Child welfare supervisors need and deserve a book oriented to the reality of their work.Supervision in Child Welfare connects the theoretical and practical to provide readers with the most relevant and sound approaches to supervision. While the availability of professional training programs in the states for supervisors has grown exponentially over the past years, publications that can support this work specific to supervision in a child welfare context are few. Supervision in Child Welfare translates generic supervision principles to the specifics and reality of the child welfare practice environment. Supervisors operate in a bureaucratic system and respond to a community context of multiple stakeholders. Supervisors support and offer guidance to a stressed workforce while attending to competing demands in an environment where children's lives are at stake. Research has shown that supervisors stand in a pivotal position in the child welfare workforce in terms of recruiting and retaining the best employees, moving agencies to best practice frameworks and creating an sustaining positive organizational climates. Supervision in Child Welfare bridges the gap between research and supervisory practice, between management and organizational theory and supervisory practice. It provides a comprehensive, integrated resource for child welfare supervisors to give them tools and information to succeed in the fast-paced and intense world of child welfare. The book covers a wide range of must-have skills and knowledge for supervisors including leadership, developing worker performance, managing the Child Welfare unit, working beyond the agency, managing performance, providing clinical supervision, and respecting diversity. Plentiful examples and case studies illustrate key concepts.
Show moreChild welfare supervisors need and deserve a book oriented to the reality of their work.Supervision in Child Welfare connects the theoretical and practical to provide readers with the most relevant and sound approaches to supervision. While the availability of professional training programs in the states for supervisors has grown exponentially over the past years, publications that can support this work specific to supervision in a child welfare context are few. Supervision in Child Welfare translates generic supervision principles to the specifics and reality of the child welfare practice environment. Supervisors operate in a bureaucratic system and respond to a community context of multiple stakeholders. Supervisors support and offer guidance to a stressed workforce while attending to competing demands in an environment where children's lives are at stake. Research has shown that supervisors stand in a pivotal position in the child welfare workforce in terms of recruiting and retaining the best employees, moving agencies to best practice frameworks and creating an sustaining positive organizational climates. Supervision in Child Welfare bridges the gap between research and supervisory practice, between management and organizational theory and supervisory practice. It provides a comprehensive, integrated resource for child welfare supervisors to give them tools and information to succeed in the fast-paced and intense world of child welfare. The book covers a wide range of must-have skills and knowledge for supervisors including leadership, developing worker performance, managing the Child Welfare unit, working beyond the agency, managing performance, providing clinical supervision, and respecting diversity. Plentiful examples and case studies illustrate key concepts.
Show more1: Child Welfare Supervision: An Overview, Cathryn Potter
2: Models of Social Work Supervision, Charmaine R. Brittain
3: Supervisors as Leaders: A Critical Dimension for Organizational
Success, Gary R. Anderson
4: Management Essentials for Child Welfare Supervisors, Jean East &
Michele D. Hanna
5: The Child Welfare Unit, Michele D. Hanna
6: Maximizing the Middle Management Role in Child Welfare, Becky
Antle, Anita Barbee, & Michiel Adriaan Van Zyl
7: The World Beyond the Unit, Katharine Cahn
8: Working in Changing Environments, Katharine Cahn & David
Berns
9: Beyond the Question of Color: Diversity Issues in Child Welfare
Supervision, Debora M. Ortega & Debra A. Mixon Mitchel
10: Getting and Keeping the Best People, Nancy Dickinson & Anne
Comstock
11: Developing Worker Competence, Charmaine Brittain & Cathryn
Potter
12: Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare, Sarah Ferguson
13: Managing Performance, Megan E. Paul, Michelle I. Graef, Erika
J. Robinson, & Kristin I. Saathoff
Index
Cathryn C. Potter, MSW, PhD, is Executive Director, Erna and Brad
Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver.
Charmaine R. Brittain, MSW, PhD, is Program Manager, Erna and Brad
Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver.
"The field of children, youth, and families services has waited a
long time for a text that provides such clear and informed
guidance. This should be required reading for all child welfare
professionals and scholars."--Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Professor and
Executive Director, National Resource Center for Family-Centered
Practice and Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social
Work
"This book is a welcome addition to currently available literature
on supervision. It draws on a variety of models to present a
practical guide, particularly for child welfare supervisors. In
addition, the practice examples and skills-based activities will be
of interest to trainers and practice educators. I would highly
recommend this excellent book."--Reviewed by Gillian Calvin Thomas,
Senior Lecturer, Practice Learning, Bournemouth University, in
Child
& Family Social Work
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