The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Supervision

Kieran O’Donoghue (PhD, RSW) is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand. He has published extensively on social work supervision and been a practicing supervisor for over twenty-five years. Lambert Engelbrecht (MA Cum Laude, DPhil in Social Work) is a Professor of Social Work and Chair of the Department of Social Work at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He started his professional career as a front-line social worker in 1986 and has extensive experience as a supervisor, manager, and academic in social work.

Introduction: Supervision in social work.

Part I International Perspectives.

1. Developing reflective models of supervision: the role of the United Kingdom professional association.

2. A German Perspective on Supervision: Supervision between maintenance of, emancipation from or abnegation of the origins of social work?

3. External reflective supervision in Sweden.

4. Social work supervision in Western Canada.

5. Supervision of social workers within a social development paradigm: A South African perspective.

6. Social Work Supervision in Singapore: Historical Development and The Way Forward.

7. Social work supervision in Hong Kong.

8. The emergence of social work supervision in China.

9. The evolution of social work supervision in Aotearoa New Zealand.

10. Social work supervision in Australia.

Part II Supervision settings.

11. Supervision of students in Field Education.

12. Supervision of Newly Qualified Social Workers.

13. Supervision in child and family settings.

14. Supervision in adult care settings.

15. Supervision in isolated and rural settings.

16. Supervision of Peer Support Workers.

17. An indigenous eye glass on supervision in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Part III Roles, responsibilities, and relationships.

18. The supervisee’s learning journey.

19. Becoming a supervisor.

20. PEACE Process-In-Context Supervisory Model for maintaining balance as dual role supervisor.

21. External supervision in social work.

22. The spirit of peer supervision.

23. Social work group supervision.

24. Ethical Issues in Supervision: Essential Content.

Part IV Models and approaches.

25. The Comprehensive Model of Social Work Supervision.

26. The Integrated Supervision Model: the 4x4x4.

27. Effective Supervision in Child Protection: An Integrative Australian Model.

28. Thinking critically: a four-layered practice model in supervision.

29. The PASE Supervision Model.

30. The SNAP Model of Supervision.

31. Strengths-based supervision.

32. Transformative supervision.

33. Trauma Informed Supervision.

34. Ethical evidence-informed supervision.

Part V The interactional process.

35. Interactional supervision: Shifting the Guiding Paradigm.

36. The supervision session.

37. Emotionally Sensitive Supervision.

38. Thinking aloud in supervision: an interactional process for critical reflection.

39. Live practice observation and feedback.

40. Managing conflict and challenging processes in supervision.

Part VI Leading and managing supervision.

41. Leadership and Supervision.

42. "Riding the juggernault": Tensions and opportunities in management supervision.

43. Enhancing and managing performance through supervision.

44. Facilitating flourishing through staff supervision.

45. Effective Supervision and organizational culture.

46. Strengths-Based Supervision: Supporting Effective Implementation of Family-Centered Practice in Child Welfare.

47. Evaluating supervision.

48. Developing professional supervision policies, standards and practices.

Part VII Emerging areas.

49. Using Arts to Connect between Psychological and Social Theories in Social Work Supervision.

50. Supervision and service users voice.

51. Supervision and Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

52. Advancing the social work supervision research agenda.