Supervision for the Social Service Professions by Morokane, Tebogo; Swanzen, Rika;

Short description:

Providing critically needed clarifications on the concepts, elements, stages, skills and functions of supervision on an international level, authors Swanzen and Morokane provide the pathway for the establishment of an integrated model for supervision, informed by vast perspectives on supervision and best practice guidelines.

Long description:

Supervision in the social sciences has been under scrutiny over the past decade. With the emergence of social service professions beyond social work, there has been a drive around each profession being supervised by senior members of its own profession. With a particular focus on South Africa, this insightful text meets the need for a succinct and inclusive source for all three of the South African social service professions, offering an in-depth discussion of processes, functions and skills within the legal framework of professional supervision.

Co-produced by an academic and practitioner, uplifting the voice of the practitioner that is not always heard, Supervision for the Social Service Professions provides critically needed clarifications on the concepts, elements, stages, skills and functions of supervision on an international level. Swanzen and Morokane provide the pathway for the establishment of an integrated model for supervision, informed by vast perspectives on supervision and best practice guidelines, aimed at a revised framework.

A comprehensive, succinct, and useful tool in the hands of professionals and academics, this is a celebration of supervision in the social service professions which will ultimately lead to better care for vulnerable populations.

The Republic of South Africa is a world leader in the professional recognition of three foundational professions that work across the social service sector of this great nation with its diverse regional histories still emerging from the apartheid era. In less than a decade, Child and Youth Care has been formally recognised as a Social Service profession (2014), followed by the recognition of Social Work practice specialties (2019) and then Community Development practitioners (pending). This ground-breaking volume focuses attention on the use and development of professional supervision as a foundational requirement for those seeking quality outcomes across the complex, social services sector of this diverse multicultural nation. This volume is “a must read” for all South Africans in training and working professionally across the complex and changing population of a country challenged by rural-urban migration. This volume on professional supervision of those working across the social service sector helps to address challenges with work-related stress and burn-out. It is also recommended for those who shape and implement government social policy across the social service sector. Get this volume as an e-book and review it frequently on your tablet or smartphone!

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Galeboe AG Rapoo

Chapter 1. Roots of professional supervision

Chapter 2. Supervision types and models

Chapter 3. Supervisor attributes and roles

Chapter 4. Supervision skills and techniques

Chapter 5. Social service scopes of practice

Chapter 6. Legislative framework for an integrated approach to supervision

Chapter 7. Supervision of diversity and sustainability in practice

Chapter 8. Coaching, mentoring and evaluation in supervision