Introduction to the Special Issues on the Supervision of Staff and Field Education of Students
AbstractTwo Special Issues of the Clinical Social Work Journal have been dedicated to building on the social work discipline ’s tradition and commitment to the supervision of staff and field education of students. These issues bring together contemporary theorizing, clinical supervisory and field education practice experience and wisdom, and research studies to contribute to the knowledge base for practicing supervisors and field educators. As the first of the Special Issues, this issue has been dedicated to the supervision of staff. In this Introduction, we share the salient aspects of the articles published, as they re...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Feeling Lucky: The Serendipitous Nature of Field Education
AbstractField education and the supervision that occurs during this process cements learning and enhances preparedness for a career in social work. Graduate readiness for social work practice is however a contested subject in New Zealand with recent criticism focusing on the adequacy of social work education. This paper reports on findings from focus groups with 27 faculty members and 35 students from eight Schools of Social Work in New Zealand which explored aspects of the taught and learned curriculum. Overall, students and faculty revealed some dissatisfaction with the taught curriculum on supervision that occurs on cam...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Art as a Facilitator of Communication on Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: A Retrospective Examination of a 10-Year-Old Girl ’s Therapy
AbstractTo adapt methods of accessing the voice of children who are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV), this paper explores the contribution of art as means of communicating during therapy with a 10-year-old girl. Based on a retrospective review of the intervention, it presents several examples of the use of art, as well as the way in which they contributed to the creation of a direct and indirect discussion about the girls ’ exposure to IPV. This is discussed in relation to the developmental world of children who have been exposed to IPV, and their location within the family as a system. (Source: Clinical Social Work Journal)
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Field Supervision Training for a Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Project
This study describes findings from a 3-year project during which field education supervisors were trained to supervise students ’ use of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) and motivational interviewing. The core components of the supervisory training model are described (i.e., didactic training, coaching, in-person visits), and self-reported field supervisor outcomes are examined using pre-trai ning and post-training assessments. On our 30-day post training assessment, field supervisors (n = 79) reported increased personal use of motivational interviewing (86.5% vs. 73.9% at baseline) and...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Constructing Critical Conversations in Social Work Supervision: Creating Change
AbstractClinical social work supervision is not immune to enactments of racial and social injustice, prejudice, power and privilege rampant in our social environment and institutions. These dynamics are active in all social interactions. Most often felt on impact, these remain underground and unevenly experienced —though predominantly by people representing intersecting marginalized identities. Such real enactments can be misunderstood or avoided in social work supervision. Negative consequences not only impede learning for the supervisee and supervisor, and affect clinical understanding of client care the y also perpetu...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 29, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mechanisms for Building Working Alliances in Clinical Supervision
AbstractWhile social workers and researchers acknowledge the importance of a positive working alliance between service providers and clients, less is known about mechanisms for developing working alliances between supervisors and supervisees. TheAlliance Building: Learning to Engage (ABLE) model was developed to measure and enhance the supervisory relationship. The ABLE model consists of a tool for continuous measurement of the supervisory working alliance as well as several research supported resources. This two part study assessed the reliability and validity of the ABLE supervision tool (ABLE-S), and then a randomized c...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Sensory Integration Theory in Psychotherapy: A Case Study
AbstractAs emotional beings in a physical body, human consciousness and perception are bombarded with information from within and without. Information comes from the body ’s sensory systems, which helps a human know if a situation is safe or not safe, pleasurable or painful, with which to engage or to avoid. As situations become common, the body lessens the response in deference to new situations. The push and pull of neural focus impacts perception, behavior, and emotions. This paper uses sensory integration theory to examine a psychotherapeutic case study and make connections to perceptions and worldview that stem from...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Developing a Working Model of Cross-Cultural Supervision: A Competence- and Alliance-Based Framework
AbstractDespite numerous suggestions to integrate culture, diversity and social justice issues in clinical supervision, empirical studies on cross-cultural supervision indicate limited uptake of such recommendations. We suggest that a comprehensive model of cross-cultural supervision could benefit the field by guiding supervisors in this task. A working model is proposed based on a foundation of the supervisory alliance and a focus on social work practice competence, integrating strategies to promote self- and relational-reflexivity within the supervisory relationship. The model is comprised of four components: component 1...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating the Quality of Social Work Supervision in UK Children ’s Services: Comparing Self-Report and Independent Observations
In this study, we observed 12 social work supervisors in a simulated supervision session offering support and guidance to an actor playing the part of an inexperienced social worker facing a casework-related crisis. A team of researchers analyzed these sessions using a customized skills-based coding framework. In addition, 19 social workers completed a questionnaire about their supervision experiences as provided by the same 12 supervisors. According to the coding framework, the supervisors demonstrated relatively modest skill levels, and we found low correlations among different skills. In contrast, according to the quest...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Developing a Working Model of Cross-Cultural Supervision: A Competence- and Alliance-Based Framework
AbstractDespite numerous suggestions to integrate culture, diversity and social justice issues in clinical supervision, empirical studies on cross-cultural supervision indicate limited uptake of such recommendations. We suggest that a comprehensive model of cross-cultural supervision could benefit the field by guiding supervisors in this task. A working model is proposed based on a foundation of the supervisory alliance and a focus on social work practice competence, integrating strategies to promote self- and relational-reflexivity within the supervisory relationship. The model is comprised of four components: component 1...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating the Quality of Social Work Supervision in UK Children ’s Services: Comparing Self-Report and Independent Observations
In this study, we observed 12 social work supervisors in a simulated supervision session offering support and guidance to an actor playing the part of an inexperienced social worker facing a casework-related crisis. A team of researchers analyzed these sessions using a customized skills-based coding framework. In addition, 19 social workers completed a questionnaire about their supervision experiences as provided by the same 12 supervisors. According to the coding framework, the supervisors demonstrated relatively modest skill levels, and we found low correlations among different skills. In contrast, according to the quest...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Work Supervision of Staff: A Primer and Scoping Review (2013 –2017)
AbstractSupervision of staff has a rich history within the social work profession, and is widely valued internationally for the support, knowledge, and skill it is perceived to provide. Moreover, quality supervision is championed for ensuring good client care. However, supervisors practicing within the social work profession have not typically had access to best practice information, nor accessed the parallel research related to the supervision of staff. A supervision primer provides an orientation to the supervision literature, including definitions and disciplinary perspectives. This sets the stage for a scoping review o...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - September 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
