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Workshop 1: Group Supervision in Social Work Practice: A Systemic Approach
supervisor should intervene and when the supervisor should allow the group to progress.
Another participant addressed the fact that the group supervision in the case study had a
clear lack of structure. The participant then suggested that the supervisor ought to set a
context so as to allow there to be structure to the supervision session. The participant also
noted that members in the group ought not to be able to leave in the midst of the session
as it can be quite disruptive.
Ms Lo responded that in some situations, some group members may come forth with very
emotional sharings which therefore causes the session to be hard to structure. She
proposed that a solution could be to look for common themes within the supervision
session so as to give it some structure while still allowing for sharing by the group
members.
Citations
Bernard, J.M., & Goodyear, R.G. (1998). Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision (2nd ed.).
Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Feltham, C, & Dryden, W (1994), Developing social worker Supervision, Dryden, W (ed)
Developing Counselling Series, London: Sage
Hawkins, Peter & Shohet, Robin (1989). Chapter 8 – Group, team and peer-group
supervision. In: Supervision in the helping professions (pp. 95-117). Philadelphia: Open
University Press.
Inskipp, F. & Proctor, B; (1993) The Art, Craft and Tasks of Counselling Supervision, Part 1:
Making the Most of Supervision. Cascade Publications.
Inskipp,F & Proctor B; (1995) The Art, Craft and Tasks of Counselling, Part 2: Becoming a
Supervisor. Cascade Publications.
McMahon, Mary & Patton, Wendy (2002). Group supervision: a delicate balancing act. In:
Mary McMahon & Wendy Patton (Eds.), Supervision in the helping professions: a practical
approach (pp. 55-65). NSW: Prentice Hall.
Proctor, Brigid (2008). Group supervision: A guide to creative practice. Sage: London.
Proctor, Brigid & Inskipp, Francesca (2009). Training for group supervision. In: Penny
Henderson (Ed.), Supervisor training: issues and approaches (pp. 157-171).
Tuckman, Bruce W., & Jensen, Mary Ann C. (1977). ‘Stages of small group development
revisited’, Group and Organizational Studies, 2, 419- 427.
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