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The Perception of Social Workers in the N-E Area of Romania on Supervision
The Perception of Social Workers in the N-E Area of Romania on Supervision

Author(s): Elena Unguru
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: supervision; supervised social workers; social construction; professional skills; professional practice;

Summary/Abstract: The supervision relationship is a long-lasting evaluation, oriented towards a number of purposes: improving the professional activity of supervised persons, monitoring the quality of services provided by practitioners, and promoting professional practice in general. The aim of the research is to analyze the main axes of the social construction of the supervision of social services in public institutions for child protection in the N - E area of Romania. The research was based on the questionnaire survey and was carried out between October 2018 and January 2019 in the public social work institutions in Bacău, Botosani, Iaşi, Suceava, Neamţ, Vaslui counties. Social workers prefer the supportive side to the administrative one, while supervision managers put the focus on the control dimension, but accompanied by the formative one.

  • Issue Year: XI/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 224-255
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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