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Submission Number: 51
Submission ID: 51
Submission UUID: c294e44b-e9dc-46fd-80ea-7dbe767d4623
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Sat, 05/20/2023 - 19:37
Completed: Sat, 05/20/2023 - 19:55
Changed: Fri, 07/28/2023 - 06:20
Remote IP address: 105.245.103.168
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Dr.
Mamaleka
Mmaphuti
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA
Dr. Mmaphuti Mamaleka is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work, at the University of Venda since 2014. Previously, she worked as a supervisor with the Department of Social Development. Her teaching focus is social work supervision, management, as well as fieldwork practice. Her specialization field is supervision and management. Her areas of interest include parenting, gender-based violence, and Afrocentricity, particularly indigenous knowledge systems. She is supervising under and postgraduate student research. She attends and presents at national and international conferences. She reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She published two book chapters and three articles.
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Abstract
Effective Supervision is still a major concern: Challenges observed during the training of supervisors.
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
The paper shares some experiences gathered during the supervision training of some supervisors for the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The University of Venda, Department of Social Work conducts workshops for supervisors who assist in supervising the 4th-year-level students. The observation made shows challenges that question the validity of supervision as key in social workers’ training. Challenges such as academic base particularly on the application of theories, supervision processes, and functions as key factors are wanting. Failure to address these challenges affects social work as a practice-based profession and an academic discipline as defined by ASSW & IFSW (2014). Measures to be deployed in mitigating the challenges observed will be shared. The recommendations will make a significant contribution to enhance the training and practice of social work as a profession.
Keywords: supervision, social work, profession, training
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Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Varoshini
Nadesan
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
