The workshop will take place on Wed 9th, 10th & 11th of November 2022 

With last two days on 8th & 9th December 2022. 

Venue: On Campus

 Front-line social work managers and supervisors are the keystone of the service they represent. Their knowledge, attitudes, decisions, value base, and behaviours set the climate and standards for good practice. Good supervision is inextricably linked to good outcomes for service users while on the contrary ineffective supervision is linked to poor outcomes (Beinart & Clohessy, 2017; Morrison, 2009). Therefore, it is critical that front-line managers and supervisors are upskilled through professional training in supervision if the drive to improve the quality of services to vulnerable service users is to succeed.

Organised by the School of Applied Social Studies, and delivered over five days, the overall aim of the course is to equip social work supervisors with the knowledge and skills to supervise students/staff effectively. The programme is targeted at social work supervisors who have responsibility for students/staff working with service users within the social/health/education care context.

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this programme participants should be able:

• To understand the definitions, principles, purposes, and models of supervision
• To review policy and practice requirements for quality standards for supervision
• To review key research on the impact of supervision on outcomes
• To appreciate the perspectives of different stakeholders: practitioners, clients, organisation, and inter-disciplinary collaboration
• To develop skills to engage the supervisee and establish an effective supervision contract
• To appreciate the impact of previous experiences of supervision, authority, and other formative templates
• To understand the relevance of and be able to apply reflective and reflexive models of supervision
• To explore the role of supervision in promoting inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice
• To review and be able to intervene to address the impact of anxiety on supervision and decision making
• To review theoretical frameworks and develop skills to support staff wellbeing, understand organizational behavior, workplace culture, collaborative working, and how to tackle under-performance