

Supervision: A positive learning experience or an anxiety provoking exercise?

“…The social work literature presents a cogent argument for regular supervision, consultation and support for the supervisor (Clare 1991;Armstrong, Gordon, and Hobbs 1991). I believe that this is even more important when there is tension and dissatisfaction in the supervisor/counsellor relationship and especially if the supervisor has been unsuccessful in identifying and resolving the difficulties.…”

Educational and organisational contexts of professional supervision in the 1990s

“…Both these issues or concerns have relevance to the role of the supervisor as the person responsible for reconciling the contrasting positions of worker and management. This difference in perspectives was spelled out by Michael Clare (1991) when he made a point of highlighting the contrasting value bases of administratively oriented organisations such as Australia Post in contrast to professionally oriented organisations such as Human Services.…”

“…The guidelines for the appropriate development of self awareness within supervision were outlined by Lewis (1987). It is of interest to note in his summary of the 1985 Beckford Report, Clare (1991) outlined an important function of supervision being to "correct" attitudes of practitioners towards their cases. This reference towards worker attitudes is within the framework of worker self awareness.…”

Operationalising professional supervision in this age of accountabilities

“…The notion of a 'culture of supervision' was explored in another paper (Clare 1991). The agency role, context and culture will impact onand be influenced by -the 'professional egos' of the supervisor and the worker as they accommodate many differences.…”

“…WA 6097. Ernail: mclare@cyllene.uwa.edu.au In a previously published paper (Clare 1991) I reviewed the predominantly North…”