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Submission Number: 13
Submission ID: 13
Submission UUID: f20967a1-ec8f-4c68-9046-f1f72c7ce2f4
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:17
Completed: Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:23
Changed: Wed, 07/26/2023 - 21:56
Remote IP address: 146.232.65.145
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Prof.
Engelbrecht
Lambert
Stellenbosch University
Prof Lambert K Engelbrecht is the Editor in Chief of the Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk journal. He publishes widely on topics related to social work, social development, management, supervision, and the impact of a neoliberal discourse on social welfare in both a global and South African context. He is a B-rated researcher by the NRF, editor of “Management and supervision of social workers: Issues and challenges within a social development paradigm” (2014; 2019), and co-editor of “The Routledge international handbook of social work supervision” (2021).
Yes
Dr.
Chibaya
Nyasha Hillary
University of Montreal
Dr. Nyasha Chibaya is a Post-graduate researcher at the Department of Social Work, University of Montreal, Canada. He recently completed an Erasmus+ post-graduate mobility at the University of Trento, Italy. Dr. Chibaya’s research foci includes social work supervision and management, social action, human rights, social justice and ethics in social work. Currently, he is conducting research on social action with transgender parents in Canada.
No
Abstract
Reflective supervision in social work: Is “open door” and “on the run” supervision enough?
THEME 4: Quality management and enhancement of social services
SUB 4.2 Building professional capacity in social service professions through supervision, support, and development
Oral Presentation
Despite the extensively theorised benefits of reflective social work supervision, scant empirical studies exist to merit respective claims in South Africa. This paper reports on qualitative research, aimed at acquiring an understanding of what transpires in an individual social work supervision session in South Africa. A secondary research question focuses on whether these supervision sessions include any form of reflection. Based on semi-structured interviews with 20 frontline social workers from different organisations, findings reveal that supervision sessions are chiefly “open door” and “on the run”, with minimal evidence of critical reflection. A key recommendation stresses that the evolution of supervision in the country, and the building of social workers’ professional capacity should enter a new phase as response to the hegemony of a neoliberal inspired managerial discourse in social work. Thus, the deliberate utilisation of more clinical, educational and supportive elements, and critical reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action in supervision sessions is therefore recommended.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Peggie
Chiwara
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Varoshini
Nadesan
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
