Reflective Supervision and Critical Thinking
Reports and Research
- "Asking the 'dumb' questions": An evaluative survey of reflective supervision with statutory child protection social workers. [2022]The authors of this article worked alongside social work supervisors and supervisees in New Zealand to explore ways to generate resilience, learning, self-awareness and develop practices that support reflective capability and well-being in supervision.
Guides and Toolkits
- Critical Reflection Guide [n.d.]An equity response in practice means examining our own bias, assumptions, and attitudes as we clinically intervene and assess risk. The following questions are to support and guide workers towards questions they need to ask themselves as they support families.
- Using a Social Model of Child Protection in Supervision [2019]"This learning tool supports practice supervisors to explore the social and economic determinants of harm when discussing practice with children and families in supervision."
- The Foundations of Effective Supervision Practice: Promoting Reflection and Critical Thinking [2017]From the Social Care Institute for Excellence's guide on Effective supervision in a variety of settings. Note: login to SCIE and/or creation of a free account may be required to access all resources
Videos
- Mary Claire Heffron - Reflective Supervision Interview [2020]Dr. Mary Claire Heffron, leader in the Infant Mental Health field, shares a personal interview on the topic of Reflective Practice Supervision
