Teaching social work supervision to part-time students of
distance studies : challenges and opportunities

J 2018

Teaching social work supervision to part-time students of distance studies : challenges and opportunities

NEČASOVÁ, Mirka

Basic information

Original name

Teaching social work supervision to part-time students of distance studies : challenges and opportunities

Authors

NEČASOVÁ, Mirka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Social Work Education, Taylor & Francis, 2018, 0261-5479

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50403 Social topics

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

článek

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00103117

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2018.1487549

UT WoS

000439820400005

Keywords in English

Social work; supervision; Balint Group; blended learning; continuing professional development

Abstract

V originále

Supervision provides a forum for social workers to reflect on their practice with respect to increasing the quality of their work. To fulfil the objective of supervision, some conditions are needy: first of all, a confidential relationship between supervisor and supervisee and, second, a safe and supportive environment. It is a question whether it is possible to cover such demanding conditions when teaching supervision to part-time students of distance studies. The aim of this article is thus to discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching social work supervision in the form of blended learning where diverse elements of distance learning are used (e.g. rare face-to-face contact with teachers and other students, online written assignments and online feedback replacing the face-to-face contact of the full-time students). The author shares her experience from the teaching of a one-term course of supervision at the master’s level of the Social Work part-time distance studies programme. The analysis of the students’ written reflections of the Balint supervision group session shows that, even within the above-mentioned form of education, it is possible to fulfil a specific level of the main supervision objectives. Some suggestions for optimizing this supervision method within the distance studies are presented in the conclusion.

Links

MUNI/A/1149/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Výzkumné projekty s publikačním záměrem v oblasti Sociální politika a sociální práce

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

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Citovat

NEČASOVÁ, Mirka. Teaching social work supervision to part-time students of distance studies : challenges and opportunities. Social Work Education. Taylor & Francis, 2018, vol. 37, No 6, p. 731-745. ISSN 0261-5479. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2018.1487549.

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