Sub-standard 1. 12. ability to use supervision effectively in practice.
According to Knott and Scragg (2010), supervision in social work has become an essential text for social work educators and students, detailing the state of the field and the place, function, and challenges of supervision. However, McLaughlin (2010) believes that supervision is valued as a crucial activity for professional learning and development in social work. This means that supervision is important in social work because it prepares the professionalism of a student social worker and social worker, and it also develops student’s understanding of social work practice. Supervision does its best in educational and emotional support. It is important to have a positive relationship with supervisors because those people are there to guide you to deliver services effectively to service users. The student social worker is required to seek consultation with their supervisor for their well-being and development in learning and profession this applies to the s/worker in the field.
The believe that she achieved this standard, during mezzo intervention, the student struggled to formulate a therapeutic group as this was the requirement of the mezzo practice. The student consulted with the agency supervisor to understand what kinds of therapeutic groups she can facilitate among grade 4 learners that are selected by teachers because of behavioral issues in classrooms. Out of the consultation the student decided to facilitate a psychoeducational group with 10 grade 4 learners. The student was encouraged to do a needs assessment with the group to understand their dare need. The SSW showed competency in consulting with the supervisor when not sure how to go about each intervention and presented herself as fully competent, rating 5\5
This is evident in the mezzo intervention report.
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