Supervision in child welfare

An article by Casey Family Programs that discusses the importance of investing in the quality and capacity of child welfare supervisors.

This resource from the Child Welfare Information Gateway presents an overview of child welfare supervision and explores the dimensions of supervision that agencies may want to consider as they seek to strengthen the effectiveness of their services to children and families

An article that provides an overview of supervision in the social services, identifying its importance and how dependent its quality and effectiveness is on the organizational context. The article also contains a summary of evidence.

A learning resource from Research in Practice (UK) with a specific focus on working with resource families.

"Child welfare is influenced by a number of factors including public policy, the economy, culture, and the prevailing social values. Child welfare practice is also shaped and formed by the geography of the work location. This paper considers ways in which geographic location influences the practice of social work supervision in the field of child welfare."

"The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) have developed Best Practice Standards in Social Work Supervision (hereafter “Supervision Standards”) to support and strengthen supervision for professional social workers. The standards provide a general framework that promotes uniformity and serves as a resource for issues related to supervision in the social work supervisory community."