Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Social Welfare Practice Supervision

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.

Towards a Model of Supervision in Social Work Institutions in the N-E Region of Romania

“…A first approach places the supervised's personal and professional development (skills, knowledge) under the responsibility of the supervisor (Frunză, 2011(Frunză, , 2018. The supervisor's work tasks include assessing training needs of the supervised person, directing the practice to areas of success, building the interest and professional motivation of the supervised person (Marc, Makai-Dimeny, & Oşvat, 2014), assessing the signs of professional stress dissatisfaction, including the burn-out syndrome (Division of Behavioral Health Services, 2008).…”