Social Work Supervision of Staff: A Primer and Scoping Review (2013–2017)

Sewell, Karen M.

doi:10.1007/s10615-018-0679-0

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“…Pelling, Abbott, & Lack, 2017); (b) some diversification in study designs and sophistication of statistical analyses, particularly the welcome embrace of qualitative studies (Borders, 2006;O'Donoghue & Tsui, 2015); and (c) continuing efforts being made across mental health disciplines to closely scrutinise supervision research so as to advance the field. Those observations are also reflected in other recent assessments about supervision and its research and seemingly are givens going forward (Bernard & Goodyear, 2019;Inman et al, 2014;Sewell, 2018). Supervision researchers are clearly 'working on the "search for scientific rigour"...' (Milne et al, 2012, p. 144), and all indications are that they will continue to vigorously do so.…”

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“…learning disabilities; Milne & James, ) or were primarily scoping (e.g. Goodyear, Bunch, & Claiborn, ; Sewell, ) or summary (MacDonald & Ellis, ; Weerasekera, ) in nature. Focus was given to systematic research reviews, defined here as ‘a type of research synthesis…to identify and retrieve international evidence that is relevant to a particular question or questions and to appraise and synthesize the results of this search to inform practice, policy and in some cases, further research…’ (Munn, Stern, Aromataris, Lockwood, & Jordan, , p. 144).…”

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What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

Watkins

2019

Couns and Psychother Res

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What do clinical supervision research reviews across the last 25 years tell us? That question is subsequently examined. Based on database and literature searches, 20 reviews appearing from 1995 through 2019 were identified for survey examination; consistencies, inconsistencies and other defining features were determined across reviews; and the survey findings and their implications are considered. Primary findings are as follows: (a) ‘proof’ for supervision appears to be more ‘proof by association’ than otherwise, being primarily a product of ex post facto, cross‐sectional, correlational study; (b) evidence supporting supervision impact of any type is weak at best, especially so for worker and client outcomes; (c) supervision models generally lack empirical foundation; (d) evidence‐based supervision appears to be more a hope and dream than supervision‐based reality at present; and (e) the primary methodological problems that plagued supervision research in the 1990s are still all too frequent in modern research. Some questions to entertain about supervision going forward, and some remedies for improving its research, are proposed.

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What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

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2019

Couns and Psychother Res

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“…In the Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work journal alone, there have been 23 articles (including book reviews) published with supervision in the title in the past 10 years. (The significance of this journal's contribution in particular has been recognised internationally in Sewell, 2018. ) 8 VOLUME 31 • NUMBER 3 • 2019 AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND SOCIAL WORK THEORETICAL RESEARCH…”

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“…In recent years, there has certainly been an increased focus on supervision within the social work academy, demonstrated not least by an increasing number of journal publications (O'Donoghue & Tsui, 2015;Sewell, 2018). In the Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work journal alone, there have been 23 articles (including book reviews) published with supervision in the title in the past 10 years.…”

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Social work supervision in child and family services: Developing a working theory of how and why it works

Wilkins

2019

ANZSWJ

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INTRODUCTION:Does social work supervision work? Social work academics and others have argued repeatedly that we need to focus more attention on understanding whether and how supervision helps improve outcomes for people who use services. As things stand, we currently have little evidence either way-and although the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, this is far from an ideal situation. APPROACH:Taking inspiration from realist approaches to evaluation, this article sets out an initial working theory of social work supervision for child and family services, developed from an analysis of six significant reviews of the supervision literature. Each review was analysed to identify key contexts, mechanisms and outcomes for supervision. CONCLUSION:Notable gaps within the theory are identified in relation to workers, outcomes for children and families and how supervision can promote a rights-based approach. The article concludes by arguing that this working theory offers the basis for future evaluative studies of supervision.

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“…And if we all agree about the importance of supervision, why is that it has only become the focus relatively recently of serious social work research? (Sewell, 2018). It is now nearly a decade since Carpenter, Webb, and Bostock (2013) concluded that "the evidence base for the effectiveness of supervision…is weak" (p. 1843).…”

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Does the consensus about the value of supervision in social work stifle research and innovation?

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Wilkins²

2019

ANZSWJ

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Social Work Supervision of Staff: A Primer and Scoping Review (2013–2017)

Cited by 34 publications

References 104 publications

What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

What do clinical supervision research reviews tell us? Surveying the last 25 years

Social work supervision in child and family services: Developing a working theory of how and why it works

Does the consensus about the value of supervision in social work stifle research and innovation?

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