Evaluating the Quality of Social Work Supervision in UK Children’s Services: Comparing Self-Report and Independent Observations

• DOI: 10.1007/s10615-018-0680-7
• Publication Date: 2018-09-21T14:52:57Z
• Authors: David Wilkins; Munira Khan; Lorna Stabler; Fiona Newlands; John Mcdonnell
• Keywords: Social Skills

Understanding how different forms of supervision support good social work practice and improve outcomes for people who use services is nearly impossible without reliable valid evaluative measures. Yet the question best to evaluate quality in contexts a complicated as-yet-unsolved challenge. In this study, we observed 12 supervisors simulated session offering guidance an actor playing part inexperienced worker facing casework-related crisis. A team researchers analyzed these sessions using customized skills-based coding framework. addition, 19 workers completed questionnaire about their experiences as provided by same supervisors. According framework, demonstrated relatively modest skill levels, found low correlations among skills. contrast, according data, had high The findings imply that although self-report remains simplest way quality, other approaches are possible may provide perspective. However, developing independent measure noteworthy