Annual of social work, Vol. 21 No. 2, 2014.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v21i2.44
MOTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION AND EXPECTATIONS FROM SUPERVISION OF FAMILY VISITATION SUPERVISORS OF MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD
Marina Ajduković
orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-9908
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Laklija
orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-4983
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper examines expectations and motives for participating in the supervision of 121 parental care supervisors within the area of the Centre for Social Welfare (CSW) in Zagreb. The results show that there are two key motives for participating in supervision: (1) the motive for upgrading professional competences necessary to improvethe quality of work, which is more evident among parental care supervisors with a more limited experience in family work, those who perceive less difficulties in cooperation with professionals in CSW and other institutions, and thosewith a greater need for support; (2) the motive for establishing relationships with colleagues, which is more evident among parental care supervisors with previous experience with supervision.The study shows that parental care supervisors have three key expectations from supervision: (1) upgrading professional competences necessary to achieve high work quality and (2)insight into the processes and outcomes of parental care supervisory measures. These expectations are more evident among less experienced parental care supervisors and among ones with a greater need for CSW expert support. The third expectation is related to stress management and emotional support that is more evident among those parental care supervisors who work within the social care system, in supervisors that are in need of more support, and those who are more satisfied with cooperation with the CSW experts. Subsequently, 52,1% of parental care supervisors expressed their willingness to immediately join supervision, 41,3% of them would rather join at a later date, and 6.6% do not wish to participate in supervision.Based on the work specifics in the field of childcare and findings of this research,agroup consultative supervision model is offered for parental care supervisors.
Keywords
child rights and welfare protection measures; family based support for parents; competences of parental care supervisors; families at risk; professional stress prevention; group consultative supervision model
Hrčak ID:
130737
URI
Publication date:
20.11.2014.
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