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Submission Number: 75
Submission ID: 87
Submission UUID: 963e6227-d178-4748-abf2-259bf1acd76a
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Sat, 06/17/2023 - 12:39
Completed: Sat, 06/17/2023 - 13:08
Changed: Mon, 08/14/2023 - 17:58
Remote IP address: 146.230.63.65
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Mr.
Gumbi
Sandile Ntethelelo
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Currently a third year PhD Social Work student at UKZN, with research interests in social work supervision and Afrocentric social work. I am under the academic supervision of Professor N.M Mazibuko and Dr M.S Sithole. I am currently a PhD Trainee at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) under the Mentorship of Professor D. Bhana. A presenter at the 2017 ASASWEI Conference held in Gauteng.
No
Abstract
CONCEPTUALISATION OF SUPERVISION IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION
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
CONCEPTUALISATION OF SUPERVISION IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION
ABSTRACT
Social work supervision is core in enhancing the delivery of quality services to clients while enhancing the professional development of social workers. The historical development of social service supervision reflects that professional and organisational demands do not co-exist without challenges. The tension that often manifests between professional and managerial supervision, is explained using the analogy of “polity dualism”, a concept widely used in political science to describe the co-existence of democratic and traditional rulership. The study adopted a qualitative exploratory-descriptive design underpinned by an interpretive paradigm. Seventeen social workers and supervisors were purposively sampled from one district. The findings were presented using two main themes and two related subthemes, respectively. These included participants’ understanding of supervision and relating supervision understanding with experience. The recommendations point to the need for supervisors to adhere to supervisory responsibilities with the allocated number of supervisees, decreasing administrative duties and provision of ongoing capacity-building programmes.
Key Words: Professional supervision, Managerial supervision, Polity dualism, Neoliberalism, Supervisor, Social Worker.
ABSTRACT
Social work supervision is core in enhancing the delivery of quality services to clients while enhancing the professional development of social workers. The historical development of social service supervision reflects that professional and organisational demands do not co-exist without challenges. The tension that often manifests between professional and managerial supervision, is explained using the analogy of “polity dualism”, a concept widely used in political science to describe the co-existence of democratic and traditional rulership. The study adopted a qualitative exploratory-descriptive design underpinned by an interpretive paradigm. Seventeen social workers and supervisors were purposively sampled from one district. The findings were presented using two main themes and two related subthemes, respectively. These included participants’ understanding of supervision and relating supervision understanding with experience. The recommendations point to the need for supervisors to adhere to supervisory responsibilities with the allocated number of supervisees, decreasing administrative duties and provision of ongoing capacity-building programmes.
Key Words: Professional supervision, Managerial supervision, Polity dualism, Neoliberalism, Supervisor, Social Worker.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Poppy
Masinga
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Prof
Linda
Harms Smith
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
