Developing a model for supervising social work students in groups

Paul McCafferty

doi:10.1921/jpts.v6i2.326

Authors

Paul McCafferty

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v6i2.326

Keywords:

group supervision, critical appraisal

Abstract

Much is written about group supervision in other health care fields; however less attention is paid to this topic in social work. This lack of scholarly attention became obvious to the author when he attempted to begin supervising students in groups and was unable to reference a suitable model or template of group supervision from which to gain ideas or direction. The author therefore decided to develop his own model of group supervision. The following article gives an account of how the author developed this model by critically appraising the relevant policy and theory from a local and national perspective to inform his practice.

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