Annual of social work, Vol. 30 No. 2, 2023.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v30i2.548
Processes in the supervision of social work students
Tatjana Vlašić
orcid.org/0009-0006-1360-9108
; Croatian Institute for Social Work, Regional Office Novi Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Abstract
Supervision of social work students as an integral part of the educational process is an integrated way of learning in which social work students apply their theoretical knowledge to field practice, and by reflecting on their experiences from practice in supervision, they improve their professional and personal development. This paper presents part of the results of qualitative research into the process of supervision of students. 10 supervisors of social work students who supervised undergraduate and graduate studies at the Social Work Study Center, Faculty of Law in Zagreb, University of Zagreb participated in the research. The research was conducted using a semi-structured interview method, and data processing used a thematic framework analysis. The results of the research show that supervisors use numerous methods, techniques, models and concepts in their work, emphasizing the educational function of supervision, which ranges from focus on the task to focus on the process of supervision. In terms of feedback, the supportive aspect of supervision dominates. Specific difficulties in supervision are mainly related to the organizational model of conducting field practice and coordination of activities with the educational institution. Also, the paper describes the peculiarities of the student supervision process in relation to other types of supervision that student supervisors recognized in their work.
Keywords
supervision of social work students; field practice; supervision process
Hrčak ID:
316616
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2024.
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